Advanced Gastroenterology Locum Opportunity in North Dakota

Hospital is in need of a GI physician. General GI is ok, ERCP candidates will move to the top of the list .

Schedule/Availability Requirements:

• November 23 thru 29th ending morning of 30th
• December 23 thru Jan 3 ending morning of 4th
• 24 hour call with hospital rounding in house for 8 hours--procedures and rounding.  Rounding time is dependent on how many patients are on consultative service at the time, but flexible. 

• There will not be another Gastroenterologist present while the locum is on assignment. 
• Locums will not be supervising other healthcare providers

Required Procedures:

• Colonoscopy
• Biopsy
• Polypectomy
• Proctoscopy / Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
• Hemorrhoidal Banding
• Upper GI Endoscopy
• PEG
• Esophageal Variceal Banding
• Banding Lesions - Management of acute GI bleed
• Dilation
• HIGHLY PREFERRED: ERCP
• Management of hospitalized GI patients

• EMR: EPIC
• Practice Type: Hospital and Call Coverage Only No Clinic 
• Credentialing ideally  - 60 to 90 days

• ERCP volumes? (this is key for him, since volumes are declining at his perm and he wants to maintain his proficiency) ERCP one to two per week
• General/other procedure volumes? Other volumes vary. But I would think one to two scopes per day.
• NP support? No NP support
• Is there another doc on or is locum solo? Solo locum. No clinic.
• What type of support staff is there? How many NP/PA, RNs, and Endotechs? It is hospital call only. So in the endoscopy room they have RN's and CRNA's
• What is the average number of scopes? Hospital you will have 1 to 2 scopes per day
• What is the average number of new patient consults per day? 1 to 2
• What is the average number of patients to round on per day? 5 to 6

?Submission Requirements

• Board Certified - [REQUIRED]
• State License – Pending license accepted, may obtain at offer (Will consider IMLC) - [REQUIRED]
• BLS, DEA - [REQUIRED]
• Malpractice – [Clean Preferred]
• Self-Query NPDB report is mandatory at the time of presentation. The Self-Query NPDB report must be dated within 30 days of the presentation date. - [REQUIRED]
• The site is move forward with candidate who are experience in general GI, but highly preferred that candidate have ERCP cert.