Gastroenterology Physician

Schedule: Monday Friday, 7:30 AM 4:30 PM
EMR: Epic

Position Overview:
Seeking Board-Certified Gastroenterologists for locum tenens coverage in Bellingham, Washington. Providers will support both clinic and hospital-based GI services, including consultations, rounding, and procedures.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• General gastroenterology services in inpatient and outpatient settings
  
• Clinic visits and consultations
  
• Inpatient rounding and consultations
  
• Outpatient endoscopy procedures
  
• Hospital-based outpatient procedures
• General GI procedures, including:
  

  • Colonoscopy

  • EGD

  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy

  • Dilation

• Average clinic volume: approximately 16 patients/day
  
• Outpatient endoscopy volume: approximately patients/day
  
• Hospital census varies

Call :

• 24-hour General GI call is not mandatory
  
• Strong preference for providers willing to take 24-hour call
  
• Call responsibilities may include consultations, rounding, and inpatient/outpatient GI procedures
  
• Provider's willingness to take call must be clearly confirmed during submission

Requirements:

• MD or DO
  
• Board Certified in Gastroenterology
  
• Minimum 1 year of experience
  
• Washington medical license or IMLC eligibility
  
• Epic experience
  
• BLS and ACLS
  
• Recent gastroenterology clinical activity/case documentation required for requested privileges
  
• COVID-19 vaccination required per facility policy

Practice Environment:

• Work alongside other gastroenterologists
  
• Both inpatient and outpatient responsibilities
  
• Hospital and outpatient endoscopy settings
  
• General GI practice

Advanced Endoscopy:

• For providers who perform advanced procedures:
  
• ERCP experience should be clearly documented
  
• EUS experience should be clearly documented
  
• Advanced endoscopy training and experience should be provided
  
• Recent ERCP volume and experience may be requested
  
• Providers should be able to discuss their ERCP training, annual case volume, recent case volume, and cannulation rates when applicable

Credentialing:

• Standard credentialing timeline: approximately 90 days
  
• Temporary privileges may be available depending on eligibility
• Recent case logs and supporting clinical documentation may be required for requested privileges