OB/GYN Hospitalist (In-House Laborist)

Quick Facts

• Role: OB/GYN Hospitalist (in-house laborist)

• Schedule: Choose 12- or 24-hour in-house shifts; predictable, self-scheduled block schedule with shift trading within the group

• Setting: New Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, and NICU units in a brand-new facility

Description

Founding group of OB/GYN hospitalists needed to build and staff an in-house hospitalist program at a Los Angeles hospital. Choose between a traditional shift-only track or a hybrid track that adds outpatient clinic days and an OR day at least every other week. Responsibilities include full-shift labor and delivery coverage, triage, and response to OB emergencies.

Responsibilities

• Cover labor and delivery, triage, and OB emergencies for the full shift

• Manage laboring patients and perform vaginal and operative deliveries, including cesarean sections

• Respond to obstetric emergencies, OB rapid response, and unassigned/walk-in obstetric patients

• Provide coverage and backup for community physicians’ patients per program protocol

• Collaborate with nursing, anesthesia, and neonatology on unit protocols and patient safety initiatives

• Help build the culture and clinical standards of a new unit from day one

Requirements

• MD or DO

• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Obstetrics & Gynecology

• Active California medical license (or eligible and willing to obtain), DEA

• Current BLS, ACLS, and NRP (or willingness to obtain)

• Eligible for medical staff privileges at the hiring hospital

• Comfort managing high-acuity obstetric emergencies independently without in-house backup

Benefits

• Competitive shift reimbursement aligned with the Los Angeles market

• Productivity bonus

• Malpractice coverage with tail/occurrence-based policy provided

• Health, dental, vision, and retirement benefits

• Sign-on bonus/relocation allowance

• CME allowance and license/DEA reimbursement

• Predictable, self-scheduled block schedule with flexibility to trade shifts within the group