Locum OB/GYN Opportunity in Brattleboro VT!

ATC West Healthcare is seeking a full-time locum OB/GYN physician to provide coverage within its hospital-owned Four Seasons OB/GYN practice due to a staffing shortage. This opportunity offers a mix of outpatient clinic responsibilities and call coverage in a collaborative, community-based setting that provides full-spectrum women's healthcare. The practice emphasizes physician autonomy, team-based support, flexible scheduling, and a balanced quality of life in southern Vermont.

Dates & Schedule

Coverage Start: August 15, 2026 (ongoing, varying dates)

Practice Setting: Clinic and Call

Shift Options:

• 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
• 8:00 PM – 8:00 AM

Call Schedule: Varies

Credentialing Timeframe: Approximately 90 days

Job Details & Responsibilities

Clinical Environment

• Hospital-owned Four Seasons OB/GYN practice
• Provide comprehensive OB/GYN care, including clinic visits, labor and delivery, gynecologic procedures, and call coverage
• Average 14-16 clinic patients per day
• 7-bed birth center
• 10 clinic exam rooms
• Cerner Community Works EMR

Practice Composition

• 1 full-time OB/GYN physician
• 1 gynecology physician (does not take call)
• 1 PRN physician
• 4 Certified Nurse Midwives who frequently take primary call

Patient Mix

• 50% low-risk obstetrics
• 50% high-risk obstetrics
• 60% gynecology patients
• Approximately 25% C-section rate
• 3-5 gynecologic surgeries per week
• Average 1 nursery admission per day
• Level I nursery

Available Resources & Support

• Dedicated medical assistant assigned during clinic sessions
• Triage nurse support
• Birth center nursing staff adjusted based on patient census
• Onsite laboratory services
• Ultrasound available in clinic and hospital (Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:00 PM)
• Access to colposcopy, LEEP, D&C, and standard gynecologic equipment

Required Skills & Qualifications

Required Certifications & Licensure

• Board Certified in OB/GYN
• Active Vermont medical license, IMLC eligibility, or willingness to obtain Vermont licensure
• BLS (AHA)
• NRP certification
• Completion of an accredited U.S. or Canadian OB/GYN residency program
• Most recent NPDB Self-Query report (completed within 30 days and required at presentation)

Preferred Qualifications

• Clean malpractice history

Required Obstetric Skills

• Management of low-risk and complex obstetric patients
• Fetal heart rate interpretation (NST, CST, FSE)
• Performance and interpretation of OB ultrasounds
• Level I/viability obstetric ultrasounds

Required Labor & Delivery Skills

• Routine vaginal deliveries
• Forceps-assisted deliveries
• C-section decision-making and performance
• Management of complicated deliveries (breech presentations, multiples, abruptions)
• VBAC management
• Repair of third- and fourth-degree lacerations

Required Gynecologic Skills

• Office procedures including IUD placement, cystoscopy, colposcopy, cryosurgery, and LEEP
• Open gynecologic surgery
• Diagnostic and minor laparoscopic procedures
• Major operative procedures including ectopic pregnancy management, oophorectomy, cystectomy, and extensive lysis of adhesions