Locum | Physician General Surgery

Weatherby Healthcare; South Carolina; On-site; USD 138,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Weatherby Healthcare seeks a facilitating physician to cover on-call inpatient rounds and answer consultations as they arise in a South Carolina facility. The assignment includes weekend patient transfers when the OR team is unavailable and requires participation in upper and lower endoscopy procedures.

Expect to handle low-acuity trauma under supervision, with Epic EMR for charting. Competitive compensation is offered, with paid malpractice coverage and travel/housing assistance.

Qualifications

• Must be willing to work on-call rounds and respond to inpatient consults.
• Experience with inpatient transfers and weekend coverage is a plus.
• Endoscopy procedures capability is required.

Responsibilities

• Call only — round on inpatients and answer consults as they arise.
• Transfers patients on weekends — no OR team available.
• Upper and lower endoscopy procedures required.
• Low acuity trauma — stabilize and transfer.

Skills

On-call duties

Inpatient rounds

Consultations

Endoscopy procedures

Patient transfer

Tools

Epic EMR

Job description

• Call only -- round on inpatients and answer consults as they arise
• Transfers patients on weekends -- no OR team available
• Upper and lower endoscopy procedures required
• Low acuity trauma -- stabilize and transfer
• EMR: Epic
• Orientation required -- half day on a weekday prior to start
• Future dates anticipated beyond initial coverage
• Paid malpractice insurance; pre-paid travel and housing expenses
• Assignment details and time entry in online portal
• Competitive compensation
• 24-hour access to your Weatherby Healthcare consultant
• Charter member of NALTO

Ranges shown should be used as an estimate and are affected by many factors including the critical need of the position, your overall experience and qualifications, and other considerations. Please reach out to your consultant for more information.