Hospitalist

Job Description

Job Description

Hospital-employed Hospitalist group seeks additional Internal Medicine residency trained physicians to join a robust, rapidly growing practice as a Hospitalist. Southeast Health is a 420-bed regional referral in Dothan, Alabama. It manages its own hospitalist program. The current practice includes more than 30 full time board- certified Internal Medicine Hospitalist physicians. Daytime Hospitalists work 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. shift on a 7 on / 7 off rotation. Average daily census is 15-20 patients per provider on day shift. Our facility serves a diverse patient population spanning multiple age groups, socio-economic classes, and ethnicities.

BENEFITS INCLUDE

Paid interviewing expenses

100k signing bonus

Competitive salary with comprehensive benefits package that includes but is not limited to health, dental, and vision insurance, along with retirement

Option to earn quarterly bonus

Paid malpractice with tail coverage

CME and professional fees allowance

Shift differential for nocturnists

and opportunity to pick up extra shifts

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

ABOUT

One of the largest not-for-profit tertiary referral centers in Alabama

420 licensed bed facility

3,000 dedicated employees

400 active Medical Staff

Serves over 600,000 in a 75-mile radius

Level 2 trauma center staffed

by EM residency trained physicians

One of 3 Comprehensive Stroke Centers in Alabama with a dedicated lab for neuroendovascular procedures

22 ORs with 2 endovascular suites and open heart, IR and Vascular surgery

Interventional cardiology, EP and radiology labs, lithotripsy, 3 MRIs (1 a 3- T), 3 CTs including a 64 slice CT and PET Scanner

24 / 7 Neurosurgery coverage with employed neurosurgeons including a fellowship trained neuroendovascular

interventionalist

10 bed dedicated Neurocritical Care Unit

An ACGME Internal Medicine Residency

program began July 2018 with an inaugural class of 13 residents which has since increased to 16 per class.

An ACGME Transitional Year Residency with a class size of 12 per year.

ABOUT DOTHAN, ALABAMA

Dothan ranked #1 small city for doctors by AdvisorSmith

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

24 / 7 pulm / critical care support for all CC admissions

for acute stroke / neuroendovascular care

28 bed inpatient psychiatric program

Manage patients in clinical decision unit

24 hour subspecialty support available for all specialties including presence of in house radiology physician presence 24 / 7

12 hour work shifts, no call required

Average schedule is 15 shifts per month

Throughput initiative to decrease patient stays

EPIC EMR

Region's only facility offering TAVR and Watchman procedures

Pain Management services provided through outpatient clinic on SEH campus

The Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM) is Alabama's first osteopathic medical school and the first in the U.S. to be developed by a regional medical center. Each class has 210 students.