Physician
Physician - Abilene, Texas
Job Description
(Login for Information) is seeking a full-time internal medicine-trained nocturnist to join our well-established hospital medicine team at Hendrick Medical Center South in Abilene, Texas. Enjoy an attractive 7-on/7-off block schedule that supports a healthy work-life balance.
Practice Highlights
Hendrick Medical Center South offers excellent specialty backup, including gastroenterology, cardiology, neurology, spine surgery, general surgery, infectious disease, pulmonology, OB/GYN, wound care, interventional radiology (including procedural support for the emergency department).
Clinical Responsibilities
As a nocturnist, you will...
Candidates who are comfortable performing bedside procedures are highly preferred.
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No matter where you come from, you will find a little bit of everything in this university city of 120,000 located on 1-20 just 2.5 hours west of the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas metro. The city offers three 4-year colleges and hosts annual events that celebrate the western lifestyle and values of the working ranch. Abilene's civic progressiveness and its logistic function as a regional center for distribution, commerce, industry, transportation, and education provide an assortment of lodging, dining, cultural, and shopping opportunities typically found only in much larger cities. Enjoy the local lakes, the arts, the Abilene zoo, and an abundance of parks. Explore why people call Abilene home!
Practice Highlights
- 231-bed acute care hospital
- 20-bed open ICU
- 5 MDs 7am-7pm
- 1 APC 7am-7pm
- 1 APC 1pm-1am
- 1 MD 7pm-7am
- EMR: Allscripts
Hendrick Medical Center South offers excellent specialty backup, including gastroenterology, cardiology, neurology, spine surgery, general surgery, infectious disease, pulmonology, OB/GYN, wound care, interventional radiology (including procedural support for the emergency department).
Clinical Responsibilities
As a nocturnist, you will...
- Manage overnight admissions
- Respond to rapid response events and code situations
- Serve as a primary admitting physician for the ICU
- Round on ICU patients as needed
- Average 6-10 admissions per night
Candidates who are comfortable performing bedside procedures are highly preferred.
California Applicant Privacy Act: (Login for Information)
No matter where you come from, you will find a little bit of everything in this university city of 120,000 located on 1-20 just 2.5 hours west of the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas metro. The city offers three 4-year colleges and hosts annual events that celebrate the western lifestyle and values of the working ranch. Abilene's civic progressiveness and its logistic function as a regional center for distribution, commerce, industry, transportation, and education provide an assortment of lodging, dining, cultural, and shopping opportunities typically found only in much larger cities. Enjoy the local lakes, the arts, the Abilene zoo, and an abundance of parks. Explore why people call Abilene home!