Job ID: 3051

Type: Physicians

State: MI

Area: Central Michigan

Specialty: PULMONOLOGY/CRITICAL CARE

Description: Seeking a Pulmonary Critical Care Physician to join our dedicated team - This position offers a unique mix of outpatient pulmonology and critical care, with opportunities for growth and program development in advanced pulmonary services. - Critical Care Coverage: Approximately one week per month dedicated to ICU service. - Outpatient Pulmonology: Two weeks of outpatient clinic duties per month, treating conditions such as COPD, asthma, and lung cancer. - Inpatient Pulmonary: As-needed coverage only; not a regular part of the schedule. - Call: No routine night, weekend, or holiday call (covered by nocturnists). Optional compensated night shifts or infrequent partner coverage. Holiday ICU shifts are proportionally distributed among staff. - Pulmonary-Specific Resources: Endoscopy suite with EBUS capability, ION bronchoscopy technology anticipated next fiscal year, Plans for a lung nodule clinic to enhance care coordination and procedural opportunities. - Three ICUs with a fourth opening soon. - Dedicated ICU beds supported by multidisciplinary teams. - Employed Critical Care Intensivists and Nocturnists - Access to interventional radiology (IR) for collaborative care. - APPs available for procedures, charting, and patient support. - Critical Care Procedures: Intubations, central line placement, tube thoracostomy, therapeutic bronchoscopy, temporary pacemakers, and procedural sedation. - Pulmonary Procedures: Bronchoscopy and thoracentesis; collaboration with IR and APPs as needed. - Preferred Skills: Advanced bronchoscopy experience (e.g., ION, EBUS) is advantageous but not mandatory. - Three attending physicians and 1–2 APPs per day shift. - Night shifts staffed by one attending and one APP. - Includes full-time outpatient pulmonologists, combined pulmonary/critical care physicians, and APPs. - Supported by a team of 3 RNs and medical assistants in the outpatient clinic. - Competitive salary with performance incentives. - The chance to contribute to the development of innovative programs and services. - H VISA OK

Community/Facility info: Medical Center is a 623-bed hospital with inpatient and outpatient facilities including an emergency department that provides 95,000 visits per year and is the region's primary trauma center. Helicopter air ambulance services from the campus. Hospital offers various residency training programs. It also offers walk-in clinics and facilities scattered throughout the county for outpatient surgery, breast cancer diagnosis, physical therapy, sports medicine and eye care. Located about a hundred miles from Detroit. Working here gives our employees easy access to both the city and the beauty of northern Michigan—and the time to take advantage of it. Great Lakes Bay Region’s largest and most preferred hospital, with more than 500 doctors on staff and 4,400 total employees. We are committed to providing extraordinary medical care to patients in more than 20 counties, through 20+ inpatient and outpatient facilities, including two major acute care medical centers.

Contact: For more information please contact Ryan Hawkins at [email protected] or call 716-689-6000.