Gastroenterology Opening in Conway, SC
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Gastroenterology
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Conway, South Carolina, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
3/06/24
**Gastroenterologist opportunity in Conway, SC**
- Located 10 miles from Myrtle Beach
- 325,000 person population
**Position Details:**
- Digestive Health
- Immediate need
- Reason for search: department growth
- Full-time, permanent position
- Recruiting another GI due to patient need and expansion. They currently have 4 GIs and 2 NPs. The goal is to have 4 full time providers in the group. They have expanded their endoscopy area at the hospital and have 3 fully updated rooms.
- 4 weeks wait time for new patients
- Candidate Parameters: Fellowship trained and board certified/eligible in gastroenterology. 2022 and 2023 candidates accepted as well as those currently practicing. Can have advanced endoscopy fellowship (EUS/ERCP) but doesnt have to.
**Typical Schedule:**
- Full time position - Monday thru Friday
- 36 Patient Contact Hours - 4 Admin Hours/week
- 1:4 Call - Consult Only Service - No Admissions
- Consults and rounding a done by the physician on call.
**Scope of Practice:**
- 50/50 split on clinic lab/endoscopy
- 11 - 12 Patients per day for procedures; 20-25 per physician seen in the clinic
- Each physician has their own designated RN for support
- 5000 cases per year in the endoscopy area - 500 inpatient/4500 outpatient
- 75 ERCP and 180 EUS in 2021
- Cancer Center is affiliated with Duke Health Network, which allows for cancer cases to stay in network and local to the area versus referring.
- Candidates can do a general GI practice, but there is also demand for ERCP and EUS procedures/advanced endoscopy
**Endoscopy Area:**
- Renovating the area in 2022
- Currently 4 procedure rooms and 8 holding rooms (pre and post operative area)
- Scopes - Olympus 180 and 190 series (HD scopes)
- C-Arm is available in the department
- Colonoscopies are done with Propofol and anesthesia support
All procedures are done with propofol in our unit, but if the doctor travels to ICU to do a procedure where anesthesia is not there, then they would do that procedure with conscious sedation.
**Medical Center (established 1928):**
- Independent non-profit, 501c3 hospital (1 of 3 left in the state of South Carolina)
- Wonderful physician/administration relationship and listed as a #1 strength of the opportunity by the providers I talked to on the profile.
- Administration has a long tenure and proven track record.
- Board Chair has 20 years in leadership and is well respected in the community.
- CEO has a seat on the board to vote.
- Community Focused - 1st hospital in SC to administer COVID-19 vaccinations, because it was the right thing to do for the area.
- Financially Stable Hospital - 450+ days cash on hand for operating pre-COVID. During COVID it only dipped to 420 days.
- 210 acute care bed facility (operating at 155 average census)
- 200+ physicians on medical staff (30 specialties)
- 12 ORs
- Surgical robot available
- CRNA and MDA staffing
- Extremely low infection rate - 0% for the last 3 months (March 2021)
- Level III Trauma Center
- Open ICU
- Stable ED (40-year contract) and Hospitalist (Team Health) staffing contracts in place
- EMR - Cerner (Both in the hospital and Clinics) w/ Dragon Dictation
- New retail pharmacy on the hospital campus
- Duke Affiliation with the Cancer and Cardiology Programs
- Malpractice Carrier: PHLIP w/ Tail Coverage
- New hospital is planned in 2025 - 50 bed facility that will be closer to the beach
*Patient Panel Breakdown:*
- 82.7% Caucasian
- 13.1% African American
- 6.1% Hispanic
*Payor Mix:*
- 40-45% Medicare
- 20% BCBS
- 15% Medicaid
- 8-10% Self Pay
*New Family Medicine Residency began in July 2020 w/ Campbell University:*
- 8 residents
- 3 rd and 4 th years medical students