Gastroenterology Physician – General GI / Advanced Endoscopy Position in Washington

Opportunity Overview

Seeking a Board-Certified Gastroenterologist to provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient gastroenterology services. The physician will participate in 24-hour General GI call coverage, hospitalist shifts, patient rounding, consultations, admissions, and inpatient and outpatient GI procedures.

The provider will work alongside other Gastroenterology physicians within an established practice and must be comfortable performing a broad range of GI procedures, including ERCP.

• Patient Population: Adults (18+)

• Hospital Bed Count: 253

• Practice Setting: Inpatient and Outpatient

• Clinic Volume: Approximately 16 patients per day

• Outpatient Endoscopy Volume: 14–16 patients per day

• Hospital Census: Varies

• EMR: Epic (preferred)

• GI Software: Provation (preferred)

• Privileges: Clinic and Hospital

• Reason for Opening: Coverage gap

• Provider Arrangement: Other GI physicians are part of the practice; provider will not work alone.

Schedule & Coverage

• Expected Assignment Duration: 6 months

• 8–9-hour day shifts for ambulatory clinic and/or endoscopy coverage

• 24-hour call shifts, including weekdays and weekends

• Call responsibilities include:

  • Patient rounding

  • Hospital consultations

  • Patient admissions

  • Inpatient GI procedures

  • Outpatient GI procedures

• Clinic and procedural coverage required.

• 8 hours of non-billable orientation.

• 4 hours of gratis for all call shifts.

Clinical Details

• Provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient gastroenterology care.

• Evaluate and manage adult patients with gastrointestinal conditions.

• Perform hospital rounding, consultations, and admissions.

• Provide 24-hour General GI call coverage.

• Perform inpatient and outpatient GI procedures.

• Perform outpatient endoscopy procedures at the endoscopy center and hospital.

• Perform ERCP, with documented recent procedural experience and competency.

• Collaborate with other Gastroenterology physicians in the practice.

• Provide coverage for outpatient hospital procedural blocks when required.

Requirements

• Board Certified in Gastroenterology

• Active Washington medical license preferred

• IMLC accepted

• ACLS certification (AHA or American Red Cross)

• Minimum of 50 successful ERCP procedures within the previous 2 years, supported by case logs.

• Documentation of gastroenterology services performed within the previous 24 months, representative of the scope and complexity of requested privileges.

• Applicants who completed training within the previous year may be exempt from the 24-month clinical activity documentation requirement.

• Epic experience preferred.

• Provation GI software experience preferred.