Locum Tenens Hospitalist: Family Medicine Job in New York

• Position Type: Locum Tenens
• Recruited Specialty: Hospitalist: Family Medicine
• Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
• State License Required: Yes
• Terms of Locums Assignment: Long Term (More than 2 months)
• How soon does the position need to be filled: Immediately

Hospitalist

*New grads accepted

Our client in Western New York is currently seeking locums Hospitalist.

Requirements:

• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Family Practice or Internal Medicine
• ACLS certified
• NY license required
• Must be willing to become NIH-Stroke certified for credentialing (2 hours of supplemental CME training).  A total of 8 Stroke CMEs (which much include the NIH Stroke Scale) must be submitted with application
• MUST be comfortable managing an airway during urgent or emergent clinical situations.  (Average number of intubations per physician provider/month is about 2-4).
• MUST be comfortable and willing to supervise NPs and PAs.
• Not accepting candidates who can only do swing swifts and facility is not offering proctoring.
• Providers have to be able to do procedures
• Need at least 6-8 shifts per month and more than just weekends.

Practice Details:

• Schedule: 5 on 5 off
• Shifts: 7a-7p; 7p-7a; 3p-11p
• Minimum Shifts Per Month: Block of 5
• 5 NP/PA on during the day 7a-5p (the non-physicians providers are autonomous and do their own billing, no physician co-signs required)
• Average Daily Shift Census: 110-120 total
• Average Number of Admissions (Day and Nights): 22 total per day
  • Day: 7
  • Nights: 14
• Number of Hospitalists on Day Shifts: 2
• Number of Hospitalists on Night Shifts: 2
• Number of Encounters: 15-17
• Not required to take call
• Round and manage ICU patients. Hospitalists are responsible for the first 24 hours of vents. There is not an intensivist in the unit.
• Not required to back-up the Emergency Department
• With ICU involvement
• Will be the 1^st responder for codes
• Providers have to be able to do procedures
  • Required Procedures: Endotracheal Intubation, Ventilation Management
  • Preferred Procedures: Central Lines

• Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
• Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
• Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
• Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card

• Facility Type: Hospital
• Number of Hospital Beds: 18
• Number of ER Visits Per Year:
• Number of Deliveries Per Year: