We are looking for a dynamic Hospitalist to join our program at UnityPoint St Luke’s in Sioux City IA.

Requirements: Will accept both Internal Medicine or Family Medicine residents / physicians. Prime Physicians in conjunction with UPH focus on improving efficiency, optimizing practice environment, provider engagement and service excellence. We are looking for hardworking physicians with collegial personality and excellent Team player skills.

Hospital:

• 180 bed tertiary care / Level III Trauma center / acute care hospital.
• All Medical sub-specialists available (Cardiology, EP, Interventional cardiology, GI, Hem Oncology, Nephrology, Pulmonary Critical care, Pediatric hospitalists, Dermatology, Rheum etc.)
• All Surgical sub-specialists available (Neurosurgery, Bariatric surgery, General Surgery, Urology, Podiatry, Orthopedics, Hand surgery, Plastics, Ob-Gyn etc. but NO CT surgery).
• Open ICU (18 beds); Hospitalists admit most patients to ICU with Intensivist support. 24X7 intensivist support.
• No Code pager (ED runs codes)
• No procedures or lines or intubations or vent management required (optional). Anesthesia, Surgery, Intensivists, PICC nurses do procedures.
• EMR – Epic. All providers use the same templates and order sets to reduce the variation of practice.

Schedule and Staffing:

• 7p-7a Nights staffed by 2 in-house NPs from 7p-7a.
  
• Standard physician schedule week on and off day shifts with very Flexible scheduling. Total of 26 weeks per year is a full time job. Sometimes providers do a long 3-4 week stretch to get 3-4 weeks off for long vacation.
• Average census around 16-18 per day. Winters are busy and summers are light.
• Night Admissions 4-6
• Cross coverage and ICU coverage

Pay:

• Base pay – 325k
• 50K signing bonus for 5-year commitment only. Have to repay if left early.
  
• Moonlighting opportunities available in other hospitals
• No additional CME but option to maintain a pretax account for any CME expenses to be deducted from paycheck.
• Benefits - include paid malpractice with tail coverage, medical, dental, life insurance, long term disability, short term disability and 401K profit sharing plan.
• All Pay, bonuses and contracts are non-negotiable - all physicians are paid the same to maintain uniformity.
• Will offer J1 / H1b visas as needed. HHS/HRSA waiver for J1s.