Job Description
TeamHealth has an exciting and new day shift opening in Abilene, Texas, at Hendrick Medical Center South. We are seeking a full-time internal medicine trained physician to join our stable and established hospital medicine program at Hendrick Medical Center South in Abilene, Texas; which is a part of the Hendrick Health System - a not-for-profit healthcare institution.
Hendrick Medical Center South is a 231-bed hospital with a 20-bed open ICU. Enjoy a block schedule of 7 days on, 7 days off with a staffing model of 5 day-shift physicians with 1 day-shift APC (7a-7p), 1 swing APC (1p-1a) and 1 nocturnist physician (7p-7a). Our daytime physicians see an average census of 12-15 rounding encounters, 1-2 admissions and 0-1 ICU admits per day. Hospitalists do run codes and handle rapid response as they are the primary admitters for the ICU. Procedures are required for this position with some proctoring on a case-by-case basis.
When it comes to specialty back up, Hendrick MC South has the support of GI, cardiology, neurology, spine surgery, general surgery, infectious disease, pulmonology, OB/GYN, wound care, and interventional radiology (will assist ED with procedures). The EMR utilized throughout the Hendricks system is All-Scripts.
Join a community of thousands of hospital medicine professionals to share and shape best practices. We harness a nationwide collection of tools, clinical resources and collective knowledge for our hospital medicine clinicians who provide the best for their patients. TeamHealth is one of the nation's leading healthcare organizations that specializes in hospital medicine. For more than four decades, we have honed every aspect needed to support our clinician teams, so that you can do what you do best. Our leaders are some of the best in the country!
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About the City
No matter where you come from, you will find a little bit of everything in this university city of 120,000 located on 1-20 just 2.5 hours west of the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas metro. The city offers three 4-year colleges and hosts annual events that celebrate the western lifestyle and values of the working ranch. Abilenes civic progressiveness and its logistic function as a regional center for distribution, commerce, industry, transportation, and education provide an assortment of lodging, dining, cultural, and shopping opportunities typically found only in much larger cities. Enjoy the local lakes, the arts, the Abilene zoo, and an abundance of parks. Explore why people call Abilene home!
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Job Info
Encouraged to Apply: H1B, J1, New Grads
Hospitalist
Physician
Hendrick Medical Center South
Abilene, TX
Full-Time
Opening 60831BR
Your Recruiter:
Adam Larson
Phone Number:
(469) 644-6744
Location
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