Locums Gastro, Vacation Coverage - Longview, TX
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Job Description
Position: Locum Tenens - Physician (Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology)
Facility: Longview Regional Medical Center
Location: Longview, TX
Coverage Dates: March 30, 2025 (7:00 AM) - April 7, 2025 (7:00 AM)
Call Coverage: Both in-house and beeper call (30-minute response time)
Coverage Type: Scheduled Clinic Hours + Call
Compensation: 24 hour Call - $3,000 for 24 hr call Shift, with Call Back rate of $391 hr after a 4 hour gratis
Travel and Lodging Covered: Yes
Estimated Credentialing Timeframe: 12 Days
Additional Info: Anesthesia is always available. 24 hour call with 8-12 hours patient facing; possibly not needing full amount daily. 5-7 consults, 3-6 scopes
Job Description:
Longview Regional Medical Center is seeking a Locum Tenens Gastroenterologist to provide vacation coverage. The physician will be responsible for inpatient consults, ED consults, and transfers. The role requires expertise in both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures.
Job Responsibilities
Manage inpatient consultations and emergency department consults.
Respond to call coverage as per hospital requirements.
Interpret esophageal manometry.
Conduct liver biopsies and small bowel biopsies.
Manage insertion and monitoring of Sengstaken/Blakemore tubes.
Utilize Athena/Medhost EMR systems.
Qualifications
Active and unrestricted medical license
Must be comfortable with inpatient and ED consults
Experience with Athena/Medhost EMR preferred
Telehealth capabilities as required
Working Hours
24 hour Call Coverage
1 week Vacation Coverage
Skills
Biopsy
Foreign body removal
Fulguration of bleeder (cautery vs. laser)
Injection of varices
ERCP (diagnostic & therapeutic)
PEG tube placement
Esophageal dilatation/manometry
Esophageal manometry interpretation
Small bowel biopsy
Lower GI Endoscopy:
Sigmoidoscopy (Flexible & Rigid)
Colonoscopy with biopsy & polypectomy
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
Liver biopsy