Job Description
JOB OVERVIEW
- Profession: Physician
- Specialty: Gastroenterology
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Wisconsin Rapids, WI
- Service Setting: Inpatient/Outpatient
- Coverage Type: Clinical Only
- Coverage Period: ASAP - Ongoing
- Shift Schedule: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- 1 week on/1 week off
- 1 day clinic, 4 days procedures
- 1 week on/1 week off
- Reason for Coverage: Supplemental
- Travel, Lodging, and Malpractice Insurance: Covered by Agency
- Average Daily Volume: 28-30 (IP), 3-4 (ICU/IMCU), 10-14 procedures/day
- Admissions: Yes
- Rounding: Yes
- EMR System: Epic
- Specialty Backup Available: Anesthesia available for conscious sedation on certain days
- Support Staff: RNs: 1, MAs: 1, PA/NPs: 1, Office Staff: 1
- Required to suppervise APPs? Yes
- No. of Beds: 3 Endo Suites, 6 ICU, 8 IMCU
- Hospital Privileges Required: Yes
- Board: Board Certified
- Licenses: WI license or IMLC
- Certifications: BLS, ACLS
- Fellowship: Required
- Provide gastroenterology clinic and scheduled procedure coverage in an inpatient/outpatient setting
- Perform upper and lower GI endoscopies, colonoscopies with biopsy and polypectomy, sigmoidoscopies, and esophageal dilatation/manometry
- Manage inpatient consults for a census averaging 28-30 patients plus 3-4 ICU/IMCU patients
- Collaborate with a skilled endoscopy team in three new endo suites, with anesthesia available for conscious sedation on select days
- Participate in a week-on/week-off rotation; no ERCP or EUS required (not performed at facility)
