Emergency Medicine Physician Opportunity Nocturnist- Louisville, KY

The Norton Healthcare Emergency Medicine Department is recruiting board-certified or board-eligible emergency medicine physicians, specifically nocturnists. The selected candidates will join more than 60 physicians and 40 advanced practice providers in the emergency departments at our five adult-service hospitals in Louisville, Kentucky.

Norton Healthcare offers quality, comprehensive care to over 180,000 patients annually across Greater Louisville and throughout Kentucky. In 2024, an average of 15,000 visits a month were made across these facilities. Norton Healthcare is a DNV-accredited health care system with comprehensive centers of excellence across our adult-service facilities, including orthopedics and spine, stroke, heart and vascular, and more. Using a collaborative care model, our team strives to drive efficiency and reach for innovation in emergency medicine care pathways.

"Norton Healthcare's highly trained adult emergency medicine staff works at emergency departments in five adult-service hospitals in Louisville, among them award-winning chest pain centers and regional stroke receiving centers. Norton Brownsboro Hospital has received national recognition as a comprehensive stroke center, and Norton Audubon Hospital has achieved heart care center national distinction of excellence. our staff works in collaboration with other specialists and inpatient care teams to provide 24/7, streamlined emergency care to our patients."

• Jeffrey L. McAfee, M.D., Executive Medical Director, Norton Healthcare Emergency Medicine

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About the Position

• For candidates board certified by American Board of Emergency Medicine/American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine or eligible for certification
• Locations covered: Norton Audubon Hospital, Norton Brownsboro Hospital, Norton Hospital, Norton West Louisville Hospital and Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital
• Eight- to 10-hour shifts, flexibility to work full time or part time; day shift or nocturnist models available
• Collaborative work model with advanced practice provider team
• Continuing medical education (CME) opportunities within Norton Healthcare and funds available for additional CME
• Opportunity for student loan forgiveness with not-for-profit status
• $30,000 sign-on bonus; $10,000 to $15,000 relocation assistance

About Norton Healthcare - Norton Children's

Norton Healthcare is a leading not-for-profit hospital and health care system serving adult and pediatric patients across Greater Louisville, Southern Indiana, the commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond. The system has six hospitals in Louisville — including Norton Children’s Hospital, which is a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and the region’s only full-service, freestanding, dedicated pediatric hospital — and three hospitals in Southern
Indiana.

With nearly 24,000 employees, over 1,750 employed medical providers and more than 3,000 total providers on its medical staff, Norton Healthcare is Louisville’s second largest employer. It provides care at more than 480 locations throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The six Louisville hospitals have a combined total of 1,907 licensed beds, and the Southern Indiana hospitals have 347 licensed beds. Services include inpatient and
outpatient general care as well as specialty care in heart, neuroscience, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health and pediatrics. The system also includes 10 outpatient centers, 20 Norton Immediate Care Center locations and an expanded telehealth program. A strong research program provides access to clinical trials in a wide range of areas.

Norton Healthcare is proud to be recognized nationally for excellence as a top employer and health care leader. Recent honors include:
• Forbes: America’s Best Employers for Company Culture, America’s Best Employers by State, America’s Best Large Employers, America’s Best Employers for New Grads
• Fortune: America’s Most Innovative Companies
• Newsweek: America’s Greatest Workplaces, America’s Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare, America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women, America’s Greatest Workplaces by State, America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity, America’s Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing