Hospitalist Lead

Overview

You’ll love the Southwest. Why not love your career, too?

Want to join an exceptional organization? If you value quality, go above and beyond in making patients a priority and want to help cultivate a positive, healthy, work environment, we want to talk to you. We are focused on assembling an outstanding team who will work together to maintain our stellar reputation and build a strong brand for Northern Arizona Healthcare as we expand our services.

Our team of more than 200 of the highest quality providers who had their choice of healthcare organizations, chose Northern Arizona Healthcare Medical Group.

Here's why:

• Patient-centered, physician led, team-based and collaborative work environment.
• Financially stable, growing organization.
• Work-life balance is a priority, 166 working shifts per year, 30-day vacation schedule available.
• Average census, 16 patients, 12 hr. shifts.
• Level 1 Trauma with extensive sub specialist support.
• Leadership and Opportunity to work with Residents (if desired).
• Highly competitive compensation and benefits.
• Incentive Opportunity $12,000
• Sign on bonuses
• Relocation bonuses
• CME
• Malpractice Coverage plus tail.
• Comp starts at $281,837 to $373,838 and extra shifts available up to $179.73 per hour.
• Generous excess call stipend, emergency and extra shift stipends.
• Loan Repayment Programs.

You’ll Bring:

• Internal Medicine or Family Medicine Residency and 2 plus year’s hospitalist experience.
• Arizona License or ability to be licensed.

Live the Good Life:

In our Northern Arizona communities, you'll discover abundant opportunities to enjoy a lifestyle that's comparable to few other places. It is all here, four beautiful seasons, clean air, great neighborhoods and no traffic jams.  No matter what you do for fun, recreational opportunities are everywhere -- downhill and cross-country skiing, gorgeous hiking trails, wine tasting, and fine dining.  You will also find it ready-made for families with excellent public and private schools, thriving secondary educational facilities, and cultural breadth and diversity. In addition, wherever you live and work you are well-positioned for weekend getaways in the vibrant cities of Phoenix and Las Vegas. 

If you want to join an organization at a time of growth, transformation, and innovation, centered on providing high quality, cost-effective, and convenient care for our patients, we want to talk to you!

Contact Physician Recruiter, Chase Stalcup at [email protected] or call 817-675-3415.

You’ll come for the View and stay for the Vision!

Essential Job Functions:

We are looking for the right physician to join our collegial and supportive employed Hospitalist group at our Flagstaff, AZ campus at Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH), playing a critical role in advancing our mission of "improving health, healing people". The hospitalist group is led by a working hospitalist, reporting to a physician. The NAH vision is grounded in our intention to transform the health of the communities we serve in Flagstaff, Sedona, Cottonwood and all of Northern Arizona. Flagstaff Medical Center is the transfer center, Level 1 trauma center, and tertiary care destination for Northern Arizona with a catchment that extends from past the New Mexico border to the California border, and brings challenging and interesting cases to our mid-sized hospital and city. We enjoy extensive subspecialist support despite the hospital's friendly size. Our hospital and group have a culture of hospitalists leading within the organization and directing patient care. We enjoy excellent relationships with all of our surgeons and other specialties and work collaboratively for the wellness of our patients.

Support structure:

• Hospitalists teams: 8 rounding teams, 2 admitting teams, and 2 nocturnist teams, 27 total hospitalists.
• 183 budgeted/paid shifts per year, of which 166 shifts are worked after leave and CME
• Mix: Rounding about 7 out of 9 shifts, admitting 1 shift, and swing 1 shift
• Backup assignment approximately 4-5 times per quarter with stipend paid regardless of whether you are called in.

Perks:

• Total 168 worked shifts plus 12-16 "backup call off-site" days with stipend for full time
• Full experienced nocturnist service is separately staffed
• No RVU based compensation, with a reasonable census
• True average census is 16 (14-18)
• Extra stipend for extra shifts if desired. No required or expected extra shifts
• Independent, non-profit, two hospital system
• Leadership opportunities for those interested
• 100% physician hospitalist service with no mid-level supervision duties
• Opportunity to work with Family Medicine residents, if desired
• No procedures required or expected
• 30 days per year "schedule black out" time for longer vacations, other requested time off possible
• Strong care management service

Hospitalists are supported by: Neurosurgery, interventional cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, 24H on site critical care, gastroenterology, plastic/hand surgery, interventional radiology, neurology, palliative care, endocrinology, urology, pulmonology, trauma surgery with trauma ICU, orthopedics, ortho/spine, inpatient psychiatry, among others.