Hospitalist Physician

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This locum OB Hospitalist opportunity is seeking board-certified OB/GYN physicians to provide Labor & Delivery coverage at a high-acuity teaching hospital. The facility is currently down two full-time providers and anticipating an additional maternity leave, creating an urgent need for experienced laborists to support resident physicians, midwives, and inpatient OB services.

Dates / Schedule

• Coverage Dates:
  
  
  • July 26 (8:00 AM) July 27 (8:00 AM)
  
  
  • July 31 (8:00 AM) August 1 (8:00 AM)
  
  
  • August 2 (8:00 AM) August 3 (8:00 AM)
  
  
  • August 7 (8:00 AM 5:00 PM)
  
  
  • August 9 (8:00 AM) August 10 (8:00 AM)
  
  
  
  


• Practice Setting:
  
  
  • Hospital-based Labor & Delivery coverage
  
  
  
  


• Facility Details:
  
  
  • 10 L&D beds
  
  
  • Level I Trauma Center
  
  
  • Level IV Labor & Delivery unit
  
  
  • Level III nursery
  
  
  
  

Job Details / Responsibilities

• Provide inpatient OB Hospitalist/Laborist coverage


• Work alongside:
  
  
  • OB residents
  
  
  • Nursing staff
  
  
  • Midwives requiring physician collaboration
  
  
  
  


• Handle both low- and high-risk obstetric cases:
  
  
  • Approximately 20% low-risk pregnancies
  
  
  • Approximately 80% high-risk pregnancies
  
  
  
  


• GYN cases comprise approximately 10% of practice


• C-section rate approximately 25%


• Required obstetrics responsibilities include:
  
  
  • Management of low- and high-risk pregnancies
  
  
  • Fetal heart rate interpretation (NST/CST/FSE)
  
  
  • OB ultrasound performance and interpretation
  
  
  • Level I and Level II OB ultrasounds
  
  
  
  


• Labor & Delivery procedures include:
  
  
  • Routine vaginal deliveries
  
  
  • Forceps deliveries
  
  
  • C-sections
  
  
  • Breech and multiple births
  
  
  • VBACs
  
  
  • Management of abruptions
  
  
  • Repair of 3rd and 4th degree lacerations
  
  
  
  


• Gynecology procedures include:
  
  
  • Ectopic pregnancy management
  
  
  • Ovary removal
  
  
  • Cystectomy
  
  
  • Extensive lysis of adhesions
  
  
  • Tubal ligation
  
  
  • Diagnostic laparoscopy
  
  
  • Open gynecologic surgery
  
  
  • Office gynecology procedures such as IUD placement, cystoscopy, colposcopy, cryosurgery, and LEEP
  
  
  
  


• EMR system: EPIC


• Onsite resources:
  
  
  • Lab
  
  
  • Ultrasound
  
  
  • Resident support
  
  
  
  

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Board Certified OB/GYN required


• Active Ohio medical license required


• BLS certification required


• ACLS certification required


• Self-Query NPDB report dated within 30 days of presentation required


• Must be comfortable managing high-risk obstetric patients and complex Labor & Delivery cases in a teaching hospital environment