Hospitalist Job at Prime Physicians in Sioux City, IA

We are looking for a dynamic Hospitalist to join our program at    UnityPoint St Luke's    in Sioux City IA.

Requirements: Will accept both Internal Medicine or Family Medicine residents / physicians. Prime Physicians in conjunction with UPH focus on improving efficiency, optimizing the practice environment, provider  engagement and service excellence.  We are looking for hardworking physicians with a collegial personality and excellent team player skills

Hospital:

• 180-bed tertiary care / Level III Trauma center / acute care hospital.
• All Medical sub-specialists are available (Cardiology, EP, Interventional cardiology, GI, Hem Oncology, Nephrology, Pulmonary Critical care, Pediatric Hospitalists, Dermatology, Rheum etc.)
• All Surgical sub-specialists available (Neurosurgery, Bariatric surgery, General Surgery, Urology, Podiatry, Orthopedics, Hand surgery, Plastics, Ob-Gyn etc. but NO CT surgery)
• Open ICU (18 beds); Hospitalists admit most patients to ICU with Intensivist support. 24X7 intensivist support. 
• No Code pager (ED runs codes).
• No procedures or lines or intubations or vent management required (optional). Anesthesia, Surgery, Intensivists, PICC nurses do procedures.
• EMR Epic. All providers use the same templates and order sets to reduce the variation of practice.

Schedule and Staffing:

• Day time staffed with a total of 4 physicians and 2 NPs.
• Four physicians and 1 NP are 12 hr shifts (7a-7p shifts), split new admissions 2–3 hrs per day (7a-10a, 1oa-1p, 1p-3p, 3p-4p, 4p-7p). 6^th  provider is NP  8 hrs only rounds on week days. Physicians typically leave after rounds (must stay in-house during the 4 hr call timings) but are responsible to take phone calls from 7am-7pm.
• No night calls. Nights staffed by 2 in-house NPs from 7p-7a.
• Rounding nurse with each 12-hr shift physician who helps as an assistant putting all orders in EPIC, problem list, admission orders, DC orders, taking all phone calls etc. This is UNIQUE for our program.
• Standard physician schedule week on and off-day shifts with very Flexible scheduling. A total of 26 weeks per year is a full-time job. Sometimes providers do a long 3-4 week stretch to get 3–4 weeks off for a long vacation.
• Average census around 16-18 per day. Winters are busy and summers are light.

Pay:

• Base pay 300k + wRVU bonus ($25 per each wRVU over 5000) and 401k profit sharing plan (after 1st year).
• 50K signing bonus for 5-year commitment only. Have to repay if left early.
• Typically, hospitalists make around 330k per year for the full-time job (26 weeks) plus optional moonlighting of 50-100k.
• Moonlighting opportunities available in other hospitals
• No additional CME but option to maintain a pretax account for any CME expenses to be deducted from paycheck.
• Benefits - include paid malpractice with tail coverage, medical, dental, life insurance, long term disability, short term disability and 401K profit sharing plan.
• All Pay, bonuses and contracts    are non-negotiable  - all physicians are paid the same to maintain uniformity.
• Will offer J1 / H1b visas as needed. HHS/HRSA waiver for J1s.