Locum OB Hospitalist - Corpus Christi, TexasCandidate Snapshot
Position: Locum OB Hospitalist
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
Start Date: September 14, 2026
Shift Type: 24-hour shifts
Shift Hours: 8:00 AM-8:00 AM
Urgent Dates: September 14 and September 18
Ongoing Need: Providers with availability to work several shifts each month
Annual Birth Volume: Nearly 4,000 births
Maternal Level: IV
NICU Level: III
EMR: Meditech
Availability
Urgent Coverage Needed:
September 14: 24-hour shift, 8:00 AM-8:00 AM
September 18: 24-hour shift, 8:00 AM-8:00 AM
Ongoing: Several shifts per month
Experience Requirements
Minimum OB Experience: 5 years required
Required Clinical Experience:
- Extensive obstetric experience
- Experience managing unassigned OB patients
- Experience with high-risk and emergent obstetric cases
- Experience with TOLAC management
- Experience with MFM patients
- Experience with cesarean deliveries and surgical assists
- Fetal heart monitoring proficiency
Clinical Responsibilities
OBED and Unassigned Patients
- Work in the OBED
- Take unassigned patients
- Evaluate unassigned obstetrical and gynecology patients
- Manage unassigned obstetrical patients from admission through discharge
- Conduct H&P examinations on all unassigned admitted patients
- Provide obstetric consultation throughout the hospital
- Provide consultation for unassigned gynecology patients
Labor and Delivery
- Maintain awareness of patients throughout L&D, antepartum, postpartum, and OBED
- Respond to obstetric emergencies
- Deliver patients when the assigned physician cannot arrive in time
- Manage emergent situations until the assigned physician assumes care
- Manage patients requiring TOLAC
- Assist with complicated deliveries
- Provide First Assist on cesarean sections when safely available
High-Risk / Critical Care
- Assume care and manage MFM patients as clinically indicated
- Respond to massive transfusion protocol activations, including unresolved hemorrhage
- Coordinate transport of acute or critically ill OB/GYN patients when necessary
- Coordinate care for patients transferred to or from other facilities
Gynecology
- Consult on unassigned gynecology patients
- Provide surgical management of unassigned gynecology patients
- Assist with scheduling and coordination of C-sections and other OB/GYN procedures
Additional Responsibilities
- Provide surgical assistance to OB/GYN physicians
- Partner with nursing staff to maintain OBED efficiency
- Document timely in Meditech
- Participate in quality improvement activities
- Participate in drills and morbidity/mortality reviews
- Support accreditation and regulatory compliance
- Provide patient and family support
- Coordinate care with local FAQH centers as applicable
- Evaluate treatment involving buprenorphine for obstetrical inpatients with opioid use disorder and coordinate care with local providers as appropriate
Certifications and Skills
Fetal Heart Monitoring: Required proficiency
NCC Fetal Heart Monitoring Certification: Preferred
TOLAC: Experience required
MFM: Must be willing and able to manage MFM patients
Key Requirements
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
Role: OB Hospitalist
Experience: 5+ years of OB experience
Shift: 24 hours, 8:00 AM-8:00 AM
Urgent Dates: September 14 and September 18
Ongoing Availability: Several shifts per month
Maternal Level: IV
NICU Level: III
EMR: Meditech
Clinical Focus: OBED, unassigned OB patients, emergency obstetrics, high-risk OB, MFM, TOLAC, deliveries, C-sections, gynecology, and obstetric emergenciesAllow RecruitWell to set up a phone call with you and the client to discuss more!What RecruitWell Provides:
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