Family Medicine Physician - Clinton, North Carolina

Job Overview
Join a dynamic hospital team as a Family Medicine locum, providing comprehensive adult, pediatric, and newborn nursery care in an acute care setting. This 12-week assignment offers a flexible schedule of 8–10 day shifts per month with overnight rounding responsibilities. Experience a supportive environment with on-site housing and a collaborative multidisciplinary team.

Key Details

• Assignment Type: Locum Tenens
• Setting: Hospital
• Start Date: Mid-January 2027
• Schedule: Approximately 8–10 day shifts per month (12-week duration)
• Patient Population: Adult, Pediatric, Newborn
• Location: Clinton, NC
• Stipends: Housing and travel options can be discussed for non-local candidates

Benefits

• Weekly direct deposit
• Malpractice insurance with tail coverage
• Supportive credentialing assistance
• Lodging and mileage reimbursement (if applicable)
• Flexible scheduling (optional if applicable)

Job Responsibilities

• Provide inpatient and outpatient family medicine care to adults, children, and newborns.
• Perform newborn resuscitation and routine newborn nursery procedures.
• Round on patients and manage admissions overnight.
• Respond to hospital codes and emergent situations.
• Manage ventilators, perform intubations, and interpret EKGs.
• Conduct minor procedures (e.g., suturing, incision & drainage, lumbar puncture, paracentesis, thoracentesis).
• Collaborate with consulting specialists in cardiology, nephrology, and oncology.
• Document all encounters in the Meditech EMR system.

Qualifications

• Board-certified or board-eligible Family Medicine physician, within three years of residency completion.
• Active North Carolina medical license.
• Current Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification.
• Certifications: ABLS, ACLS, ATLS, BLS, PALS.
• Comfortable treating both adult and pediatric patients, including newborn nursery care.

Working Hours

• Approx. 8–10 day shifts per month (daytime hours).
• Overnight rounding and admissions responsibility.
• On-call for hospital codes as needed.

Skills

• Ventilator management
• Endotracheal intubation
• EKG interpretation
• Newborn resuscitation (NRP)
• Central line and arterial line placement (preferred)
• Elective cardioversion, lumbar puncture, paracentesis, thoracentesis (preferred)
• Minor procedural skills (suturing, I&D)
• Proficiency with Meditech EMR