Physician / Family Practice / Georgia / Permanent / Outpatient Family Medicine O

We are seeking a Family Medicine physician to help start a new hospital-employed outpatient internal medicine practice. The typical work week will consist of outpatient clinic Monday through Friday with a half-day on Friday. The position will require the provider to take 7 days of city call per month at our Hospital location. City call requirements consist of admitting unassigned inpatients to the hospital and provision of their care. There is a nurse practitioner that sees all of the city call patients Monday through Friday and performs much of the patient management. The physician is required to round on the patients once daily and be available by phone for new admissions. Typical census on the city call service is 6-10 patients. A backup physician is called if the census is 12 or higher.

Compensation & Benefits:

Our outpatient opportunity includes competitive salary, commencement bonus, paid moving expenses, up to 100K in tuition repayment, 403(b) retirement program with hospital match, malpractice coverage, annual CME expenses and time for conference, plus 33 days of paid time off per year. eClinincalWorks is the EMR used in the outpatient offices and Meditech in the hospital setting.

Healthcare System is a not-for-profit organization that serves a population of approximately 300,000. It is comprised of a 237 bed facility, a 45 bed facility, three urgent care centers, an outpatient surgery center, several employed physician practices and a family medicine residency program. With over 2,200 employees, we are proud of the quality care and compassion we provide to our patients each day. We offer a number of medical services including primary care, cardiology/interventional/EP cardiology, anesthesiology, critical care, endocrinology, gastroenterology, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, obstetrics & gynecology, oncology/hematology, pathology, psychiatry, pulmonology, radiology (interventional), rheumatology, sleep medicine, and urgent care. We also offer a wide array of surgical services including colorectal surgery, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, and urology. Recent technology upgrades include a 128 Slice CT and Tomosynthesis 3D mammography and electronic ICU, or eICU.

About the Area:

Houston County is a dynamic growing community known for its multicultural diversity and low cost of living. It is conveniently located 1.5 hours so