Hospital-Employed Hospitalist Position in Dothan, Alabama
Location
Dothan, AL | United States
Job description
Hospital-employed Hospitalist group seeks additional Internal Medicine residency-trained physicians to join a robust, rapidly growing practice as Hospitalist in Dothan, Alabama.
This is a 400+ bed regional referral in Dothan, Alabama. It manages its own hospitalist program. The current practice includes more than 25 full-time board-certified Internal Medicine Hospitalist physicians. Daily, 12 physicians work the 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. shift and 2 physicians will each have an IM resident provide care during the 7 PM - 7 AM. shift. The average daily census is 15-20 patients per provider on the day shift and 9-10 patients per provider on the night shift.
HOSPITALIST PRACTICE HIGHLIGHTS - Provide coverage for unassigned patients who present to ED requiring inpatient care, care for transfers, and in-hospital consults
- Admit and co-manage with intensivist support adult patients in critical care-no procedures required
- 24/7 pulmonary/critical care support for all CC admissions
- Manage patients in the clinical decision unit
- 24-hour subspecialty support is available for all specialties including the presence of a house radiology physician presence 24/7
- 12-hour work shifts, no call required
- The average schedule is 16 shifts per month
- Flexible, individualized scheduling
- Provide limited coverage for select private practice primary care patients
- Utilize in-house electronic medical records, PACS, and physician portal
- Participate in quality initiatives with an emphasis on evidence-based medicine
- Opportunity to precept 3rd and 4th-year medical students
- Opportunity to teach IM residents
- Leading compensation with a robust benefits package
ABOUT DOTHAN, ALABAMA - Nearby lakes and rivers and less than 100 miles to Gulf Coast Beaches
- Robust business environment ranked #1 in retail sales in Alabama (per capita)
- Highland Oaks, a Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, and other public and private golf courses and driving ranges
- Regional Airport served by Delta Airlines
- Recognized as a "Playful City" with 19 parks, 6 public swimming pools,47 tennis courts including a 20-court complex built to professional standards
BN-2210-93386
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