Gastroenterology Job In Nashville, Tennessee
Gastroenterology Physician
Description
Specialization:
Gastroenterology
Job Summary:
TriStar Summit Medical Center is seeking two Gastroenterologists to join a premier group in Nashville, Tennessee.Qualified Candidates:
- Board certified or board eligible in Gastroenterology
- Active TN License or ability to obtain
- Both experienced candidates and Fellows will be considered
- Advanced Training with ERCP desired, not required
- Competitive salary guarantee
- Comprehensive Benefits Package includes: Malpractice, Health, Disability, PTO and sick leave
- Retirement with matching contribution after 1st year
- 5 days CME allowance
- Relocation assistance and sign on bonus
- Established, structured, Private practice with rapid partnership track
- Growing community with a supportive and collegial medical staff
- Dedicated & Experienced Endo Teams, Availability and Access to Facility Endo Suites
- Mix of Inpatient & Outpatient, Flexible on scheduling model
- Call 1:4, minimum of 7 days, opportunity for more if desired
- TriStar Summit Medical Center, 218-bed comprehensive facility offering a full array of acute care services including cardiology, emergency, oncology, orthopaedics/spine, rehabilitation, surgical, and women’s services
- Hermitage is located within Davidson County and is a short 14-mile drive to downtown Nashville and only a six-mile drive from the Nashville International Airport, making travel easy.
- TriStar Summit is part of HCA/TriStar Health, one of the region’s largest and most comprehensive healthcare network of hospitals, emergency rooms, doctors, urgent care, surgery and imaging centers serving Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky patients
- The Surgical Clinic (TSC) is a premier, established, multi-specialty surgical practice in Middle Tennessee utilizing the latest medical technology with an emphasis on patient care, convenience and satisfaction. With over 40 surgeons, their clinics are patient-focused and conveniently located offering patients access to needed procedures close to home.
Middle Tennessee is well known for beautiful scenery, communities rich in history, a mild four-season climate and outstanding entertainment. Nashville, the capitol of Tennessee, is a thriving metropolitan city with a population of approximately 600,000 (1.6 million SSA) offering a superior lifestyle and one of the best medical communities in the country - and NO State Personal Income Tax.
Nashville is repeatedly recognized as one of the country’s top cities for business and future growth. In 2011, Forbe's magazine rated Nashville #3 as America's Next Big Boom Towns and Kiplinger's magazine rated Nashville as their #3 "Best Value City", based on vibrant economy, reasonable living costs, and great amentities. Previously Modern Physician Magazine listed Nashville as 7th on "The List" of the top 75 places to run a medical practice in the country. Population, malpractice premiums, Medicare reimbursement, labor costs, state income tax (TN has none) and education attainment were criteria used in the ranking. In 2011, Nashville was given a Top 5 ranking by Travel & Leisure for its "Affordable Getaways" and "Friendliest City" categories.
Long noted as the “Athens of the South” for its sixteen institutions of higher learning it also provides outstanding Private/Parochial options with strong Public Schools and an expanded Library system. While the city is perhaps best known as “Music City” for its Country music beginnings, it has matured to offer wide-ranging venues from Jazz/Blues to the new Schermerhorn Symphony Center. The city’s beautiful tree-lined streets, excellent park system, two local lakes, Sports complexes.
Summit Medical Center is a medical and surgical facility known for emergency care, cardiac services, oncology services, orthopedic surgeries, diabetes management and obstetric services. Equally important is the emphasis that Summit places on Outpatient Services. The facility is constructed to truly respond to the way healthcare is delivered today—primarily to outpatients. Great care has been taken to ensure convenience and quality service to all patients.
The Emergency Department at Summit is ready and equipped to handle any emergency and all physicians are board certified in Emergency Medicine. In 2011, more than 44,000 patients were treated in Summit’s Emergency Department.
One of the busiest suburban maternity centers in Middle Tennessee with nearly 1,600 deliveries in 2011. The Special Care Nursery offers round-the-clock neonatology coverage that enables us to care for babies with special needs. Summit also offers 4D Ultrasound, the latest in ultrasound technology.
Diabetes Center with national recognition for participation in clinical trials of the MiniMed implantable insulin pump study and for a study regarding hepatic activation's role in halting diabetic kidney disease.
Cancer Services are a part of The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center network of the TriStar Health System. This network is the area's most comprehensive cancer program, offering the latest in research-based treatment with multiple locations in Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky. Cancer services at Summit currently include surgery, radiation oncology and medical oncology. Summit's Radiation Therapy Services department has invested $5.1 million in IMRT, which enables precise targeting of cancerous tumors with radiation.
Named one of the nation's top performing hospitals according to the 100 Top Hospitals Benchmark for Success study conducted by HCIA, Inc., and William M. Mercer, Inc.
Summit has an Ambulatory Surgery Center as well as an Outpatient Rehabilitation Center, which contains three floors of medical office space. Summit’s Medical Imaging services include Radiology, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, a Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Digital Mammography.
Summit Medical Center is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.