What are the responsibilities and job description for the OB Hospitalist/Nocturnist at a Regional Tertiary Care and ACS Verified Level II Trauma Center in... position at Northern Light Health?
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center , a regional tertiary care and ACS-verified level II trauma center, is actively seeking an additional board-certified / board-eligible fulltime OB / GYN to join our busy hospital-employed practice in a Hospitalist / Nocturnist role.
The role :
- Approximately twelve 14-hour night shifts, with the availability of extra night or day shifts for extra compensation.
- Work alongside 8 physicians, 2 certified nurse midwives, 2 nurse practitioners, and skilled support staff.
- Provide routine and high-risk obstetric and gynecologic services to a patient population of approximately 500,000 people.
- Overnight, the OBGYN is responsible for triage, labor and delivery, antepartum, and transfer patients, as well as postpartum patients needing physician consultation, ED consults, and emergent GYN surgery.
- 24-hour access to Maternal Fetal Medicine consultation via phone, and on-site Anesthesia and NICU colleagues to care for our patients.
- We provide consultation services for the Northern Light Family Medicine residency program and have rotating medical students.
There are over 1,600 deliveries per year at NL EMMC and we currently support a level III NICU. We are the referral center for two thirds of the geographical area of Maine and many patients travel 2 hours to deliver at our hospital.
Our hospital invested in a $300 million tower which opened in 2016. Our modernization project included a complete redesign of our Women & Infants unit including twenty-five private patient rooms, six new labor and delivery rooms, and two new state-of-the-art obstetrics / gynecology surgical suites to complement the level of expertise found at our medical center.
Why Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center?
Bangor is an award-winning small city, offering easy access to the spectacular Maine coast, lakes, rivers, and mountains. Outdoor activities and recreation are available year-round. Schools rank among New England’s best and there are several universities both in and near Bangor including Husson University, Maine Maritime Academy, and the University of Maine. Bangor International Airport offers direct and one-stop services to most major domestic and international destinations.
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