I'm not going to walk out of AA school and into a job interview with an anesthesia group, throw down my hands, and tell them that I'm going to work but only on my terms. I realize that there's a 99% chance I'll be working a standard full-time schedule, but if a group happens to have a need for an anesthetist to work an awkward schedule like that (maybe because they'd rather not pay anesthetists OT to stay late every day, or for whatever reason), then I will gladly volunteer for that position.
If I'm either offered a position like what I described or I make the offer myself to work that kind of schedule, if it's an arrangement the anesthesia group would like to enter into, then why does the reason why I'd like to work that schedule matter? If they hire me to work it because they actually need someone to work that kind of schedule, then all that matters is that I work the cases that I'm assigned to work with a high standard of care and skill. Why does it matter if I'm open to that kind of arrangement because I have to take care of a terminally ill relative as opposed to wanting to go home and play Candy Land?
Again, I realize that I'm not going to be the one laying down the rules -- but if I put the offer to work that kind of schedule on the table in a "just in case" manner and they're interested, then I'm definitely not turning down the offer.
(I.e., I'd say something like, "I realize that most of your anesthetists work cases from 7-3, but if you ever happen to have a need for an anesthetist to work a more varied and disjointed work schedule, I would always be open to discussing those options" and leaving it at that.)
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