This opportunity is at a modern healthcare facility in Hot Springs, AR, with an urgent need for locum tenens coverage in Obstetrics. This assignment requires an experienced physician capable of managing both low and high-risk pregnancies and supervising APP providers, although supervision is not a mandatory requirement. The site operates with 24-hour call shifts and offers the chance for ongoing engagements.
Key Details
- Assignment Type: Locum Tenens
- Setting: Hospital
- Start Date: ASAP
- Schedule: 24-hour call shifts
- Patient Population: All Ages
- Location: Hot Springs, AR
Benefits
- Weekly direct deposit
- Malpractice insurance with tail coverage
- Supportive credentialing assistance
- Flexible scheduling
Job Responsibilities
- Manage low and high-risk pregnancies
- Conduct FHR interpretations (NST/CST/FSE)
- Perform OB ultrasounds and interpret results, with Level I required and Level II preferred
- Handle routine and complicated deliveries, including C-sections, breech, and multiple births
- Repair 3rd and 4th degree lacerations (preferred)
- Undertake office and minor gynecology procedures, with surgical gynecology duties preferred
Qualifications
- Board Certified or Board Certification Eligible in Obstetrics
- BLS certification required
- 15-day credentialing process
Working Hours
Skills
- Proficiency in both routine and complicated obstetric deliveries
- Decision-making for C-section
- Supervisory skills for managing APP providers (preferred but not required)
- Experience with OB ultrasounds and gynecological procedures is highly desirable
