Locums – Prestonsburg, Kentucky, Gastroenterology

Locums – Prestonsburg, Kentucky, Gastroenterologist

Availability:

• Start Date:
  
  October 5, 2026
• Coverage Duration: 12 months
• FTE Need:
  Strong preference for one consistent provider
• Alternative:
  Two providers alternating weeks may be considered
• Clinic
  
  Hours:
  
  Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
• 24-Hour Rate:
  Includes 8 hours on site

Licensure & Credentialing:

• Medicare Enrollment:
  Required
• Medicaid Enrollment:
  Required
• Credentialing:
  Must be completed prior to start

Clinical Setting:

• Specialty:
  Gastroenterology
• EMR:
  Meditech
• Support Staff: APP support provided
• Patient Population:
  Medically complex / high-acuity patients
• Patient Volume:
  Approximately 12–14 procedures per day

Call:

• Call Structure:
  Shared with another provider
• Call
  
  Location:
  
  Offsite
• Emergency Consultation:
  Response within 30 minutes
• Routine Consultation:
  Response within 12 hours
• Expected Call-Ins:
  Approximately 1–2 times per week
• Most Common Call Reason:
  Active GI bleed

Required Procedures:

• EGD / Upper Endoscopy
• Colonoscopy
• ERCP:
  Required — mid-level / moderate complexity
• EUS:
  Not Required
• EMR:
  Not Required

Additional Procedural

Experience:

• Esophageal, duodenal, or luminal stent placement
• Argon plasma coagulation
• Esophageal, gastric, small bowel, and colonic biopsies
• Colonoscopy with or without polypectomy
• Diagnostic and therapeutic EGD
• Enteral alimentation
• Esophageal dilation, including balloon, bougie, or Savary with guidewire
• Foreign body removal via EGD
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy
• GI motility studies and 24-hour pH monitoring
• Non-variceal upper and lower GI hemostasis
• Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)
• ERCP

Candidate Fit:

• Strong procedural skills in General GI
• ERCP experience required
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills highly preferred
• Ability to work effectively with a medically complex patient population
• Pleasant, collaborative culture

Recruit Well's Core Values:

• Open communication
• Sense of urgency
• Teamwork
• Accountability
• Driven to win
• Higher consciousness