Details

• Specialty: Gastroenterology

• Schedule: PRN, as needed

• Call Schedule: as needed

• Practice Detail: Busy practice with 4 physicians and 4 midlevels (when fully staffed)

• EMR System: Cerner

• Facility: Ascension Borgess Gastroenterology

• Location: 1535 Gull Road, Suite 105, Kalamazoo, MI 49048

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)

Various health insurance options & wellness plans

Retirement benefits including employer match plans

Long-term & short-term disability

Employee assistance programs (EAP)

Parental leave & adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ways to give back to your community

Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance and salary range at the time of the offer.

Responsibilities

Ascension Borgess is looking for a PRN Physician to join or our Gastroenterology Dept.

This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to partner with Ascension Borgess to provide medical services to patients.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluates and treats patients with appropriate medical diagnostic and treatment skills. Coordinates discharge planning with case management.

• Recommends, participates in, and works to ensure the success of efforts to improve cost effectiveness and quality of care provided to patients.

• Accepts patient referrals from other physicians. Acts as admitting, attending and/or consulting physician for patients who require hospitalization for primary medical diagnoses, depending on needs of patients, medical staff and hospital.

• Participates in academic programs (e.g. medical education and research) as requested.

• Provides appropriate documentation that meets insurance company requirements; appeal all denials in a timely manner.

• Participates in inpatient and outpatient consultation for specialty, which may include on call schedules.

Requirements

Licensure/Certification/Registration:

Required Credential(s):

• Physician MD/DO with Prescriptive Authority credentialed from the Michigan Board of Medicine obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date. Credentialing done by Medical Staff department.

Education:

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) required.

Why Join Our Team

Ascension Michigan operates 16 hospitals and more than 300 related healthcare facilities that together employ nearly 23,000 compassionate associates. When you join our care teams, you join a team dedicated to providing spiritually centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of the communities we serve throughout Michigan.

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.

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