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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