Critical Care Nocturnist

Self Regional Healthcare - Physician; Greenwood (SC); On-site; USD 260,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Student loan repayment

Sign-on bonus

Relocation assistance

Retirement matching (403b/457b)

Job summary

Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, SC seeks a Critical Care Nocturnist to oversee nighttime ICU care, including a 30-bed CICU/ICU and select telemetry units. The role supports a hospitalist-led ICU model and collaborates with the Family Medicine Residency for rapid response and codes.

The position emphasizes night admissions, complex care management, and coordination with specialty backup teams across Cardiology, CT Surgery, and Pulmonology, with a supportive benefits package.

Qualifications

• ACLS certification and experience with central/arterial lines, intubation and ventilator management preferred.
• Open to FM/IM Critical Care focus, Pulmonary Critical Care, Anesthesia Critical Care or Emergency Medicine Critical Care.

Responsibilities

• Oversee nighttime admissions and care in CICU/ICU (30 beds) and beds in Medical-Telemetry/PCU.
• Coordinate with hospitalists, residency program and surgical staff for admissions and coverage.
• Support the Rapid Response and Code Team function during night hours.

Skills

ACLS certification

ICU nocturnist experience

Job description

Critical Care Nocturnist, Self Regional Healthcare, Greenwood SC

Nocturnist Intensivist:

• Open to qualified applicants with FM/IM Critical Care focus, Pulmonary Critical Care, Anesthesia Critical Care, or Emergency Medicine Critical Care
• This position involves nighttime oversight of patients in a 20-bed Medical ICU and 10 bed Cardiac ICU. Our open ICU model allows admission to the ICU and CCU by our hospitalist, family medicine residency, and surgical staff (e.g. CT Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Cardiology, etc.)
• This position also involves admitting some patients to the Medical-Telemetry and PCU.
• Our Family Medicine Residency Program functions as the Rapid Response and Code Team for all floors at night.

A Typical Night Shift:

7P to 7A. This position concentrates on the night-time admissions and ongoing care of a 30 bed CICU/ICU, but also alternates admissions to the medical floors with the medical nocturnist. A 3rd physician staffs a swing shift from 7 PM - 11 PM on the evenings of Monday to Thursday (our busiest days of the week) to help with admissions and cover phone calls during the busiest part of the night. We average 4-6 admissions per nocturnist each night.

Our Hospital:

Self Regional Healthcare is a 358-bed county-owned non-profit 501(c) (3) regional community hospital serving a 7-county area in the upstate Lakelands region of South Carolina. We have 30 critical care beds in our ICU/CICU and a 32-bed step down unit. Our catchment area is an ever-expanding population of 250,000 to 300,000 just 1 hour south of the Greenville metropolitan area. Abbeville Area Medical Center and Edgefield County Healthcare have close affiliations with Self Regional Healthcare as well.

Procedures Required:

ACLS certification, Central lines, Arterial Lines, Intubation, Mechanical Ventilator Management, bronchoscopy skills encouraged.

Specialty Backup:

Our team also has a great relationship with our specialty colleagues here. We have extensive specialty backup care support with: Anesthesia, Cardiology (interventional, TAVR, and EP), Critical Care/Pulmonology, CT Surgery, Endocrinology, ENT, General Surgery, GI, Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Disease, Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical Genetics, Nephrology, Neurohospitalists, Neurosurgery, OBGYN, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Palliative Care, Plastic Surgery, Radiation Oncology, Thoracic Surgery, Urology, Vascular Surgery.

EMR:

Epic, Dragon dictation and DAX (AI Dictation)/Insights

Group Size:

23 full-time physicians, 1 full-time PA in the group on surgical comagement

Leadership:

Our CEO Mathew Logan MD is an Emergency Medicine physician from the Greenwood community, having grown up here and served in our ED for over 20 years. Self Regional Healthcare is a unique and successful model of a physician led hospital system as demonstrated by our dyad model of physician leadership in all of our service lines.

Recruitment Incentives:

• Student loan repayment options, sign-on bonus or starting bonus in a flexible packages to meet the needs of our new physicians.
• Benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, and long-term disability insurance.
• Relocation expenses can be covered.

Retirement Savings:

• Self Regional offers the ability to save either traditional or Roth methods for both the 403(b) and 457(b) options allowing you to save up to $24,500 in each separate account.
• The hospital generously matches our investment up to 3% of our base salary to the 403b account.

Community:

The Town of Greenwood is a great location in the heart of the Lakelands of South Carolina. This location is hours from the Atlantic Coast beaches, one hour from the Blue Ridge Mountains, and 2-3 hours from both Charlotte and Atlanta metropolitan areas. Local lakes including Lake Greenwood, Lake Russell, Lake Secession, Lake Thurmond are great locations nearby. Our downtown area is growing into an inviting dinner and entertainment destination. Our community theater is alive and well with variety of shows. Outdoor recreation is abundant with several competitive golf courses and the 10,000-acre Sumter National Forest. We would love for you to come and visit us to get to know our quaint community a little bit better.

Academics:

If you enjoy teaching, then opportunities abound to precept medical students from Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine and PA students from Presbyterian College. Self Regional Healthcare sustains one of the nation's top family medicine residency programs in the country, and many of our hospitalists trained here. As an unopposed well-established Family Medicine Residency program with 32 residents including Sports Medicine, the program competes for national honors in USMLE board scores and rankings. Furthermore, Self Regional Healthcare hosts a robust pharmacy residency program graduating 4 pharmacists per year.