Gastroenterology Opportunities in Sunny Plant City, Florida

South Florida Baptist Hospital (SFBH), a 146-bed hospital located in the growing community of Plant City, Florida is seeking two dynamic Gastroenterologists to enhance and expand GI services.    

Some highlights of this exciting opportunity include:

• These are new positions to help meet the overwhelming need in the Plant City and surrounding communities. 
• South Florida Baptist Hospital is a brand-new replacement hospital that opened in the Spring of 2024.  
• The hospital includes three endoscopy suites with ample scheduling available, in addition to a full complement of scopes, and experienced endoscopy staff.  
• ER call responsibilities will be 1:3, shared with community Gastroenterologists. The ER at South Florida Baptist Hospital is on schedule for 38,000 visits annually.  
• One single Hospitalist group onsite.
• The office is attached to the hospital, in a multi-specialty medical office suite.

We're looking for team-oriented, forward-thinking physicians dedicated to enhancing the patient experience with a supportive, multidisciplinary team.  

Plant City, Florida:
Life in Plant City, Florida, offers a mix of small-town charm with a rich agricultural backdrop, situated in the heart of Florida's Hillsborough County.  Located between Tampa and Orlando, Plant City offers easy access to both urban centers for work, entertainment, and shopping, while still maintaining its quitter, rural lifestyle.

Qualifications:

• Board Certification or Board Eligibility by The American Board of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology.
• Ability to obtain a Florida medical license. 

Community Commitment
The commitment of the Plant City community to support South Florida Baptist Hospital has been one of outstanding generosity that began with its founding. The development of the hospital in the 1940s is the story of a noteworthy partnership between many generous, civic-minded citizens of Plant City and the dedicated financial support of the Florida Baptist Church Convention. The entire Plant City community rallied behind the idea of building the city's first hospital in the post WWII years. In 2003, South Florida Baptist Hospital reached its 50-year milestone.

The hospital offers complete:

• Diagnostic Imaging
• Surgery Center
• Rehabilitation
• Adult acute and intensive care Units
• Pediatric and adolescent services
• Sub-acute skilled nursing facility
• Obstetrics
• Cardiac Cath
• Wound Care
• Radiation Oncology

Part of the St. Joseph's-Baptist Health Care Family
South Florida Baptist Hospital is part of the St. Joseph's-Baptist Health Care system, a pioneering community health alliance that brings together St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Joseph's Women's Hospital and St. Joseph's Children's Hospital in Tampa, and South Florida Baptist Hospital in Plant City.

Other members of the health alliance include St. Joseph's John Knox Village, a 14-acre retirement community, 23 Health Point physician offices and Community Care Clinics for the underserved.

St. Joseph's-Baptist Health Care is part of the BayCare Health System, a joint operating agreement established in 1997 by 10 private, not-for-profit hospitals in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties with similar missions, visions and values.

Each of the hospital alliances is governed by a volunteer board of civic leaders who uphold a commitment to reinvesting health care dollars in the community and who believe in providing medical care to everyone, regardless of ability to pay.

Plant Cityis located in central Florida in the same county, Hillsborough, as Tampa.  Our hospital is part of a health system called BayCare.  We have 148 beds, with a NEW ER that opened May 2, 2006, a 5 year old surgery center, a new pediatric floor and in the process of building a 19 bed ICU.  We are located off I-4 20 minutes from Tampa and 45 minutes for Orlando and the gulf coast beaches only 40 minutes away!.  There is a great quality of life here with the opportunity to be in two metropolitan areas in 20 minutes. 

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