Moonlighting
House staff physicians are not required to moonlight.
Should the house staff physician choose to accept employment in a medical professional capacity during his/her off-duty time (that is, the hours when he/she is not engaged in patient care activities, scheduled educational conferences or assigned to call duty), he/she shall notify his/her Chair, Program Director and the Administrative Assistant in the Graduate Medical Education Office by completing a Moonlighting Activity Report(MAR). Failure to complete the MAR may result in dismissal from the program. House staff are required to complete the MAR on an annual basis and may obtain a copy of the current MAR from their program educational coordinator. Malpractice insurance provided by Creighton University Medical Center covers house staff while moonlighting with proper authorization in the State of Nebraska. Moonlighting outside the State of Nebraska is permissible providing proper authorization is obtained. The house staff physician is responsible for obtaining their own liability coverage for moonlighting performed outside the State of Nebraska. The house staff physician may contact the Liability Carrier utilized by the University to obtain an individual policy for moonlighting performed outside the State of Nebraska. The house staff will not accept employment as a physician without a permanent license in the state where he/she is employed. The house staff physician must obtain written permission from their program director which will be placed in the house staff’s file.
The house staff physician shall remain free to utilize his/her off-duty time as he/she deems appropriate, so long as such activity does not interfere with the house staff physician’s obligations to the affiliated hospitals, hamper his/her effectiveness in the education program to which he/she is appointed, as determined by the Chair and/or Program Director of the particular program with which the house staff physician is affiliated. Any moonlighting hours at an institutional training site (internal moonlighting) will be added to regular duty hours and must be in compliance with the duty hours policy.
Residents/fellows with J1 visas are prohibited from moonlighting. House staff may not moonlight while on sick leave or while on FMLA.