Gastroenterologist
Job Description
Description
Newly opened Gastroenterologist opportunity at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center.
Embrace the outdoors in a community that thrives on work/life balance!
PeaceHealth 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.
Practice Highlights
- 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 PeaceHealth physicians with support from local GI group.
The vision at our 265‑bed Level II trauma center PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center (https://www.peacehealth.org/hospitals/peacehealth-st-joseph-medical-center) is to provide access and services to our GI patients, both in the immediate community and catchment areas in Whatcom County.
Clinician Wellness Programs
- 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.
Compensation & Benefits
- 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.
Explore Bellingham, the “City of Subdued Excitement”
- 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.
Additional Information
Videos and links about PeaceHealth and the community:
- The PeaceHealth Difference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6VBakvYrc8)
- Working with PeaceHealth in Bellingham
- Bellingham, Washington | Visitor Information (https://www.bellingham.org/)
Contact
If this opportunity resonates with you, please reach out!
Keith Nussbaum, Physician & Clinician Recruiter
KNussbaum@PeaceHealth.org
More about PeaceHealth (https://www.peacehealth.org/pages/peacehealth-alt).
See how PeaceHealth is committed to inclusivity, respect for diversity, and cultural humility (https://www.thecaregiver.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/PeaceHealth-Statement-of-Commitment-to-Diversity-and-Inclusion-vFINAL.pdf).
PeaceHealth has exceptional benefits. (https://careers.peacehealth.org/pages/benefits-culture)
EEO, affirmative action employer/vets/disabled in accordance with applicable local, state, or federal laws.
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