This southwest Georgia Hospital system is seeking several board certified/board eligible Internal Medicine physicians to practice Hospitalist medicine at their campus in Americus, GA. The hospitalists will experience a broad pathology of patients and physician activities that includes patient care, teaching, research, and leadership related to hospital care. As expected, hospitalists manage patients throughout the continuum of hospital care, often seeing patients in the ER, admitting them to inpatient units, following them as necessary into the critical care unit, and organizing post-acute care and transfer back to their primary care physician.

Position highlights include:

• Paid malpractice, great benefits; 15 shifts/180 hours per month in a flexible schedule, extra shifts available at $175/hour.
• Days and nights needed.
• 3 Hospitalists on during the day with average patient load of 12-15, rotating admissions – follow patients from admission to discharge. 1 Hospitalist on at night. No APPs to supervise.
• Specialty support: Cardiology, General Surgery, Orthopedics, Nephrology, part time Pulmonology, part-time Hem/Onc
• Open ICU, procedures optional – EICU coming in early 2024 with 24/7 tele-support from Board Certified Critical Care Intensivists, vital signs monitored, etc.

Highlights include

• Flexible scheduling
• Regional referral center
• Competitive hourly rate for extra shifts worked
• Benefits include malpractice, retirement accounts, disability insurance, health insurance, life insurance, CME allowance
• Team approach and collegiality
• Located between Atlanta, GA and the Gulf coast
• Regional airport in town
• Local Family Medicine residency program
• Mid-sized town offers a family focused area with access to several larger cities and the white sand Florida beaches
• Mild climate allowing year-round outdoor activities such as golf, fishing, hunting, cycling and boating

The health System is a not-for-profit integrated healthcare delivery system which serves more than 500,000 residents in Southwest Georgia. Our facilities, advanced medical technologies and treatments, as well as our highly qualified professionals, have distinguished us as a healthcare leader. More than 4,500 physicians, employees and volunteers who make up the system family, care for patients in 35 counties, keeping primary care close to home to give residents seamless and affordable health care. The flagship facility is a 691-bed teaching hospital, making it the region’s largest tertiary care provider. With hospitals in five communities, the system offers a full spectrum of care for residents in Southwest Georgia.

Albany, GA is the larger community in our area (population about 70-80K), making it the eighth-largest city in the state. It is located approximately halfway between Macon, GA and Tallahassee, FL. It has a regional airport (SW GA Regional).

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