Job Summary
Job Description
Gastrointestinal Specialists, We are seeking a fourth BC/BE gastroenterologist to join their thriving and expanding gastroenterology practice that has been established for four decades. This practice is located at Our Regional Medical Center, in Tennessee.
About this Opportunity
- Established practice with extensive waitlist
- ERCP is preferred but not required
- Full-time support of two Nurse Practitioners
- Wait times for procedures can be 6 weeks
- Immediate volume with established referral patterns
- Competitive compensation and benefit packages
- Sign-on and relocation bonus
- No state income tax
About Our Regional Medical Center
This opportunity is located at Our Regional Medical Center, a tertiary regional referral center for stroke, neurosurgery, orthopedics, gastroenterology, oncology, cardiology, neurology, surgery and obstetrics.
With a team of more than 350 physicians in 45 specialties and more than 1,800 employees, we use a multidisciplinary approach to provide comprehensive, individualized patient care.
As the region's only Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke and Rehabilitation Center, This Regional facility offers state-of-the art care that maximizes recovery from stroke. We are the region's leader in technology in areas such as gastroenterology, bariatric surgery, robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. Our door-to-balloon times for heart attack patients are below the national average, and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis, surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.
It is also home to the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, which is nationally recognized for both inpatient and outpatient treatment of stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, and orthopedics.
The most recent expansion includes additional parking for visitors and employees, a relocated helipad, and new and expanded emergency and critical care departments to combine critical services in our Center for Advanced Medicine, helping to ensure our most critical patients get the care they need quickly.
About the Facility
- 541 licensed beds
- 45 emergency room beds and a radiology suite within the department
- 72 critical care beds (including Cardiovascular ICU, Medical-Surgical ICU and Neuro-ICU, most with tele-ICU capability)
- 16 surgery suites
- 5 cath labs, part of our award-winning Heart Center
- Triage rooms, antepartum suites, labor and delivery suites and mother/baby rooms to help moms welcome the newest members of their families
- Home to Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, East Tennessee s premier rehabilitation hospital
About Us
A Tennessee-based healthcare enterprise committed to providing the right care at the right time and place. As a not-for-profit health system, we are dedicated to being the region’s premier healthcare network through service, community and innovation. We provide patient-centered care that inspires clinical and service excellence, and strive to be the first and best choice for our patients, employees, physicians, employers, volunteers and communities. It is the area’s largest employer and has more than 11,000 compassionate caregivers, expert clinicians, and dedicated the Town, Tennessee
It is an incredible combination of big city excitement and small-town, southern charm. Located on the Tennessee River with the Great Smoky Mountains as a backdrop, It is home to a vibrant downtown area, anchored by wonderful local restaurants and boutiques. Revitalized, historic neighborhoods dot the downtown landscape.
- Cost of living 15% below the national average
- No state income tax
- Excellent public school, most ranking in the list of top ten schools statewide
- Private K-12 schools (including Christian, Catholic, and Montessori), University of TN, and numerous community colleges and technical program.