VHS is searching for a FT Internal Medicine Hospitalist for Dothan, AL!
Hospital-employed Hospitalist group seeks additional Internal Medicine residency trained physicians to join a robust, rapidly growing practice. Southeast Health is a 420-bed regional referral center in Dothan, Alabama and it manages its own hospitalist program. The current practice includes more than 25 full-time board-certified Internal Medicine Hospitalist physicians. Our facility serves a diverse patient population spanning multiple age groups, socio-economic classes, and ethnicities.
BENEFITS INCLUDE Generous signing bonus
Comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, disability and life insurances as well as retirement benefit
Paid malpractice with tail coverage
CME and professional fees allowances
Paid interviewing expenses
PRACTICE HIGHLIGHTS Provide coverage for unassigned patients who present to ED requiring
inpatient care, care for transfers and in-hospital consults
7 on/7 off schedule, 12 hour shifts, Daytime shift 7 am - 7 pm
Minimum requirement is 12 shifts/month
Flexible, individualized scheduling
Admit and co-manage with intensivist support adult patients in critical care
24/7 pulm/critical care support for all CC admissions
24 hour subspecialty support available for all specialties including presence of in house radiology physician 24/7
APP support is available
Provide limited coverage for select private practice primary care patients
EPIC EMR
ABOUT SOUTHEAST HEALTH One of the largest not-for-profit tertiary referral centers in Alabama
420 licensed bed facility
3,000+ dedicated employees
400+ active Medical Staff
Serves over 600,000 in a 75-mile radius
Level 2 trauma center staffed by EM residency trained physicians
One of three Comprehensive Stroke Centers in Alabama with a dedicated lab for neuroendovascular procedures
24/7 Neurosurgery coverage with 2 employed neurosurgeons, with 1 being cerebrovascular/endovascular trained
10 bed dedicated Neurocritical Care Unit for acute stroke/neuroendovascular care
Medical Hospitalist program provides ED unassigned coverage, care for transfers, and inpatient consults
Interventional cardiology, EP and radiology labs, lithotripsy, 3 MRIs (1 a 3-T), 3 CTs including a fixed 64 slice CT and PET Scanner
22 ORs with 2 endovascular suites and open heart surgery suites
Pain Management and Physiatry services provided through outpatient clinics on Southeast Health campus
28 bed inpatient psychiatric program and outpatient center with psychiatric hospitalist coverage.
ABOUT DOTHAN, ALABAMA Nearby lakes and rivers and less than 100 miles to Gulf Coast Beaches
Robust business environment ranked in retail sales in Alabama (per capita)
Highland Oaks, a Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, and other public and private golf courses and driving ranges
Regional Airport served by Delta Airlines
Recognized as a Playful City with 19 parks, 6 public swimming pools, 47 tennis courts including a 20-court complex built to professional standards
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.
