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Greetings! I grew up and currently reside in the NYC region. Right now I am currently obtaining my Doctorate of Physical Therapy. This summer I went to visit one of my good friends who lives in Phoenix. I also decided to visit Albuquerque and Santa Fe which I really enjoyed. Truth is I always wanted to move out west when I first visited California and Colorado a few years back. I fell in love with the climate, scenery, and array of outdoor activities. I feel like I will always be a New Yorker at heart, but yet I've grown tired of the congestion, crowds, living costs, lack of adequate nature and need a change.
While NYC offers good opportunities and pay for DPTs, I also feel like I'd be a dime in a dozen. I'm very interested in areas where physical therapists are truly needed. Between what I've researched and been told is that New Mexico is a state in need of health workers. I think I'd b fulfilling to work in a more underserved region/state. I know it'll be differently culturally than NYC, but that is part of the excitement and learning experience for me.
My questions are as residents what are your opinions? Is New Mexico really in need of healthcare workers? (My boyfriend is also in DO school in NY and considering working here too). Did anyone on this forum work in the healthcare field here or know someone in the healthcare field that relocated to work in New Mexico? Thanks for your input!
I'm not in the healthcare field, but speaking as a resident, yes southern NM especially is sorely in need of healthcare workers. Please move here! Both my son and my husband needed to see a specialist for sports injuries (on different occasions thankfully) and we had to go to El Paso or to Albuquerque - because there was just no one in this area that could do what they needed.
There is a PT center (gym style) in Alamogordo but the waiting list is extremely long unless it is some sort of emergency.
You might consider taking a vacation here first, the climate/people/lifestyle/pace is going to be radically different from NY.
I am a Respiratory Therapist in the Allied Healthcare field in Alamogordo, NM. I'm specializing as a Sleep Tech. right now under the umbrella of Cardiopulmonary. There is a need for good healthcare workers in New Mexico and with some good online hunting (and in person, of course) you should be able to land yourself a job in the big city (Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces) or in one of New Mexico's small towns, of which there are very many.
My questions are as residents what are your opinions? Is New Mexico really in need of healthcare workers?. Did anyone on this forum work in the healthcare field here or know someone in the healthcare field that relocated to work in New Mexico?
We have lived in the ABQ area for 15 years this time. I never worked in the healthcare field but I use the services of the healthcare system. There are people on this site, and some who I have met who move here for healthcare jobs and some also leave... Three out of ten people on my street are or retired from the healthcare system. I know three people who were in the local Veterans Administration healthcare system, two from New York and one from Massachusetts. Surely there are sites that provide the numbers and info on those type of jobs.
Thank you for the responses! It's good to know there is a need of physical therapists. It's really something to think that there is a waiting list for PT care in some area and I will be looking into those areas with extreme shortage.
Albuquerque is known for many schools ( Pima, Carrington, and many more ) who are pumping out healthcare workers into the market night and day. The opportunities might be a lot better in other parts of the state where there is not such an abundance of heathcare hopefuls to compete against for every open position....
Greetings! I grew up and currently reside in the NYC region. Right now I am currently obtaining my Doctorate of Physical Therapy. This summer I went to visit one of my good friends who lives in Phoenix. I also decided to visit Albuquerque and Santa Fe which I really enjoyed. Truth is I always wanted to move out west when I first visited California and Colorado a few years back. I fell in love with the climate, scenery, and array of outdoor activities. I feel like I will always be a New Yorker at heart, but yet I've grown tired of the congestion, crowds, living costs, lack of adequate nature and need a change.
While NYC offers good opportunities and pay for DPTs, I also feel like I'd be a dime in a dozen. I'm very interested in areas where physical therapists are truly needed. Between what I've researched and been told is that New Mexico is a state in need of health workers. I think I'd b fulfilling to work in a more underserved region/state. I know it'll be differently culturally than NYC, but that is part of the excitement and learning experience for me.
My questions are as residents what are your opinions? Is New Mexico really in need of healthcare workers? (My boyfriend is also in DO school in NY and considering working here too). Did anyone on this forum work in the healthcare field here or know someone in the healthcare field that relocated to work in New Mexico? Thanks for your input!
We no longer live in NM but I can assure you, they are in need of good healthcare providers, regardless of what field. The thing though, to remember, the pay is going to be much less than in NY. Yes, the cost of living is lower as well, I just wanted to mention the salary consideration. That being said, NM has a lott to offer, great scenery and great weather, if you want 4 seasons and none to severe.
Just be prepared for the lower salary and a totally different culture in many ways. It works well for some and not for others. Good luck.
I feel like I will always be a New Yorker at heart,
Unless you plan to live in the yuppie resort ghettos of Santa Fe or Taos that are filled with Eastern transplants, or in Albuquerque, you had better get over that idea. You won't be well accepted in most of the rural parts of New Mexico with that attitude. That pretty carries for most any of the non-urban parts of the Rocky Mountain West. The "Eastern vibe" is not popular among most of the natives and long-term residents.
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Both my son and my husband needed to see a specialist for sports injuries (on different occasions thankfully) and we had to go to El Paso or to Albuquerque - because there was just no one in this area that could do what they needed.
