Gastroenterologist

Description

Newly opened Gastroenterologist opportunity at Peace Health St. Joseph Medical Center.

Embrace the outdoors in a community that thrives on work/life balance!

Peace Health is renovating the clinic and endoscopy center—located on the hospital campus. We seek a BC/BE gastroenterologist to join four experienced GI physicians and two APCs in a collaborative team environment that supports work and home life balance.

ERCP desired but not required.

• Majority of procedural cases in outpatient endoscopy center with dedicated endoscopy staff. Block time at hospital.
• 16‑18 patients per day; 1‑½ to 2 days of clinic per week.
• Longevity of physicians/staff and clinical manager with 20‑year history of endoscopy experience.
• New Olympus scopes and scope washers.
• Call shared with Peace Health physicians with support from local GI group.

The vision at our 265‑bed Level II trauma center Peace Health St. Joseph Medical Center (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).) is to provide access and services to our GI patients, both in the immediate community and catchment areas in Whatcom County.

• A dedicated medical director of clinician wellness.
• Vendor relationships that provide free coaching, counseling, and concierge services.
• Practice experience program (PEP), longitudinal New Clinician Education and Clinician Leadership Development programs that focus on efficiency principles, patient and human experience, and include CME credits.
• DAX – an ambient intelligent scribe solution to assist with completing ambulatory notes.

• First‑year salary guarantee of $605,195 followed by productivity‑based compensation plus up to 10% extra in value measures.
• Generous employment bonus.
• Financial assistance with access to relocation vendors such as home‑finding services, rental housing, and household moving services.
• Educational loan reimbursement for those who qualify.
• Select from one of three health and medical benefits plans to suit your personal needs.
• Two retirement savings accounts, 403(b) & 401(a), with an optional third 457(b) plan for those who qualify.

• One of America’s most desirable communities by Forbes, Money and other nationwide publications.
• Healthy lifestyle with outdoor activities from Mt. Baker to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands—run, bike, hike, boat, ski, sail, or enjoy a picnic soaking in amazing scenery and fresh air.
• Highly rated public and private schools, two community colleges, and a local university educating 17,000 students.
• Artists abound with the second‑highest artists per capita in the US and plentiful local festivals.
• Bellingham Airport for convenient flights to major West Coast hubs.

Videos and links about Peace Health and the community:

• The Peace Health Difference ()
• Working with Peace Health in Bellingham
• Bellingham, Washington | Visitor Information (https://)

If this opportunity resonates with you, please reach out!

Keith Nussbaum, Physician & Clinician Recruiter

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