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Pediatrician needed 1 hour from Grand Junction, CO
Summerfield, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Pediatrics
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Locums/Travel
Part-Time/Contract
Work Environment
Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)
Academic/Training Program
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Grand Junction, Colorado, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
6/15/16
No visa's. This facility is looking for a BC/BE Pediatrician to join one other.
4-Day Work Week
70% Office Practice / 30% Hospital Practice
Patient volume is 20-30 patients per day
The call is 1 in 2, including weekends
Salaried position starting at $160,000- &165,000, depending on experience. Increase of 5% per year.
Financial:
- Competitive base salary
- Competitive benefits package
Facility:
- Small rural hospital
- 6 ICU beds
- 4 OR's adn 1 C-section room
- 2600 surgeries annually
- Patients come from all the surrounding communities
- The hospital is very busy and has a good surgery volume
- Hospital is only a few years old
- Hospitalist for admissions 6 PM to 6 AM
- Well staffed nursing personnel
- EMS paramedic served
- ED is Trauma Level IV
- Primarily farm and agricultural trauma
- Good specialty back up
- CT and lab on site
Location:
- Western Colorado
- Elevation is 5,000
- Very little snow
- Population of 8,000 with the surrounding area making it over 30,000
- Summers are low 90's with cool nights and winters are in the 30's on average.
- Small rural community
- Ranked in the top 1/3 of communities for climate, housing, health care and recreation.
- Year round fishing, hiking, mountain biking, four wheeling, snow skiing, etc.
- Locally they have a nationally recognized golf course.
- Big and small game hunting is abundant
- Powder Horn is 45 minutes away, 1.5 hours away is Telluride while Aspen and Crested Butte are 2 hours away.
- Less than an hour from Grand Junction, CO
- Incredible scenery, sports, wildlife and nature.
- Slower and quieter paced lifestyle.
- Family oriented and very safe community