Academic/Faculty Family Medicine Physician opportunity in Covington, LA

**Academic/Faculty Family Medicine Physician opportunity in Covington, LA** Located 40m to New Orleans and 1hr to Baton Rouge **Position Details** - Full-time, permanent - 40 hours weekly schedule - Provides leadership and medical direction - Provides input in the development of standards of care - Assess, diagnose, and treat patients - Provide input in the development of standards of care - Participate in the development and support - Maintain clinic schedules as noted in contractual agreement **Compensation: Fair market value according to MGMA + years of experience** **About the Group** - Founded in 1954 - 281-bed full-service acute-care - Additionally, it cares for the Northshore community with comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services, state-of-the-art surgical and cardiac services, primary and specialty care, emergency services, home health/hospice/palliative care, wound care and other services at more than two dozen sites - Not-for-profit community health system - Financially self sufficient - Fantastic benefits package - 2 nd largest employer in the parish of St. Tammany - 80 employed physician providers which include Hospital Medicine, Primary Care, Pulmonology, Cardiology, Orthopedics, Surgery, Pediatrics, Wound Care, Palliative Care, Breast Health. - 2000 babies born per year. The hospital of choice. - Located in the fastest growing parish in Louisiana - Best schools, public and private, in the state - Safe and varied community which boasts best small towns in Southern Living Magazine for 2 nd year in a row. - Terrific art and restaurant scene, walking neighborhoods and vibrant downtown which hosts numerous concerts, art walks, block parties, etc. each year. - 45 minutes north of New Orleans and our international airport.