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Family Practitioner (traditional) needed 50 miles from Raleigh, NC
Summerfield, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Family Practice-Without OB
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment
Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)
Academic/Training Program
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
9/18/17
No Visa's. Join this established and well respected group that presently has 8 Physicians (2-Hem/Onc, Pulm/CC, IM, Med/Peds, 3-FP), 10 Physician Assistants and 1 NP. They have a large and active outpatient practice but also care for a large number of hospitalized patients within two hospitals. One hospital has over 300 beds and the other has 50 beds. There are 8 Nursing Homes and 5 Rest Home/Assisted Living facilities in the vicinity and the group provides care to residents in each of them. The group has 1 main office and 3 satellite. They have a Medicare certified laboratory to service its patients. Other ancillary services include EKG's, flexible sigmoidoscopy, bone densitometry, echocardiography, and ultrasound studies (carotids, abdomens, lower extremity arterial and venous studies). They have been doing nuclear cardiac scanning in house for 5 years. Diagnostic radiology is available at each of the four practice sites. CT Scans, Mammograms, and MRI services are available at the Hospital along with a full time ER staff, 2 MRI machines, 2 CT scanners, and a cardiac cath laboratory. All subspecialties of medicine are represented in the area. Excellent pediatric, ob-gyn, ENT, urologic, orthopedic, ophthalmologic, dermatologic, and neurosurgical services are available. The group also provides in hospital call coverage for several providers who work in the area. Physician call for adults now is 1 in 6 and 1 weekend out of 4. The addition of new physicians will sustain or further reduce call frequency. Physician assistants take first call. Attending physicians must see patients presenting to the emergency room who are admitted to the ICU. This is a by-law requirement of the hospital. Otherwise, admitting functions are handled by physician assistants with physician backup. Practitioners enjoy the support of R.N.'s and Physician Assistants in fulfilling hospital rounding and call obligations. Pediatric care by family practitioner and med-peds physicians is evolving and the pediatric patient base is growing in the outpatient setting. The family practitioners and med peds physicians share inpatient pediatric care call. The pediatric inpatient census presently remains small. Location: - A town of over 50,000 population with a service area of 250,000 persons - 50 miles from Raleigh, 2 hours from Richmond, 2 hours from the Atlantic Coast and 4 hours from Washington, D.C. - The local Airport provides additional ease of transportation, as does Amtrak. - The local College has a 1200 seat performing arts auditorium where musicals and theatrical productions are available. - The area is blessed with good public schools, several church affiliated schools, a 12-grade private school, and the largest charter school in North Carolina. - The economy is well diversified, including agriculture, Hospira, Consolidated Diesel, textiles, furniture manufacturing and excellent banking facilities. - Entertainment includes excellent golfing, tennis, fishing and hunting. - Musical opportunities for both adults and children are available with the Tar River Orchestra and Chorus, which offers an adult chorus, an adult orchestra, a symphonic band, a youth string program, a youth chorus, and a swing band.