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Job Description
Job Description
Hospital-employed Hospitalist group seeks additional Internal Medicine residency trained physicians to join a robust, rapidly growing practice as a Hospitalist. Southeast Health is a 420-bed regional referral in Dothan, Alabama. It manages its own hospitalist program. The current practice includes more than 30 full time board- certified Internal Medicine Hospitalist physicians. Daytime Hospitalists work 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. shift on a 7 on / 7 off rotation. Average daily census is 15-20 patients per provider on day shift. Our facility serves a diverse patient population spanning multiple age groups, socio-economic classes, and ethnicities.
BENEFITS INCLUDE
Paid interviewing expenses
100k signing bonus
Competitive salary with comprehensive benefits package that includes but is not limited to health, dental, and vision insurance, along with retirement
Option to earn quarterly bonus
Paid malpractice with tail coverage
CME and professional fees allowance
Shift differential for nocturnists
and opportunity to pick up extra shifts
HOSPITALIST PRACTICE HIGHLIGHTS
Provide coverage for unassigned patients who present to ED requiring inpatient care, care for transfers and in- hospital consults
Admit and co-manage with intensivist support adult patients in critical care–no procedures required
ABOUT
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 3 Comprehensive Stroke Centers in Alabama with a dedicated lab for neuroendovascular procedures
22 ORs with 2 endovascular suites and open heart, IR and Vascular surgery
Interventional cardiology, EP and radiology labs, lithotripsy, 3 MRIs (1 a 3- T), 3 CTs including a 64 slice CT and PET Scanner
24 / 7 Neurosurgery coverage with employed neurosurgeons including a fellowship trained neuroendovascular
interventionalist
10 bed dedicated Neurocritical Care Unit
An ACGME Internal Medicine Residency
program began July 2018 with an inaugural class of 13 residents which has since increased to 16 per class.
An ACGME Transitional Year Residency with a class size of 12 per year.
ABOUT DOTHAN, ALABAMA
Dothan ranked #1 small city for doctors by AdvisorSmith
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
24 / 7 pulm / critical care support for all CC admissions
for acute stroke / neuroendovascular care
28 bed inpatient psychiatric program
Manage patients in clinical decision unit
24 hour subspecialty support available for all specialties including presence of in house radiology physician presence 24 / 7
12 hour work shifts, no call required
Average schedule is 15 shifts per month
Throughput initiative to decrease patient stays
EPIC EMR
Region's only facility offering TAVR and Watchman procedures
Pain Management services provided through outpatient clinic on SEH campus
The Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM) is Alabama's first osteopathic medical school and the first in the U.S. to be developed by a regional medical center. Each class has 210 students.
