Advanced Practice - Hospitalist opening: Dothan, AL
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician Assistant
Specialty
Hospitalist
Degree Required
MPAS/MHS/MMSc/MPH
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
4/15/24
**NP Nocturnist opening in southeast Alabama**
- Located in ***Dothan, AL***
- 80 miles to Panama City Beach, FL
- Service area of 600,000+ people
- Acute care boards required
- Inpatient
- Night shifts
- Full-time, permanent opening
- Hospital-employed position
- Joining an established ***Hospitalist group*** with 27 physicians
- A 420-bed regional referral and Level II trauma center
- Must have 1+ year of acute care experience
- Daily, 12 physicians work the 7am - 7pm shift and 2 physicians and a CRNP provide care during the 7pm - 7am
- Average daily census is 15-20 patients per physician provider
**Benefits Include:**
* Paid interviewing expenses
* A commencement bonus and relocation expense allowance
* Competitive salary dependent on experience with comprehensive benefits package that includes but is not limited to dental, health, malpractice, vacation, CME and retirement
* Allowance for licensing and professional fees
* Paid time off for illness and vacation
**Medical Center:**
* One of the largest not-for-profit tertiary referral centers in Alabama
* 420 licensed bed facility
* Serves over 600,000 in a 75-mile radius
* 22 ORs with 2 endovascular Suites and open heart surgery suites
* Level 2 trauma center with EM residency trained physicians
* Interventional cardiology, EP and radiology labs, lithotripsy, 3 MRIs (1 a 3T), 3 CTs including a 64-slice CT and PET scanner
* 24/7 Neurosurgery services with 2 employed neurosurgeons and 1 fellowship trained neuroendovascular interventionalist
* Dedicated lab for neuroendovascular procedures
* 10 bed dedicated Neurocritical Care Unit
* 32 ICU beds with dedicated Intensivists
* 28 bed inpatient psychiatric program and outpatient center with psychiatric hospitalist coverage
* Medical Hospitalist program provides ED unassigned coverage, care for transfers and inpatient consults
* 24/7 cardiology services with 3 employed cardiothoracic surgeons
* EP cardiology services
* Transcatheter aortic valve replacement
* Wound Care Center with traditional and advanced treatments including hyperbaric oxygen therapy
* Womens Imaging Center and Family Birth Center with 27 LDRPs
* The regions only advanced NICU staffed by specialty-trained neonatologists
* Pediatric hospitalists provide care for newborns through adolescents
* Clinical Decision Unit holds outpatients and ED patients up to 24 hours for observation and either discharges or admits
* ACOM is Alabamas first osteopathic medical school and the first in the U.S. to be developed by a regional medical center
* The second class of 143 students graduated from the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM) in June 2018
* An Internal Medicine Residency Program has received ACGME approval and begins July 2018.
**Dothan, AL:**
* 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 standard