PERM - Internal Medicine Hospitalist

VHS is searching for a FT Internal Medicine Hospitalist for Dothan, AL!

Hospital-employed Hospitalist group seeks additional Internal Medicine residency trained physicians to join a robust, rapidly growing practice. Southeast Health is a 420-bed regional referral center in Dothan, Alabama and it manages its own hospitalist program. The current practice includes more than 25 full-time board-certified Internal Medicine Hospitalist physicians. Our facility serves a diverse patient population spanning multiple age groups, socio-economic classes, and ethnicities. 

BENEFITS INCLUDE
»  Generous signing bonus
»  Comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, disability and life insurances as well as retirement benefit
»  Paid malpractice with tail coverage
»  CME and professional fees allowances
»  Paid interviewing expenses

PRACTICE HIGHLIGHTS
»  Provide coverage for unassigned patients who present to ED requiring 
inpatient care, care for transfers and in-hospital consults
»  7 on/7 off schedule, 12 hour shifts, Daytime shift 7 am - 7 pm
» Minimum requirement is 12 shifts/month 
» Flexible, individualized scheduling
»  Admit and co-manage with intensivist support adult patients in critical care
» 24/7 pulm/critical care support for all CC admissions
»  24 hour subspecialty support available for all specialties including presence of in house radiology physician 24/7
»  APP support is available
»  Provide limited coverage for select private practice primary care patients
»  EPIC EMR 

ABOUT SOUTHEAST HEALTH
»  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 three Comprehensive Stroke Centers in Alabama with a dedicated lab for neuroendovascular procedures
»  24/7 Neurosurgery coverage with 2 employed neurosurgeons, with 1 being cerebrovascular/endovascular  trained
»  10 bed dedicated Neurocritical Care Unit  for acute stroke/neuroendovascular care
»  Medical Hospitalist program provides ED  unassigned coverage, care for transfers, and      inpatient consults
»  Interventional cardiology, EP and  radiology labs, lithotripsy, 3 MRIs (1 a 3-T), 3 CTs including a fixed 64 slice CT  and PET Scanner
»  22 ORs with 2 endovascular suites and open heart surgery suites
»  Pain Management and Physiatry services provided through outpatient clinics on Southeast Health campus
»  28 bed inpatient psychiatric program and outpatient center with psychiatric hospitalist coverage.


ABOUT DOTHAN, ALABAMA
»  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

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