Traveling Hospitalist Physician

Live where you want, practice where you're needed. Join a team of elite travel physicians as a full-time TeamHealth special operations hospitalist providing care in our Lifepoint locations across the southeastern U.S. As part of the team, you'll gain a challenging, yet flexible career working in a diverse range of practice settings - all while gaining first-class experience and an excellent compensation package.

As a part of our special operations hospitalist team, you will assist with hospitalist coverage across the Southeast at our Lifepoint programs in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, and more. Our special ops physicians can practice in a variety of settings including small, rural facilities or large, regional care centers. TeamHealth supports you with licensure, travel, mentorship, credentialing support, leadership training and an excellent compensation package. And when you're off, you're off to enjoy your favorite activities outside of medicine.

To join this elite hospitalist special ops physician team, you should be board certified in internal medicine (IM), able to round on 15-20 patients on a 12-hour shift and have flexibility in covering both day and night schedules. In addition, special ops physicians should be comfortable in a variety of practice settings and easily create good relationships with nursing and administrative staff.

At TeamHealth, our purpose is to perfect the practice of medicine, every day, in everything we do.

Clinical Requirements

• Ability to round on 15-20
• Must be comfortable rounding on patients in ICU
• Procedures preferred not required (intubations/vents/lines)
• Must be comfortable with running codes 
• Board certification requirements: internal medicine
• ACLS required 

Availability Requirements

• 180 hours per month 
• Must be willing to fly to Lifepoint sites
• Must have quick turn around time for credentialing and scheduling requests
• Stay compliant with TeamHealth required education
• Available for monthly rounding calls with TH Special Operations leadership

Preferences

• IM Board Certified
• Minimum 3 years of experience as an attending physician
• Licensed in at least one state in the southeast region
• High performing with good quality metrics

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- First-class experience with first-class pay
- Practice across your region but live where you want
- Independent contractor status
- Full-time position with 180 hours per month (15 shifts)
- Excellent alternative to locums with guaranteed shifts/hours
- Various practice settings with appropriate patient census
- Professional liability insurance with tail coverage
- Sign-on incentive and potential annual retention incentive available
- Outstanding risk management program
- Support of national network of hospitalist experts
- Reimbursement for licensure, certifications and travel
- LiveWell WorkLife services includes an associate assistance program and other emotional wellbeing initiatives
- Access to educational resources, professional development tools and free online CME