Gastroenterologist

NEJM; Bellingham (WA); Hybrid; USD 580,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Educational loan reimbursement

Health and medical benefits plans

Retirement savings accounts

Job summary

PeaceHealth is seeking a Gastroenterologist to join the St. Joseph Medical Center GI team on the hospital campus in Bellingham, WA. The practice combines an outpatient endoscopy center with hospital block time and a collaborative team that supports work–life balance. ERCP is desired but not required; call is shared with PeaceHealth physicians with support from a local GI group. The role offers competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• ERCP is desired but not required.

Responsibilities

• Provide gastroenterology care in an outpatient endoscopy center with hospital block time.
• Collaborate with a GI team of physicians and APCs to deliver patient care.
• Share on-call duties with PeaceHealth physicians with GI group support.

Skills

Endoscopy procedures

Team collaboration

ERCP knowledge

Job description

Description

Gastroenterologist opportunity at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center.

Join our GI team (4 physicians and 2 APCs) at PeaceHealth and work in a newlyremodeling clinic andendoscopy center, located on the hospital campus. We have a collaborative team environment that supports work and home life balance.

ERCP desired but not required.

Practice Highlights:

• Majority of procedural cases in outpatient endoscopy center with dedicated endoscopy staff. Block time at hospital.
• 16-18 patients per day; 1-1/2 to 2 days of clinic per week
• Longevity of physicians/staff and clinical manager with 20-year history of endoscopy experience
• New Olympus scopes and scope washers
• Call shared with PeaceHealth physicians with support from local GI group

The vision at our 265-bed Level II trauma center PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center is to provide access and services to our GI patients, both in the immediate community and catchment areas in Whatcom County.

PeaceHealth has a clinician well-being program that includes:

• A dedicated medical director of clinician wellness
• Vendor relationships that provide free coaching, counseling, and concierge services
• Practice experience program (PEP), longitudinal New Clinician Education and Clinician Leadership Development programs that focus on efficiency principles, patient, and human experience, and include CME credits
• DAX - An ambient intelligent scribe solution to assist with completing ambulatory notes

Compensation & Benefits:

• Salary guarantee: $579,560 with an earning potential of $700,000+
• Generous employment bonus
• Financial assistance with access to relocation vendors such as home finding services, rental housing, and household moving services
• Educational loan reimbursement for those who qualify
• Select from one of three health and medical benefits plans to suit your personal needs
• Two retirement savings accounts, 403(b) & 401(a), with an optional third 457(b) plan for those who qualify

Explore Bellingham, the "City of Subdued Excitement":

• Embrace the outdoors in Bellingham, WA, a community that thrives on work/life balance!
• One of America's most desirable communities by Forbes, Money and others nationwide.
• Healthy lifestyle with outdoor activities from Mt. Baker to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands - Run, bike, hike, boat, ski, sail, or enjoy a picnic soaking in amazing scenery and fresh air.
• Highly rated public and private schools, 2 community colleges and a local university educating 17,000 students.
• Artists abound with the 2nd highest artists per capita in the US and plentiful local festivals.
• Bellingham airport for convenient flights to major West Coast hubs.

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