PHYSICIAN - Advanced Gastroenterology - Duluth, MN

PRACTICE SPECIFICS

Our Gastroenterology section is seeking an Advanced Endoscopist as part of a planned expansion.  Expertise in bariatric endoscopy and/or ESD are preferred.  Our section serves a 357-bed tertiary referral center with opportunities for outreach into surrounding communities. The facility features an outpatient endoscopy unit and side by side clinic with 8 endoscopy suites.
An IM hospitalist service manages all GI admissions and GI functions as a consultative service. Eleven NPs/PAs and six General GI Physicians support outpatient management of IBS, IBD and liver disease and the inpatient GI consultation service.  This position can accommodate subspecialty interests and provides a 1: 3 call schedule.

+ Our current group of seven physicians includes 6 general and one advanced endoscopy Gastroenterologist working in a 100% consultative practice.

+ Currently offered procedures include ERCP, Spy Glass Cholangioscopy, EUS (diagnostic and therapeutic), RFA, cryotherapy, EMR and enteral stenting.

+ Latest model Olympus endoscopes, EUS processors, and Omega fixed table fluoroscopy unit.

+ State-of-the-art Digestive Health Center performing a full spectrum of endoscopy procedures

+ New hospital opened July 2023

+ All GI hospital admissions are managed by IM hospitalist service

+ University of Minnesota medical school affiliation

+ Teaching, research and outreach opportunities available

+ Compensation is guaranteed base salary with incentive for production for the duration of employment, not an RVU based model, no buy-ins.

+ Flexible on FTE

+ Excellent school districts, ability to live in an urban or rural environment and be minutes from work.

** REQUIREMENTS*
* + BC/BE in Gastroenterology required

+ Advanced GI Fellowship required

** LOCATION*
* + Duluth, MN (150 miles north of the north of Minneapolis/St. Paul)

+ Regional service area: 490,000

+ Physician-led, integrated healthcare delivery system

** COMPENSATION*
* + $780,000   Hired candidates may be eligible to receive additional compensation in the form of bonuses, quality incentives or production-based compensation.

_Essentia Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran Status._

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