Gastroenterologist (General GI)

Quick Facts

• Specialty: Gastroenterology

• Coverage: 24-hour General GI call, including weekdays and weekends

• Practice: Established GI practice (no solo coverage)

• Care scope: Inpatient + outpatient gastroenterology services, consultations, admissions, rounding, and GI procedures including ERCP

• Adult patient population: 18+

• Hospital beds: 253

• Clinic volume: ~16 patients/day

• Outpatient endoscopy volume: 14–16 patients/day

• EMR: Epic (preferred)

• GI software: Provation (preferred)

• Setting: Clinic, hospital, and endoscopy center

• Assignment duration: 6 months

Description

Board-Certified Gastroenterology physician to provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient GI care. Responsibilities include hospital rounding, consultations, patient admissions, and inpatient/outpatient GI procedures, plus 24-hour General GI call coverage. ERCP experience is required with documented recent procedural competency.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient gastroenterology care

• Evaluate and manage adult patients with gastrointestinal conditions

• Perform hospital rounding, consultations, and admissions

• Provide 24-hour General GI call coverage

• Perform inpatient and outpatient GI procedures

• Perform outpatient endoscopy procedures at the endoscopy center and hospital

• Perform ERCP with documented recent experience and competency

• Collaborate with other Gastroenterology physicians in the practice

• Provide coverage for outpatient hospital procedural blocks when required

Requirements

• Board-certified in Gastroenterology

• Active Washington medical license preferred (IMLC accepted)

• ACLS certification

• Minimum 50 successful ERCP procedures within the previous 2 years (case logs required)

• Documentation of gastroenterology services within the previous 24 months reflecting requested privileges

• Applicants completing training within the previous year may be exempt from the 24-month documentation requirement

Benefits

• 8 hours of non-billable orientation