Infectious Disease Physician

About the role

Join our new rapidly expanding, comprehensive Infectious Diseases practice covering traditional inpatient consults at two hospitals and outpatient clinic. Future anticipated development includes developing and enhancing our OPAT and outpatient wound care services. Travel Medicine consultation is also a recognized community need for potential development. Potential expansion of ID coverage to nearby LTAC that receives many of hospital patients who remain under our care.

Requirements & Highlights

• Board Certified MD/DO
• Inpatient rounding providing Infectious Diseases consults, averaging 6+ new consults daily, as well as follow-up visits.
• We support a very robust, high acuity critical service and a community with a very broad spectrum of both common and uncommon infections.
• Outpatient clinic for follow up of prior inpatients and new outpatient consults.
• Will have one or two residents assigned to the service as a dedicated rotation to perform consults, see patients in the clinic along with attending.
• Clinical Faculty appointment available at Mercer School of Medicine
• Participation in Antibiotic and Diagnostic Stewardship programs including weekly interdisciplinary meetings with Pharmacy, Microbiology and Infection Prevention.
• Close collaboration with inpatient wound care nurses (WOCN) including performing bedside wound debridement and NPWT supervision

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits including CME, and 401K with match

Pay

Competitive salary

Schedule

Flexible schedule accommodating clinical needs

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including CME, and 401K with match

Qualifications

Board Certified MD/DO

Skills

Collaborative, clinically strong, good educator, interested in continued program development with expansion of Infectious diseases services

Benefits

• Direct interstate access to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport without the hassle of Atlanta traffic!
• Lifestyle benefits: Mid-size city, easy access to Atlanta airport, major league sports and cultural events nearby