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Otolaryngology position with a total cash guarantee of up to $650,000 located two hours from St. Louis

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This Permanent Otolaryngology position (Ref #: 11729) is located in Illinois .
Otolaryngology Permanent Quincy, Illinois Ref #21308066

Job Description

  • Arts & Culture The Villa Kathrine is a Moroccan-style home located on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River in Quincy, Illinois. The unique home, sometimes branded as a castle.  The Quincy Art Center is a museum of the visual arts. A variety of rotating exhibitions are presented throughout the year. Important contemporary Midwestern art is a primary focus, and work by artists of n
  • Sports for the Spectator You can watch NCAA Division II at Quincy University. You can drive out 111 miles to watch St.Louis proffessional baseball, basketball, hockey, and more.
  • Closest International Airports 124 miles: Saint Louis, MO (STL / KSTL) Lambert-St. Louis International Airport 220 miles: Des Moines, IA (DSM / KDSM) Des Moines International Airport 226 miles: Kansas City, MO (MCI / KMCI) Kansas City International Airport

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Practice Details

  • Recruitment Need & Practice

    • Recruiting 2 ENT physicians due to significant growth and succession planning
    • Established, busy ENT practice with immediate patient volume
    • General ENT candidates are welcome
    • Broad-spectrum general ENT practice with the ability to develop subspecialty interests

  • Subspecialty Interests Supported

    • Head & Neck Surgery
    • Robotics
    • Facial Plastics/Reconstruction
    • Other focused clinical or surgical interests

  • Patient & Practice Mix

    • Patient population: 60% adult / 40% pediatric
    • Practice mix:
      • 60% clinic
      • 30% surgery
      • 10% hospital
  • Clinic goal of approximately 30 patients per day
  • Strong procedural volume, including numerous minor office-based procedures

  • Call

    • ER call currently approximately 1:4
    • Shared with 3 community ENT physicians and Blessing providers
    • Expected to move toward 1:5 with additional recruitment
    • Light call activity:
      • Approximately 4 consults per week
      • On-site hospital coverage averages approximately once per week
    • Optional, separately compensated facial trauma call
    • Facial fractures shared with Plastic Surgery
    • No requirement to perform mandible fractures
    • Typical trauma cases include nasal, zygomatic and orbital fractures

  • OR Access

    • Dedicated surgery center block: 1 day per week
    • Main OR block: 1 day per month
    • Additional cases can be scheduled as needed

  • Office Procedures & Resources

    • Flexible and rigid laryngoscopy
    • Ambu scopes
    • Minor lesion excisions
    • Electrocautery available in clinic
    • On-site lab and X-ray
    • Strong clinical support team, including MOAs, CMAs and LPNs

  • Scope of Practice
    Candidates should be comfortable with broad-spectrum general ENT. More complex cases may be referred to tertiary centers, including complex head and neck cancer requiring robotics, neck dissections, laryngectomy, skull-base tumors, complex carotid tumors, flap reconstruction, cochlear implants, acoustic neuromas and complex otologic surgery.

  • Audiology Support

  • Blessing is also planning to add an Audiologist to its established ENT practice serving Quincy, Illinois and Hannibal, Missouri
  • Audiologist will support hearing-loss evaluation and treatment and the hearing-aid component of the practice
  • Doctorate from an accredited/qualified Audiology program required
  • Must possess or be eligible for ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology

For physician recruitment, I would emphasize four things in outreach: immediate volume, two openings created by growth/succession planning, light shared call, and flexibility to build a subspecialty niche. Those are probably the strongest differentiators in what you provided.

 

Community Details

  • Enjoy a community with a diverse educational system, including Public/private schools, technical, community college and four year private university.
  • Gorgeous riverfront to historic neighborhoods, plenty of restaurants, and abundant shopping

Compensation Details

  • Starting salary between $550,000 and $600,000.
  • Loan Forgiveness $150,000 over 5 years.
  • $50,000 sign on bonus - $100,000 sign on bonus if no loan forgiveness.
  • $15,000 relocation package
  • Total cash compensation:  $600,000 - $650,000
  • Comprehensive Benefit package

Top Five Things to Do

  1. All Wars Museum 
  2. Villa Kathrine 
  3. Quincy Museum 
  4. John Wood Mansion 
  5. 9/11 Memorial