About this role
We Are Hiring
Location: Kokomo, Indiana
Facility Name: Ascension St Vincent Kokomo
Schedule:Full time
Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance
Productivity incentives: (RVU / Quality)
CME allowance + dedicated CME days
Malpractice coverage with tail
This job location is currently located in a Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and/or Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P) Shortage Designation Type.
What You Will Do
The role would primarily focus on meeting the needs in the outpatient setting with a strong referral base, large employer-health clinic and very little GI competition. Inpatient load would be minimized by highly-skilled and engaged 24/7 hospitalists who manage all the admissions and discharges.
- Join an established team
- Call structure: Cap on call at 1:6
- Practice setting: Inpatient/Outpatient/ mix
- Universal admission service by 24/7/365 in-house BC/BE hospitalists
- Large outpatient referral base
- Employed position within a nonprofit health system
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Gastroenterology
- Eligible for state medical licensure and DEA registration
- Provide medical services to patients in an assigned area.
- Evaluate and treat patients with appropriate medical diagnostic and treatment skills. Coordinate
discharge planning with case management. - Recommend, participate in, and work to ensure the success of efforts to improve cost effectiveness and quality of care provided to patients.
- We are open to recent graduates as well as veteran physicians, candidate must be Board Eligible or Board Certified
- Fellowship training required in Gastroenterology
About the Facility
- 117 bed hospital
- Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo operates an Emergency Department that provides 24/7 emergency care
- Serving a population of approximately 82,000
- Integrated referral network
- Part of Ascension, a national nonprofit Catholic health system
Why Physicians Choose Ascension
- Physician-led, collaborative culture
- Long-term practice stability
- National network with local autonomy
- Mission-centered care rooted in service
What You Will Need
Licensure / Certification / Registration:
- Physician MD/DO credentialed from the Indiana Medical Licensing Board obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.
- Advanced Life Support preferred. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
Education:
- Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) required.
Additional Preferences
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