We are seeking a full time Gastroenterologist in Fort Walton Beach...

Provide anesthesia services for patients including general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, neuraxial anesthesia, and monitored anesthesia care. Workload includes the evaluation and treatment of emergent, urgent, and non-emergent patients ranging in age from infant to over 65 years.

W2 and Independent Contractor options available

Specific Duties: The type of work may include, but is not limited to, the following:

• Shall participate in the monthly peer review process of clinical skills; a minimum of 10 routine cases seen in the last 30 days. This will involve both a review of his/her patient care via review of clinical notes and or performance. Shall also provide the same peer review for the other Gastroenterology physicians.
• Provide outpatient services for patients as scheduled by the MTF.
• Provide inpatient consultation. This will include new patients when consults are requested by the health care team. The Gastroenterologist must be able to perform unsupervised and be able to supervise house staff performing gastroenterology procedures.
• See new patient consults and established follow-up clinic visits. The provider is expected to respond to telephone consults and inform patients of lab and radiology results in a timely manner.
• Provide inpatient, urgent, and same day consultations on a "walk-in" basis
• Perform Gastroenterology-related procedures that are medically indicated to include, but not limited to: conscious sedation, Upper Endoscopies (including dilations, gastrostomy tube/PEG placement, and control of bleeding), Flexible Sigmoidoscopies (including hemorrhoid banding), Colonoscopies (including polypectomies, control of bleeding) and Paracentesis. Performance of Percutaneous Liver Biopsy and Interventional Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is highly desired.
• Medical Records Documentation. Health care providers shall complete medical records documentation within 72 business hours of the encounter with the patient.
• Coding - use the proper coding of procedures and treatment and maintain coding accuracy (CPT/E&M/procedure) at the same standard, 90% or higher, as military and civil service health care providers engaged in comparable work.

• Ensure patient and staff safety through safety awareness, proper infection control and promotion for clean, orderly clinic environment. Recognizes, reports, and corrects potential safety hazards.
• Consult with medical personnel, legal authorities, and military commanders as required.
• Direct supporting Government employees assigned to during the performance of clinical duties. Guide the performance of assigned personnel. Use team approach toward staff and patient management.
• Perform administrative duties that may include participating in medical education programs, quality improvement functions and other duties as prescribed by the Flight Commander.
• Participate in formal educational lectures; approximately 2 per year, or more if desired, during billable hours.
• Provide instruction for medical residents, physician assistant students, medical students and/or students of other health care disciplines in the form of clinical rotations, didactics, and inpatient discussions as appropriate.
• Possess basic knowledge in management and daily operation of a clinic servicing a large number of patients with a variety of healthcare needs and illnesses.
• Possess basic knowledge of operating a wide variety of medical equipment/nonmedical equipment to ensure patient and staff safety, proper equipment maintenance and accessibility.

Work Schedule:

Normal schedule is 9 hours between 6:30am and 5:30pm, with a one-hour lunch 

On-Call: Up to 2 weeks per month

Call-Back required, minimal

Excellent Compensation & Exceptional Comprehensive Benefits:Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time, Plus 11 Paid Federal Holidays

Medical/Dental/Vision, STD/LTD/Life, and Health Savings Account available
Annual CME Stipend and License/Certification Reimbursement

Matching 401K

Minimum Qualifications:

Degree/Education: MD or DO; internship/residency in Gastroenterology

Experience:  Minimum 36 months within the last 48 months; or recently graduated from a fellowship trainingLicensure/Certification: Active/unrestricted license to practice as a physician from Florida

DEA: Current and active DEA certification
Clinical Board Certification: Board-Certified by ABIM or AOBIM, or board-eligible, for recently graduated residents
Life Support Certifications: BLS/ACLS

We are an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. All applicants selected for employment are required to submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test.