Hospitalist - Night Shift - Alabama, United States - Enterprise Medical Recruiting

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 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
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