Locums Hospitalist in North Carolina - Overnight Hospital Coverage, Newborn Nursery Care

Locums Family Medicine physician needed in North Carolina for overnight hospital coverage, including adult, pediatric, and newborn nursery care with code response responsibilities.

Highlights

• Overnight block style coverage, 8 to 10 shifts per month
• Shared patient load, approximately 30 to 35 patients split with another provider
• Broad scope hospital coverage, adult, pediatrics, and newborn nursery
• Consulting specialist support available in cardiology, nephrology, and oncology

Practice Setting

• Hospital coverage for adult, pediatric, and newborn nursery patients
• Open ICU model
• One physician responsible for rounding and admissions overnight
• Must respond to hospital codes

Schedule

• Nights only
• 8P to 8A shifts
• 8 to 10 shifts per month
• Start date listed as mid January 2027

Cases and Procedures

• Newborn nursery care, including newborn resuscitation
• Required skills include ventilator management, intubations, and EKG interpretation
• Preferred skills include central line and arterial line placement, elective cardioversion, lumbar puncture, paracentesis, thoracentesis, suturing, and I and D

Requirements

• Must be an MD or DO
• Family Medicine board certified, or board eligible within 5 years
• North Carolina license required, will wait for license with active IMLC LOQ only, open to IMLC Physicians
• ACLS, ATLS, BLS, NRP, and PALS required, must have newborn nursery experience and ability to perform newborn resuscitation

If nights with adult, peds, and newborn nursery coverage fits your wheelhouse, reach out and we can compare your availability to the 8 to 10 shifts per month need.