Family Medicine - Obstetrics Locum job in Mount Shasta, CA
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Family Practice-With OB
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Locums/Travel
Work Environment
Hospital
Location
Mount Shasta, California, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
2/20/24
Schedule:
Details:
Details:
- ASAP - ongoing
- Schedule: 1-2 weeks of Hospital OB Call each month and 4-8 days in the Clinic for General GYN patients (consecutive)
- Shift type- 4 -10 hour shift in clinic a week and OB/pediatric on call. 1:4 hospital coverage.
- Inpatient and outpatient coverage
- If FP/OB, provider will take pediatric and OB call at the same time!
- Must be qualified to handle c-sections. OB procedures and minor family practice procedures. OB cases.
- 18-25 clinic patients
- Admissions per day: clinic-based provider with 0-1 hospital admission
- Patients/day: in the clinic, they would see about 15- 17 patients a day in the clinic
- Types of cases: a variety of Family Practice and OB types of cases
- Number of deliveries: 94 a year C-sections: approx. 40/year
- NICU level: no, it is 50 mins away in Redding, Redding is a LVL 3
- In house anesthesia? 15 min call response time
- EMR: Cerner
- Support staff: Supervisor, MA, clerks
- Patient Type- Female, all adult ages, pregnancies, well women, GYN problems
- Volume of deliveries: 10-15 a month. May increase slightly as the hospital north of site just lost a couple of their docs.
- Would they consider one regular Family Practice physician and one OBGYN who would handle the C-sections? No, we need someone who can do both. We are a small facility in a small community need someone qualified to do both.
- Do you know the patient ratio of Family Practice cases vs OB cases? Family Practice: 95%
- Is the OB 24-hour call week to be concurrent with one of the other weeks the physician would work in the clinic? Or is that separate for a total of 2-3 weeks per month? Concurrent
- Would you consider FP with OB experience since there is no OB fellowship under the FM certification? They need to be able to do C-sections on their own.
- How many hours of call and is there a post call day? 24hr shifts / 1 week
- What’s the backup situation? General Surgeon on Call that can close C-section
- Am I doing OR gyn days as well? No, would be Family Medicine Pt's in Clinic and OB Call only.
- Is call in house or ok from hotel? No in house call. Hotel only.
- Is there a cap on how many clinic patients are given? 14