Hospital is looking for a GI specialist with ERCP capabilities for their inpatient facility. There will be no outpatient work only in house and ER consults with procedures generated from those.
Average callback hours 4 hours per week
Schedule/Availability Requirements:
We have 4 providers confirmed and below are the 2025 & 2026 dates they are not available. We need one provider to fill in these gaps.
2025:
- 11/10am-11/17am
- 11/24am-12/1am
- 12/8am-12/12am
- 12/22am-1/1am
2026:
- 1/1am-1/5am
- 3/9am-3/13am
- 4/13am-4/20am
- 8/3am-8/7am
- 8/31am-9/7am
- 9/14am-9/18am
- 10/12am-10/16am
- 11/9am-11/13a
- 12/7am-12/11am
- Setting: Inpatient only
- FTE: 1
- Required Procedures: normal GI procedures like endoscopies and colonoscopies, along with ERCP capability
- EMR: Currently using Paragon with plans to switch to EPIC later in 2026
- Support Staff: Endoscopy trained GI nursing staff for procedures
- Reason for Coverage: Perm GI is leaving
- Deal breakers: Excessive malpractice suits, Medical board disciplines
- How many patients and procedures per day: Number of patients and procedures per day will vary, they expect the load to be up to 10 patients per day to round on and procedures as needed for this.
- Is there an Anesthesiologist on site or is conscious sedation required? There is Anesthesia backup and they do prefer conscious sedation when possible.
- Is ERCP or EUS Required? ERCP Required
- Is there rounding involved? Yes
- Who admits the patients? Is it the locum or does hospitalist handle? The hospital will admit the patients
- Types of cases? Abdominal pain, GI bleed, SBO, food bolus, Ulceration, gastritis, perhaps diagnose carcinoma but no treatment.
Travel Preferences:
- Preferred Lodging: What are you willing to consider?
- Air Travel: What are you willing to consider?
Credentialing Information:
- Timeframe: 30-60 days, emergency privs can be granted with clean MP
Requirements:
- Emergency credentialing? Emergency credentialing possible for clean files, not really necessary with a Jan start
Submission Requirements
- Gastroenterology Board Certification – Board Certified [HIGHLY PREFERRED] or Board Eligible accepted
- State License – TX [REQUIRED]
- Gastroenterology Residency Requirements - [REQUIRED]
- Certifications Required – ACLS [REQUIRED]
- Malpractice – Clean [HIGHLY PREFERRED]
- Availability at time of name clear – Please list how many weeks per month your provider can cover - [REQUIRED]
