Inpatient Gastroenterologist

CHRISTUS Southeast Texas - St. Elizabeth Gastroenterology Associates in Beaumont, TX, is seeking a Board-Certified or Board-Eligible Inpatient Gastroenterologist to join their esteemed team. This full-time position involves managing inpatient GI consults and performing various GI procedures. The role offers an opportunity to anchor a new permanent inpatient GI service model within a physician-led organization dedicated to exceptional patient care.

Practice Info

• Manage 15–18 patients per day, including admissions, daily care, and discharges.
• Engage with a 10-bed closed ICU and an 11-bed Progressive Care Unit (PCU).
• Currently supported by locum tenens; this position will anchor a new permanent inpatient GI service model.
• A dedicated APP will support consults, with the physician focusing on procedures.
• Support staff includes dedicated RNs, LVNs, endoscopy nurses, and anesthesia staff.
• Clinic scribes also available.

Responsibilities

• Manage 15–18 patients per day, including admissions, daily care, and discharges.
• Provide inpatient GI consults for patients with gastrointestinal conditions, often in collaboration with intensivists and other specialists.
• Perform GI procedures including EGD, colonoscopy, and ERCP.

Compensation

• Relocation & Sign-On Bonus
• Quality Bonus

Benefits

• Physician-Led Organization
• AI resources to reduce burnout and support work life balance
• Time away from practice
• CME allowance
• Malpractice with tail coverage
• Retirement with employer match
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits

Shift & Schedule

• Work Schedule: 7 on / 7 off model
• Weekend Coverage: Required; rounds followed by home call
• Night Call: Emergency only, home call
• Holiday Coverage: Shared equally among providers

Requirements

• Required: Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
• Required: Completion of Internal Medicine residency and GI fellowship
• Required: Board-Certified or Board-Eligible in Gastroenterology
• Required: Comfortable managing ICU-level patients and procedural GI care
• Open to both experienced physicians and new graduates