Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Audubon County Memorial Hospital and Clinics (ACMH) is actively recruiting a Family Medicine Physician to join our team in Audubon, Iowa. ACMH is a 17-bed nonprofit Critical Access Hospital offering comprehensive services in primary care, inpatient, outpatient observation, skilled care, specialty care, and two rural health clinics.

FINANCIAL PACKAGE

Hospital-employed, contract will be between the Physician and Audubon County Memorial Hospital

• Compensation – Competitive salary based on current year MGMA salary survey for Family Medicine. Position is a salaried full-time position with no RVU component.
• Student loan repayment of $25,000 per year up to five years. Hospital and Clinics designated as healthcare shortage area. Eligible for additional physician student loan repayment from several grant programs including state and federal after one year.
• Residency stipend available including payment to assist with board exam expenses.
• Annual bonus opportunity of $20,000 based on productivity and quality measures.
• Signing bonus
• Option to live in Audubon County or commute from a larger community.
• Housing Allowance - $25,000 if home purchased in Audubon County within one year of beginning employment.
• One-time moving relocation expenses up to $10,000 upon submitted receipts
• CME allowance up to $3000 annually
• PTO (includes holidays): 27 days per year
• Medical Insurance (Wellmark with HSA option), vision and dental
• Short and Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, 457B retirement plan available
• Paid Malpractice Insurance plus paid tail coverage per agreement terms
• Excellent retirement plan through IPERS (Iowa Public Employees Retirement System), a defined pension plan with employee and employer contribution. Vested after 7 years.

OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION

Audubon County Memorial Hospital

• Established in 1952 – County-owned, Non-profit, Critical Access Hospital affiliated with Methodist Jennie Edmundson in Council Bluff, Iowa, within the Nebraska Methodist Health System
• Designated as a Becker’s Top 100 Critical Access Hospital and Top 20 Critical Access Hospital list for several years in a row, Financially sound: No debt
• 17 bed Critical Access Hospital, Level IV ED
  • Average daily inpatient census – 4-5
  • Medical/Surgical department – Inpatient, Outpatient Observation, Skilled, Pre and Post-Op Surgical, Hospice Respite.
  • 2 Operating Rooms – 1 large room for major cases and one smaller room for Minor/Endoscopy cases
  • Surgical services available in General Surgery, Orthopedics, Podiatry, Urology, Gynecology, and ENT
  • Cardiac Rehab Program
  • Full time PharmD on staff
  • 24 hour Full service lab and X-Ray departments
  • CT, PET, MRI, Ultrasound, Nuclear, and Echocardiogram services available
  • Rehab Therapy (PT, OT, Speech), Pain Clinic
  • On site Fitness Center
  • ED recently renovated to include two separate bays and one large trauma room (all negative pressure).
  • Helipad onsite
  • Public Health on site
• Two primary care Rural Health Clinics: Audubon Family Healthcare Clinic and Exira Medical Clinic
  • 6 rooms / 1 Pediatric room
  • Midlevel present 50.5% of time to retain “rural health clinic status
• Specialty Clinic providers include Orthopedics (Spine, General, Sports, Hand), Mental Health, Pain Clinic, Podiatry, General Surgery, Oncology, Cardiology, Urology, ENT/Head/Neck, Gynecology/Women’s Health
• Telemedicine services available including Endocrinology, Pulmonology, Neurology, and Nephrology.
• Established team of 6 ARNP’s and three physicians

The Need:

• Inpatient and Outpatient (Total of 18-20 patients per day)
• Avel eHospitalist utilized via telemedicine
• Advanced Practice Providers cover ED 24/7. Backup call for ER provided by eAvel Emergency Telemedicine. On-call Hospitalist services for inpatients provided by eAvel Hospitalist Telemedicine. Family physicians take limited calls from Hospitalist if needed to consult on patient or to advise on pediatric patients. Otherwise, family physicians are not on call after hours, weekends, or holidays.
• AM hospital rounding
• 10-hour shifts, 4-day work week (Clinic hours 7-5, M-Thurs and 7-4:30 on Friday). Another option is 12 hour shifts, 3-day work week.
• One day a week provider will see walk-ins starting at 7am in the clinic.
• Opportunity to take extra ED shifts if desired for additional income.
• Dedicated nurse or MA for each physician
• No Critical Care or OB services at hospital

EMR: Epic

Audubon County Memorial Hospital & Clinics (ACMH) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, we comply with state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment at all our locations. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

No question included on this application is intended to secure information to be used for such discrimination. Further, ACMH takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found online at or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at program.intake@usda.gov.

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Job Tags

Holiday work, Full time, Contract work, Temporary work, Local area, Relocation, Relocation bonus, Shift work, Weekend work, 3 days per week, 1 day per week,

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