Gastroenterology Physician - Full-Time

Position Details: 

Exciting opportunities exist for an energetic, well-qualified Gastroenterologist to join our multi-specialty medical group. The ideal candidate will be a skilled Gastroenterologist who is very comfortable with a full scope practice. We are situated in a beautiful New England community located only 60miles from Boston, MA. The ideal candidate will enjoy practicing in a collaborative, collegial andsupportive setting with a strong emphasis on quality care and customer service.

Opportunity Highlights:

• Full scope Gastroenterology practice
• Collegial group practice with a large referral base
• Excellent support staff that allow you to practice at the top of your licenses
• 1:4 Call
• Generous sign-on bonus
• Relocation allowance
• Tuition loan assistance opportunity

Competitive compensation and benefit package including:

• Market-leading Initial Base Salary
• Productivity Incentive plan
• Retirement savings plans (403b and 457b)
• Employment benefits: Health and dental, disability insurance, life insurance, vacationMalpractice Insurance
• CME allowance / time

About Heywood Healthcare:

Heywood Medical Group is a non-profit physician organization affiliated with Heywood Hospital andAthol Hospital with over 70 providers specializing in primary and specialty care. Our primary carephysicians focus on Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and Internal Medicine while our specialty carephysicians focus on the areas of Addiction Medicine, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, General Surgery,Infectious Disease, Obesity, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Orthopedics, Pain Management, Rheumatology,and Urology. 

Heywood Hospital is a state-of-the-art community hospital serving the Greater Gardner community,featuring modern imaging services, including new MRI and 64-slice CT machines. Opened in 2011,the $37 million Watkins Center features a 21-bed emergency center, private inpatient adultmedical/surgical/telemetry beds, a six-bed ICU with 24/7 eICU services, mental health unit, geriatricpsych unit and wound clinic. There is 24/7 specialist coverage in cardiology, OB/GYN, orthopedics,general surgery and pediatrics as well as a strong hospitalist service.

Athol Hospital is a non-profit 25 bed acute care critical access hospital serving nine communitiesin the North Quabbin Region, only 20 minutes from Heywood Hospital. This facility features a newstate-of-the-art Medical Office Building, imaging services, 24/7 emergency room with 13 beds, and a swing bed program which transitions patients from acute care to sub-acute care in order toaccommodate rehabilitation needs while recovering. Together, these organizations form HeywoodHealthcare, offering comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services. We are proud of ourexceptionally collegial medical staff, a supportive administrative environment and dedication toexcellence and customer service. These are just some of the features that make Heywood and the Greater Gardner community an excellent place to practice medicine.

About Gardner, Massachusetts: 

The Greater Gardner area is a safe and friendly family-oriented community with much to offer:

•  Affordable cost of living
• Well-regarded public and private schools
• Outstanding municipal golf course
• Next door to Mount Wachusett Community College
• Convenient family recreation, sports and shopping

Gardner has 21,000 residents and is located: 

• 60 miles from Boston
• 30 miles from Worcester, the state’s second largest city
• 15 miles from Wachusett Mountain Ski Area
• 15 minutes from a variety of hiking and bike trails, apple farms, pumpkin patches abundant lakesand other outdoor recreation
• 45 minutes from Mtn. Monadnock, Peterborough, NH. The 2nd most climbed Mtn. in the world
• 2 hours from NH’s Lakes Region, NH & VT ski resorts
• Less than 2 hours from the beautiful coastline

Links to the area: 

Heywood Hospital: http://www.heywood.org 

Athol Hospital: https://www.atholhospital.org/

Greater Gardner Chamber of Commerce: http://www.gardnerma.com 

Wachusett Mountain Ski Resort http://www.wachusett.com 

Johnny Appleseed County Tourist Center: http://www.appleseed.org 

Massachusetts Association of Realtors: http://marealtor.com 

Central Massachusetts Visitors Bureau: http://www.massvacation.com/regions-towns/central-massachusetts/