Pulmonary Critical Care in Montgomery, AL – $40k Sign-On

A hospital in Montgomery, Alabama has a Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine position available for the right candidate. The practice is affiliated with Jackson Hospital & Clinic, Inc. in Montgomery, Alabama, a 344-bed tertiary hospital providing a wide continuum of inpatient services with a fully developed ambulatory service line on campus. Alabama?s central region campus for Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM) is located at Jackson Hospital. ACOM offers physicians paid preceptor opportunities.

Compensation Package Overview

• Salary of $350k
• Comprehensive benefits paid including health, malpractice.
• Generous sign-on ($40k)
• Relocation package (up to $5k)
• Potential bonus for non-partners at the end of the year
• Potential partner track ? one to two years

Practice Details

• 8 physicians and 5 nurse practitioners.
• Average hospital rounding list, 12-16 patients.
• Office, an average of five new patients per clinic, and eight to 12 follow-up patients per clinic.
• Can accept an MD or DO
• J1 or H1B acceptable
• Board Certified/Board Eligible

Responsibilities

• Rotate hospitals monthly. All physicians share equal responsibility.
• Teaching responsibilities are Internal Medicine Residency Program at UAB, Baptist Medical Center South, and Family Practice Residency Program at Baptist Medical Center South.
• Medical students, University Alabama Birmingham, VCOM, ACOM. PA students, Faulkner University Montgomery.
• Rounding responsibility, Intensive Care Unit Baptist Medical Center South – 48 beds. Baptist Medical Center East – 16 beds. Baptist Medical Center Prattville – 6 beds. Jackson Hospital – 24 beds.
• Telemedicine weekends, Prattville Baptist – 6 beds.
• Procedures performed: Bronchoscopy, navigational bronchoscopy, EBUS, central line, A-line, POCUS, PleurX catheter placement, chest tube placement.
• During ICU rotation there will be limited or no office patient responsibility.
• Non-ICU rotation is 50% office and 50% hospital rounding.
• Weekend call approximately one in four or five weekends.
• The weekend call starts Thursday at 2 p.m. and ends Monday at 7 a.m.
• If you are not working a weekend, you are off Thursday at 2 p.m. until Monday at 7 a.m.
• Weeknight calls average two per month.

Community/Location

The City of Montgomery is the capital of Alabama and home to 210,000 residents. The Montgomery metropolitan area, known as the River Region includes Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, and Montgomery counties with a population of 350,000. Montgomery has a diverse economy comprising state government, healthcare, automotive manufacturing, education (the city is home to eight colleges and universities), tourism, Maxwell Air Force Base, the Gunter Annex, and military contractors.

Montgomery’s magnet public schools consistently rate among the best in the nation. The city is a cultural haven with two professional dance companies, a symphony orchestra, the world’s sixth largest Shakespearean theater, and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Fine dining, diverse shopping, nationally recognized sporting activities including Montgomery Biscuits AA baseball and the Raycom Camellia Bowl, and more than 60 city parks contribute to Montgomery’s great quality of life. In 2014, USA Today readers voted Montgomery the country’s Best Historic City and the National Civic League honored Montgomery as an All-America City.

Birmingham, Alabama, Atlanta, Georgia, many recreational lakes, and the most beautiful Gulf beaches in the U.S. are within easy driving distance of this modern, southern city.

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