Hospitalist Opening in Duluth, MN
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Hospitalist
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
3/06/24
**Hospitalist opening: Duluth, MN**
~ FM or IM trained
~ H1B Eligible
*Medical Center is a 330-bed tertiary care hospital, Level II certified Trauma Center with consistently highest ranked cardiovascular program and is a certified Stroke Center.*
**Position Details**
- Full-time, permanent
- Employed
- Thirteen year old hospitalist program with 38 physicians and 10 NP/PAs.
- Hospitalists cover two locations which are located on the same campus and connected via an indoor skywalk system.
- Provision of secondary and tertiary care services to patients from a wide-region including northern Wisconsin and north central and eastern Minnesota
- Secondary location is an attached 140 bed multispecialty hospital with inpatient intensive care, acute dialysis, medical-surgical, psychiatry, and outpatient surgery units
- Provide 24 hour onsite coverage with the assistance of a nocturnist program
- ICU coverage is primarily non-intubated patients. Critical Care physicians cover most intubated patients
- 14-16 patients per day (includes admission, consults, rounding and discharge) with assistance of credentialed practitioners in team-based collaborative model
- Satisfying balance of attending and consultative responsibilities covering multiple specialties
- Opportunities to participate in hospital-based research, quality and clinical initiatives
- Teaching service providing internal medicine rotations for 10 Duluth Family Medicine residents
- Friendly, collegial environment with 11 day teams of hospitalists and credentialed practitioners, 2 evening hospitalists, and 2 nocturnists currently
- Epic Electronic Medical Record utilized throughout the entire healthcare system
- 7-day on, 7 day off schedule throughout the year; 182 shifts is considered full-time
*Sign on bonus available to qualified candidates*
**Community Details**
- Duluth, MN a harbor city which is located at the westernmost tip of beautiful Lake Superior
- 150 miles north of the metropolitan Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul
- Duluth city population: 86,000; Regional service area: 460,000