Obstetrics – Hospitalist Opportunity

Saint Alphonsus Medical Group (SAMG) is a 500+ provider multi-specialty group practice that has an excellent opportunity for a Board-Certified/Board-Eligible Obstetrician to join an established OB hospitalist group of 5 physicians.  Our program has been in place since in 2009, the first of its kind in Idaho.

The Saint Alphonsus OB hospitalist physicians are patient safety coordinators on Labor and Delivery, supporting Maternal Fetal Medicine physicians, OB/GYN physicians, Family Medicine physicians, Certified Nurse Midwives for full 24/7 continuum of care services for the Family Maternity Center where there are over 1,200 deliveries annually with a low 21% cesarean rate for first time mothers.  Responsibilities include:

• Manage the antepartum service and serve as MFM extenders
• Triage arriving pregnant patients
• Respond to obstetric emergencies including obstetric trauma
• Provide consultation for Certified Nurse Midwives and Family Medicine physicians
• Surgical assist and back up for OB/GYN physicians
• Manage labor and deliveries for women whose providers are not available and for women without an assigned provider
• No on-call, office or GYN responsibilities!

Saint Alphonsus Maternity Services: Our hospital is a regional referral center with two Maternal Fetal Medicine physicians, 24 hour in-house anesthesia coverage, a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, on-site gynecologic oncology, interventional radiology, pediatric surgery and pediatric gastroenterology, and the region's only ACS verified Level II Trauma Center.  Additionally, the OB hospitalists have the privilege of caring for women seen in the resettled within the community through the Refugee Resettlement program.  

Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists provide complete obstetric care and are dedicated to supporting your patients and their families through a complicated pregnancy, while providing state-of-the-art, high-quality perinatal care. They work in consultation with the primary obstetrician, as well obstetric hospitalists and neonatologists (as needed) to ensure the best care possible.  Saint Alphonsus Maternal-Fetal Medicine has received special recognition and accreditation by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), which demonstrates their clinical excellence and commitment to high-quality diagnostic ultrasound services.  To learn more about Maternal Fetal Medicine services at Saint Alphonsus, visit: http://www.saintalphonsus.org/high-risk-pregnancy.

Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) provides the highest level of care possible for infants. The NICU, which provides 24-hour, full-service specialty care, allows families from Boise and the surrounding areas in Idaho and eastern Oregon to receive expert treatment close to home. The NICU's team approach provides an atmosphere for parents and our expert staff to work together to achieve outcomes that exceed national benchmarks. Through special programs developed by the neonatologists and NICU staff, the Saint Alphonsus NICU length-of-stay and complication rates are significantly lower than the national average. To learn more about NICU services at Saint Alphonsus, visit: http://www.saintalphonsus.org/nicu.

Trinity Health is one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation. We serve people and communities in 22 states from coast to coast with more than 90 hospitals and 100 continuing care facilities – including home care, hospice, PACE and senior living facilities and programs that provide nearly two and a half million visits annually. Trinity Health employs more than 133,000 colleagues, including 7,800 employed physicians and clinicians. 

Our mission: We, Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. We support this mission by living our core values of Reverence, Commitment to Those Who are Poor, Justice, Stewardship, and Integrity. Committed to recruiting talented physicians, we are looking for physicians who share our values and want to help us fulfill the health care needs of the communities we serve.

At Trinity Health, we value the physician relationship and focus on partnering with our physicians. Whether you are a practicing physician looking to relocate or a medical resident, we offer opportunities with the flexibility to fit your individual needs. If you would like to be part of Trinity Health, we encourage you to explore this opportunity at www.trinity-health.org.

If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to submit your CV, please email docopps@trinity-health.org or call Trinity Health Physician Recruitment at (734) 343-2300.