Obstetrics & Gynecologist

Job Description

Job Description

JOB OVERVIEW

• Job Id: L-MD-95775
  
• Profession: Physician
  
• Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology
  
• Job Type: Locum Tenens
  
• Location: Foley, AL 
  
• Service Setting: Inpatient
  
• Coverage Type: Call Only
  
• Coverage Period: Dec 01, 2026 – Ongoing
  
• Shift Schedule: Day rounding (up to 6 hours), 24-hour call
  
• On-Call Shift Schedule: 24-hour call (beeper), including weekends (Fri 7am – Mon 7am)
  
• Call Type: Beeper
  
• Call Ratio: 1:1
  
• Call Response Time: 30 minutes
  
• Reason for Coverage: Supplemental
  
• Travel, Lodging, and Malpractice Insurance: Covered by Agency
  

• Up to 10 days per month, including one weekend (Fri 7am – Mon 7am). Minimum 3 consecutive days of coverage.
  

• Patient Demographics: Adults and pediatrics (OB/GYN), including underserved patients
  
• Average Daily Volume: 6 patients per day
  
• Admissions: 1-2
  
• Rounding: Both
  
• Phone Consults: 7-10
  
• Case Mix: OB/GYN – low‑risk and high‑risk pregnancies, GYN emergencies, surgical gynecology
  

• EMR System: Cerner
  
• Support Staff: RNs: 5
  

• Hospital Privileges Required: No
  
• Temporary Privileges Available: Yes
  

• Required:
  • Low risk pregnancy
    
  • High risk pregnancy
    
  • FHR interpretation - NST/CST/FSE
    
  • OB Ultrasounds (Performance of, interpretation) (Level I/Screening (viability), Level II/Targeted (anatomic))
    
  • Amniocentesis
    
  • Routine delivery
    
  • Vaginal
    
  • Low forceps
    
  • Decision-making for c-section
    
  • Complicated delivery
    
  • C-section
    
  • Breech
    
  • Multiple births
    
  • Abruptions
    
  • VBAC's
    
  • Repair of 3rd & 4th degree lacerations
    
  • Surgical gynecology (Open, Laparoscopic diagnostic/minor only - tubal ligation, LOA's, chronal tubation, Operative/major (includes diagnostic) - ectopic pregnancy, ovary removal, cystectomy, extensive LOA's)
    

• Board Certified
  
• AL License or Universal License (IMLC)
  
• Certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS
  
• OB‑GYN experience required; robotic GYN surgery experience preferred
  

• Provide 24‑hour call coverage for OB‑GYN, including rounding on admitted patients during the day
  
• Accept attached and ER patients during shift, including GYN emergencies and underserved patients
  
• Perform routine deliveries, complicated deliveries, C‑sections, and surgical gynecology (open, laparoscopic, operative)
  
• Interpret fetal heart rate tracings (NST/CST/FSE) and perform/target OB ultrasounds
  
• Collaborate with Family Medicine residents on night float for required ACGME delivery experiences