Gastroenterologist

Job Description

<p><h3>Description</h3>
<p>Newly opened Gastroenterologist opportunity at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center.</p>
<p>Embrace the outdoors in a community that thrives on work/life balance!</p>
<p>PeaceHealth is renovating the clinic and endoscopy center—located on the hospital campus. We seek a BC/BE gastroenterologist to join four experienced GI physicians and two APCs in a collaborative team environment that supports work and home life balance.</p>
<p>ERCP desired but not required.</p>
<h3>Practice Highlights</h3>
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<li>Majority of procedural cases in outpatient endoscopy center with dedicated endoscopy staff. Block time at hospital.</li>
<li>16‑18 patients per day; 1‑½ to 2 days of clinic per week.</li>
<li>Longevity of physicians/staff and clinical manager with 20‑year history of endoscopy experience.</li>
<li>New Olympus scopes and scope washers.</li>
<li>Call shared with PeaceHealth physicians with support from local GI group.</li>
</ul>
<p>The vision at our 265‑bed Level II trauma center PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center (https://www.peacehealth.org/hospitals/peacehealth-st-joseph-medical-center) is to provide access and services to our GI patients, both in the immediate community and catchment areas in Whatcom County.</p>
<h3>Clinician Wellness Programs</h3>
<ul>
<li>A dedicated medical director of clinician wellness.</li>
<li>Vendor relationships that provide free coaching, counseling, and concierge services.</li>
<li>Practice experience program (PEP), longitudinal New Clinician Education and Clinician Leadership Development programs that focus on efficiency principles, patient and human experience, and include CME credits.</li>
<li>DAX – an ambient intelligent scribe solution to assist with completing ambulatory notes.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Compensation & Benefits</h3>
<ul>
<li>First‑year salary guarantee of $605,195 followed by productivity‑based compensation plus up to 10% extra in value measures.</li>
<li>Generous employment bonus.</li>
<li>Financial assistance with access to relocation vendors such as home‑finding services, rental housing, and household moving services.</li>
<li>Educational loan reimbursement for those who qualify.</li>
<li>Select from one of three health and medical benefits plans to suit your personal needs.</li>
<li>Two retirement savings accounts, 403(b) & 401(a), with an optional third 457(b) plan for those who qualify.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Explore Bellingham, the “City of Subdued Excitement”</h3>
<ul>
<li>One of America’s most desirable communities by Forbes, Money and other nationwide publications.</li>
<li>Healthy lifestyle with outdoor activities from Mt. Baker to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands—run, bike, hike, boat, ski, sail, or enjoy a picnic soaking in amazing scenery and fresh air.</li>
<li>Highly rated public and private schools, two community colleges, and a local university educating 17,000 students.</li>
<li>Artists abound with the second‑highest artists per capita in the US and plentiful local festivals.</li>
<li>Bellingham Airport for convenient flights to major West Coast hubs.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Additional Information</h3>
<p>Videos and links about PeaceHealth and the community:</p>
<ul>
<li>The PeaceHealth Difference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6VBakvYrc8)</li>
<li>Working with PeaceHealth in Bellingham</li>
<li>Bellingham, Washington | Visitor Information (https://www.bellingham.org/)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Contact</h3>
<p>If this opportunity resonates with you, please reach out!</p>
<p>Keith Nussbaum, Physician & Clinician Recruiter</p>
<p>KNussbaum@PeaceHealth.org</p>
<p>More about PeaceHealth (https://www.peacehealth.org/pages/peacehealth-alt).</p>
<p>See how PeaceHealth is committed to inclusivity, respect for diversity, and cultural humility (https://www.thecaregiver.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/PeaceHealth-Statement-of-Commitment-to-Diversity-and-Inclusion-vFINAL.pdf).</p>
<p>PeaceHealth has exceptional benefits. (https://careers.peacehealth.org/pages/benefits-culture)</p>
<p>EEO, affirmative action employer/vets/disabled in accordance with applicable local, state, or federal laws.</p>
<p>REQNUMBER: 80229</p></p>
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