Hospitalist Job at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, SC

Position Description:

• 7 Nights On, 7 Nights Off Medical ICU Hospitalist
• Monday Night through Sunday Night is our work week
• 7 PM to 7 AM
• 30 ICU Beds – many of the beds are cared for by other service lines (such as Montgomery Center For Family Medicine teaching service, surgeons, etc) meaning you are not always first call
• There is another hospitalist on for all floor calls
• You are not the code team, residents respond to all rapids and code blues. You would respond to any ICU codes though.
• Typical Admissions Per Night: 4 to 6 Admissions per physician per night. Shared with the other nocturnist on call 1:1. From 7 PM to 11 PM Monday through Thursday we have additional hospitalist coverage available to assist with admissions.
• Should be comfortable with intubations/airway management, central line placement, ventilator management, use of pressors, +/- arterial lines
• Internal Medicine (with 1+ years experience of ICU care), Family Medicine (with 1+ years experience of ICU care), or Intensivists (Anesthesia Critical Care, Pulm/Crit, EM Critical Care) will be considered

Self Regional Healthcare Hospital Medicine Group Description:

Facilities: Self Regional Healthcare was established in 1951 after a tornado destroyed the older hospital in Greenwood, SC given to the community by a local philanthropist Mr James Self in honor of his father and brother who were both physicians. Today it is a modern, 358-bed hospital. We have 30 critical care beds in our ICU and a 32-bed step down unit.

Partnership: Under the vision and guidance of Dr Logan our CEO, Self Regional Healthcare is now a part of a 3 hospital system that also includes Edgefield County Healthcare located in Edgefield, SC and Abbeville Area Medical Center located in Abbeville, SC. Self Regional Healthcare serves a seven county catchment area that includes: Edgefield County, Saluda County, McCormick County, Greenwood County, Newberry County, Abbeville County, and Laurens County. Our catchment area population is 250,000 to 300,000.

Schedule: We work 7 AM to 7 PM for day shift Tuesday through Monday and 7 PM to 7 AM for night shift Monday through Sunday. We also have a dedicated admitter from 9 AM to 7 PM Tuesday through Friday who generally takes the vast majority of admissions.

ICU: We have an open ICU, but we also have an intensivist service with whom we work very well. They are happy to offer support to our patients if needed.

PA Support: We do have a PA to help support our surgical co-management service in addition to our surgical co-management lead physician.

Procedures Required: ACLS, lines are a plus but certainly not required.

Specialty Backup: You will absolutely be supported by your hospitalist colleagues and your medical director. Our team also has a great relationship with our specialty colleagues here. We are proud to have extensive specialty backup with: Anesthesia, Cardiology (interventional, TAVR, and EP), Critical Care/Pulmonology, CT Surgery, ENT, General Surgery, GI, Hematology/Oncology, Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical Genetics, OBGYN, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Palliative Care, Plastic Surgery, Radiation Oncology, Thoracic Surgery, Urology, Vascular Surgery. All together we have 233 physicians on medical staff at the hospital and 74 physicians on medical staff in the community at SRH. Abbeville Area Medical Center and Edgefield County Healthcare have affiliations with Self Regional Healthcare as well.

Census: Our average day shift rounder census is 14-16. Our average provider at night admits 4-6 patients.

EMR: We use Epic. We have Dragon dictation. We have DAX (AI Dictation) in outpatient departments, which is very helpful.

A Typical Day Shift: We have 7 dayshift rounders each day and one dedicated admitter Tues-Fri. We begin our day at 7 AM, voicemail checkout occurs by 7:30 AM. Our dedicated admitter holds the admission phone Tuesday-Friday and takes the majority of admissions. We make rounds on a large variety of patients. Towards the end of the shift if the dedicated admitter gets a bolus of patients, you may admit 0-2 patients in the late afternoon hours if you are on deck for admissions, generally around 1 per day. We alternate days so if you are up for admissions one day, you are not up for any admissions the next. The shift ends at 7PM and any cross cover can be checked out directly to the night shift physician or to a dedicated voicemail system.

A Typical Night Shift: We have one nocturnist dedicated to ICU. We have one nocturnist dedicated to the floors. There is a physician swing shift from 7 PM – 11 PM Mon-Thr (our busiest days of the week) to help hold the call phone, distribute admissions, and help with admissions during the busiest part of the night. The 3 physicians share all admissions from 7 PM – 11 PM, though the ICU physician takes all the ICU admissions. We average 4-6 admissions per physician per night. This shift runs from 7 PM to 7 AM.

Group Size: There are 24 full time physicians, 1 full time PA in the group

Group Dynamics: Once you have an opportunity to work with your hospital medicine colleagues, you will find out why we have such excellent retention. We are partners in a team that serves our patients and this community. Our team is a well-rounded, diverse group of physicians dedicated to providing the best care possible. We work together, laugh together, and celebrate together. And we are always ready to welcome you to the team soon. This is truly one of the best teams any of us have ever had the pleasure of working with.

Leadership: Our CEO is a physician with an active license to practice. Matt Logan, our CEO, has practiced for years in this community and uniquely understands what patients, physicians, and nurses need from the hospital. We have a dyad model where physician leadership is present at all levels of the organization.

Not-For-Profit: Our hospital is a not-for-profit organization that is locally managed and is eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program for student loans.

Recruitment Incentives: We do offer student loan repayment options, sign on bonus, and starting bonus in flexible packages to meet the needs of our physicians. Relocation is also available as well.

Retirement Savings: Self Regional offers the ability to save either traditional or Roth methods for both the 403(b) and 457(b) options allowing you to save up to $22,500 per account in a tax advantaged way.

Community: Greenwood is a great town located in the heart of the Lakelands of South Carolina. We have Lake Greenwood, Lake Russell, Lake Secession, Lake Thurmond all within a stone’s throw. Each year we celebrate the Flower Festival and also enjoy the Festival of Discovery which is a barbecue festival and competition featuring outstanding competitors from all over the country. Our downtown area is called Uptown Greenwood and features the widest main street in the US. We would love for you to come and visit us to get to know our community a little bit better.

Academics: Self Regional Healthcare has a very established Family Medicine Residency, tied for first place in the nation with Kaiser Permanente Family Medicine Residency in San Diego for a 5 year rolling average board score of 620. Self Regional Healthcare also has a robust Pharmacy Residency as well. Additionally, there are teaching opportunities to be able to precept students at the Presbyterian College PA Program and the Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine medical students as well.

R. Andrew “Drew” Philipp II, MD

HMSS Medical Director