Physician - Pulmonary and Critical Care - Full Time - Mt. Vernon, Illinois
Company: SSM Health
Location: Mount Vernon
Posted on: May 25, 2023
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Job Description:
It's more than a career, it's a calling
IL-SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon
Worker Type:
Regular
Job Highlights:
SSM Health - Illinois seeks a Pulmonary & Critical Care Physician
to join its established Pulmonary and Critical Care service line of
SSM Health - Medical Group. This is an employed position with SSM
Health Medical Group located in Mt. Vernon and Centralia Illinois,
where easy access is available to St. Louis, Chicago, Evansville,
Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, & Memphis.
Highlights of the opportunity are:
* Practice at a brand new state of the art facility with a 16 bed
critical care unit.
* Navigational bronchoscopy's are available if clinically competent
to perform them.
* Established hospitalist program available for inpatient
admissions
* Facility is a not-for-profit Catholic institution affiliated with
SSM Health Illinois
* Employed position with hospital affiliated medical group
* 250,000 population service area covering 9 counties
* Will be responsible for working .75 FTE as a Pulmonary physician
doing both pulmonary clinic and pulmonary consults and
procedures
* Will be responsible for working .25 FTE as a Critical Care
physician rounding in the Critical Care unit for 7 days a month on
average. Each day is a 12 hour shift from 7 am-7 pm and night
call.
Excellent Financial Package:
* Guaranteed Base Salary ranging from $400k to $425k (based on
experience) for the first 2 years
* Earning potential of $500k+
* Occurrence based malpractice insurance
* Student loan repayment available
Candidates will expect to:
* Work both in the clinic and the hospital
* While on clinic weeks, they will be responsible for outpatient
clinics, pulmonary consults, pulmonary procedures and outreach
clinics
* While on Intensivist weeks, they will be responsible for working
7 days of 12-hour day shifts.
Job Summary:
Diagnose and treat injuries or illnesses.
Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Responsible for obtaining call coverage by other medical staff
members for holidays, vacations and other time off.
* Responsible for the standard of practice for patient
population.
* Responsibility for maintaining a private office and all clinical
decision making within the office during times of service.
* Acts as an advisor and consultant in the establishment of
operational policies of the practice to include: (1) Purchasing and
capital allocations; (2) Managed care plan participation; (3)
Budget and practice expenses; (4) Medicare/Medicaid participation;
(5) Billing and collection of professional fees; (6) Personnel
management and related policies; (7) Risk management and quality
assurance; and (8) Coding compliance.
* Responsible for after-hours call coverage for patients of the
practice, in addition to office appointments.
* Participates in community service activities, including speaking
engagements, writing and special clinical programs as reasonably
requested.
* Responsible for all risk management, coding compliance and
quality assurance activities and functions in and related to the
practice.
* Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
* Performs other duties as assigned.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
* Constant use of speech to share information through oral
communication.
* Constant standing and walking.
* Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing
0-25 lbs.
* Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
* Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near
(20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and
distinguish colors.
* Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
* Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication,
distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning
machinery, etc.
* Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing
25-50 lbs.
* Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
* Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting,
gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
* Occasional driving.
* Rare crawling and running.
Licenses / Certifications:
Physician - State of Work Location
Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)
Job Type:
Employee
Department:
6350000160 MP 420 Pulmonology
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
SSM Health complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and
does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin,
age, disability or sex.
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