Advanced Gastroenterology Locum Opportunity in Kentucky

• Gastroenterology
• EMR: Meditech

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Assignment Details

• Coverage Duration: 12 months
• FTE Need:
• Client is open to two providers alternating weeks, but strongly prefers one consistent provider

Interviews:

• Virtual interviews with the service line leadership and OR
• Excellent opportunity to address procedural scope, call expectations, and workflow questions
• Support Staff:
• APP support provided

Schedule

• Clinic Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Call Structure: Shared with the other provider
• On site or off site: offsite (response within 30 min for Emergency Consultation 12 hours for routine
• How often is the provider called in after hours? 1-2 x/week
• Most common reasons for call: active bleed

Credentialing/Enrollment

• Estimated Timeline: ~3 months
• Includes: Medicare & Medicaid enrollment
• Procedural Volume
• Average Procedures Per Day: 12-14 

Procedures Required:

• General GI:
• Upper Endoscopies (EGD)
• Colonoscopies

Advanced Procedures:

• ERCP: Yes (mid-level / moderate complexity)
• EUS: Not required
• EMR: Not required

Specialty Procedures Performed

• Esophageal, duodenal, or luminal stent placement
• Argon plasma coagulation
• Biopsies of the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, and colon
• Colonoscopy with or without polypectomy
• Diagnostic and therapeutic EGD
• Enteral alimentation
• Esophageal dilation (balloon, bougie, or Savary with guidewire)
• Foreign body removal via EGD
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy
• GI motility studies and 24-hour pH monitoring
• Non-variceal hemostasis (upper and lower)
• Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)
• ERCP
• Patient population- non compliant, sick, often bring family members to appts.