Locums OB/GYN Call Coverage Pocatello, ID (ID License or IMLC) Why This RoleSupport a busy inpatient obstetrics service with approximately 1,100 annual deliveries, a Level III NICU, and onsite maternal-fetal medicine resources. This is an ongoing call-coverage need supporting both routine and high-risk obstetrical care. Assignment Details
- Start date: As soon as credentialed
- Assignment status: Ongoing
- Additional coverage is anticipated monthly
- Exact upcoming dates have not been provided
- Call-only assignment
- Inpatient setting
- Weeknight and 24-hour call shifts
- Typical weeknight call: 5:00 p.m. Äì7:00 a.m.
- Beeper call with a 30-minute response time
- Epic EMR
- Approximately 5 Äì6 patients seen daily
- Approximately 3 Äì5 phone consultations daily
- Approximately 1 Äì3 call-backs daily
- Approximately 2 Äì3 admissions daily
- 10-bed department
- No APP supervision or teaching responsibilities
- Temporary privileges may be available
- Credentialing may be completed in approximately 45 days after receipt of a complete medical staff application
Clinical Environment- Approximately 1,100 deliveries annually
- Level III NICU
- High-risk antepartum patients are retained onsite
- Maternal-fetal medicine resources available through an onsite clinic
- Three to five RNs and two office staff members
- OB/GYN provides clinical support for patients who may initially be evaluated by family medicine residents
Required Skills- Low- and high-risk pregnancy management
- Fetal heart rate interpretation
- Level I and Level II obstetrical ultrasound
- Amniocentesis
- Vaginal and cesarean deliveries
- Low-forceps delivery
- Breech and multiple-birth management
- Placental abruption management
- VBAC management
- Repair of third- and fourth-degree lacerations
Preferred Skills- Minor laparoscopic gynecologic surgery
- Major operative gynecology, including ectopic pregnancy and ovarian procedures
Requirements- Board-certified or board-eligible in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Active Idaho medical license or IMLC eligibility
- Current competency in routine and complicated deliveries
- Comfortable managing high-risk antepartum and emergency obstetrical patients
- Hospital privileges
- Ability to provide weeknight and 24-hour call coverage
