Locums Gastroenterology | Sylva, NC

**Locums Gastroenterology | Sylva, NC**

**Coverage Need**
- Start Date: ASAP
- End Date: Ongoing
- Schedule: 24/7 coverage needed (not weekends only)
- Call Required: Yes (100% call with beeper, 30-minute response time)
- Estimated Credentialing Timeframe: 60-90 days
- Temporary privileges available if qualified

**Position Details**
- Coverage Type: Scheduled Clinical Hours + Call
- Practice Settings: Inpatient and Outpatient
- Admissions Required? Yes
- Rounding: Assigned and unassigned patients
- Patients Per Shift: 10+
- Hospital Beds: 86
- EMR: McKesson and Athena
- Stroke Certified Facility? Yes
- Will facility accept multiple providers? Yes

**Submissions Requirements**
- Board Certified or Board Eligible
- Active NC license required
- Clean history
- BLS required
- IMLC not accepted

**Skill Requirements**
- Upper GI endoscopy:
- With biopsy
- With foreign body removal
- With bleeder fulguration
- With variceal injection
- With PEG placement
- ERCP (diagnostic and therapeutic)
- Esophageal dilatation/manometry
- Esophageal manometry interpretation
- Small bowel biopsy
- Lower GI endoscopy
- Flexible and rigid sigmoidoscopy
- Colonoscopy (biopsy and polyp excision)
- Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
- Liver biopsy
- Sengstaken/Blakemore tube insertion and management

**Why This Role?**
- High-demand GI role with full-spectrum diagnostic and procedural work
- Mix of inpatient and outpatient care in a collaborative hospital setting
- Beautiful Western North Carolina location near Asheville
- Lodging options available in nearby Dillsboro
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