Gastroenterology Coverage Needed in Maine

Maine

locum tenens
Inpatient and outpatient

A healthcare center in Maine is looking for a Gastroenterologist to provide ongoing locum tenens coverage while they seek to recruit a permanent provider.

** Practice Setting**

  • Mix of inpatient and outpatient settings
  • A wide range of services offered, catering to the needs of patients in Maine and New Hampshire

    • Charting: EPIC
  • Manage an average of 12-14 office/clinic patients per day.
  • Provide care for approximately 10-12 hospital-based patients per day.

Cases and Procedures

  • Perform required procedures including:

    • Small Bowel Biopsy
    • Lower GI Endoscopy
    • Sigmoidoscopy
    • Colonoscopy
    • Insertion/Management of Sengstaken/Blakemore Tube

Upper GI Endoscopy Procedures:

  • With Biopsy
  • With Foreign Body Removal
  • With Fulguration of Bleeder (Cautery vs. Laser)
  • With Injection of Varices
  • With Banding of Varices
  • Diagnostic
  • Therapeutic
  • With PEG (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy)

Schedule

  • 4 days of patient care; 1 admin/office day per week
  • Call is 1:4 on weekends and every third day during the week

** Job Requirements**

  • Board-certified in Gastroenterology
  • ACLS and BLS certifications
  • Maine medical license

** Travel Accommodations**

  • Travel and lodging support is provided for the duration of the assignment

JobID: JN -092024-31885
Posted September 4, 2024

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