Job Description
Licensure/Certification Qualifications:
Hospitalist
Duluth, MN
PRACTICE SPECIFICS
25-year-old Hospitalist program with 58 physicians and 17 NP/PAs
Hospitalists cover Essentia Health St. Mary’s Medical Center and Essentia Health Duluth which are located on the same campus and connected via an indoor skywalk system. Provision of secondary and tertiary care services to patients from a wide region including northern Wisconsin and north-central and eastern Minnesota
Essentia Health St. Mary’s Medical Center is a 350-bed tertiary care hospital, Level I certified Trauma Center with the consistently highest-ranked cardiovascular program and a Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center
Essentia Health Duluth is an attached 140-bed multispecialty hospital with acute dialysis, medical-surgical, psychiatry, and outpatient surgery units
Friendly, collegial environment with day teams of hospitalists and advanced practice providers, day and evening admitters, and a dedicated nocturnist team
Team-based collaborative model with Advanced Practice Providers (APPs)
Typical 7-day on, 7-day off schedule throughout the year; 168 shifts is considered full-time. Flexible scheduling
Satisfying balance of attending and consultative responsibilities covering multiple specialties
Open ICU (no ventilator management)
Target staffing model of 16 patients per day (includes admission, consults, rounding, and discharge) for physician only rounding teams, or 24-26 for physician and APP rounding teams
Procedures not required
Opportunities to participate in hospital-based research, quality, and clinical initiatives
Optional teaching opportunities with our inpatient Duluth Family Medicine Residency service - plus the chance to work with University of Minnesota Medical Students
Epic Electronic Medical Record utilized throughout the entire Essentia Health healthcare system
Generous starting bonus included for qualified candidates
REQUIREMENTS
BC/BE in Internal Medicine
BC/BE in Family Medicine with strong interest and experience in hospital-based care (opportunity for mentorship)
LOCATION
Duluth, MN – a harbor city which is located at the westernmost tip of beautiful Lake Superior
150 miles north of the metropolitan Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul
Duluth city population: 90,000; Regional service area: 490,000
Duluth International Airport access with direct flights to Minneapolis/St. Paul and Chicago airports
Top Ranked outdoor area for activities
For more information, contact:
Eric Bain, Senior Physician Recruiter
Cell: 218-393-9518
Email: Eric.Bain@EssentiaHealth.org