OB Hospitalist - Intermountain Health

Job Description:

Opportunity for an experienced OB/GYN to join our Obstetric Hospitalist program at Utah Valley Hospital, located in Provo, Utah. Our OB Hospitalists provide care for unassigned patients and coordinate follow-up care for those patients. They also render services to patients who deliver precipitously or have emergency obstetric conditions that require STAT obstetric care. In a 24-hour shift, the OB Hospitalist can expect to participate in 2-3 deliveries. No gynecological care is required at this time.  
 

Utah Valley Hospital is the level II Trauma Center serving Utah County & surrounding areas. Our Labor & Delivery averages 250 deliveries per month, with three larger provider groups, 10 individual providers, one residency and one midwifery group all delivering at our facility. Anesthesiologist & Neonatologist on site 24/7, with MFM available on site during the day & via telemedicine at night. With a level III NICU, we provide care to patients at all levels of acuity and weeks of gestation.

Our full time OB Hospitalists are expected to work an average of seven 24-hour shifts per month.
 

Job Essentials

As an OB Hospitalist, you will be expected to maintain safety, quality of care, a positive culture, and support growth of the program.

• Safety: The cornerstone of the OB Hospitalist program is safety. As such, your primary responsibility is to be immediately available to address any urgent or emergent need that should arise on the Labor and Delivery unit while on shift.
• Quality: It is the role of the Hospitalist to continue to update their knowledge and skills. Inter and intradisciplinary collaboration, reading the most up to date ACOG/SMFM guidelines, attending conferences, and running simulations will assist in our high-quality standards.
• Culture: As a leader on labor and delivery, the hospitalist will help to maintain a positive culture, creating an environment where everyone is heard, communication is key, and morale is high.
• Growth: OB Hospitalist programs throughout country are relatively new. Best practices are still being adopted, and as the landscape of labor and delivery changes nationally, and locally, we partner with our OB Hospitalists to continue to innovate to make our Hospitalist program a model program.

Minimum Qualifications

• B/C or B/E OB/GYN, with at least one year of obstetric practice experience beyond residency. 
• Formal training in electronic fetal monitoring interpretation.
• Licensed, or ability to become licensed, to practice medicine in the State of Utah.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Certification.

Benefits

• Competitive guaranteed base salary, with additional compensation for meeting quality goals
• $15K Signing bonus
• Relocation assistance available, up to $20K
• Intermountain Health is a 501c3 company
• Full Intermountain benefits package including CME, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave and more
   

About Us

With locations in seven states and additional operations across the western U.S., Intermountain Healthcare is a nonprofit system of 33 hospitals, 385 clinics, medical groups with 3,800 employed physicians and advanced practice providers, a health plan division called SelectHealth with more than 1 million members, and other health services. Intermountain is committed to improving community health and is widely recognized as a leader in transforming healthcare by using evidence-based best practices to consistently deliver high-quality outcomes at sustainable costs.

Our mission is: Helping people live the healthiest lives possible®

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