Pediatric Hospitalist Physician

Vitruvian Health and Hamilton Medical Center (HMC) are recruiting a Pediatric Hospitalist for Hamilton Medical Center.

Qualified candidates:

• Board Certified in Pediatrics
• Ideal candidates will have experience in community settings, academic medical centers, and children s hospitals.
• Comfortable managing pediatric patients and newborns in a setting 30 minutes + from a children s hospital.
• Ability to work as a team member with fellow members of medical staff and establish strong relationships with the pediatric community in our region.
• Commitment to Quality over Quantity, patient safety and overall excellence in evidence based clinical care

Job Highlights:

• Competitive Compensation
• APP Supervision Stipend
• Signing Bonus
• Up to $15k Relocation
  
• Paid Malpractice Insurance
• GME Teaching/Lecture Stipend for IM/FM Residency programs
• Benefits include 5% retirement matching, PTO , CME Allowance , and more!

Department Overview:

• Call Coverage: 1:2, total 26 weeks per year
• Level III Trama Center and Level III NICU
• Procedures include care for general illnesses and post-operative surgical pediatric patients and well babies.
• Academic center with opportunities to participate with internal medicine and family medicine residency program
• Tremendous opportunity for growth within the program, where you will be supported by a strong and collaborative team with an excellent work culture & collegiality amongst providers and staff

Hamilton Medical Center is a 255-bed regional acute-care hospital that offers major medical, surgical and diagnostic services, including accredited stroke and chest pain centers. Hamilton Medical Center was recently named one of the nation's "100 Great Community Hospitals" by Becker's Hospital Review. This award is the result of the excellent care our associates and physicians provide to our community each and every day, says President and CEO of Vitruvian Health Care System (formerly known as Hamilton Health Care System). Included under Hamilton Medical Center are the Bradley Wellness Center, Hamilton Physician Group, Hamilton Home Health and Hamilton Hospice, Anna Shaw Children s Institute, and Peeples Cancer Institute among others. Vitruvian's strategic location in north Georgia provides us the unique opportunity to offer a best case scenario, a wonderful quality of life, an excellent standard of living and extensive high quality services from board-certified physicians with strong ties to the Chattanooga and Atlanta medical community.

Dalton, Whitfield County, is located in Northwest Georgia , 30 minutes south of Chattanooga, Tennessee and 90 minutes north of Atlanta. Dalton is in an ideal location situated at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains and just off of Interstate 75 for ease of travel. Dalton, Georgia is affectionately called the carpet capital of the world, but its main attractions lie outside the carpet showrooms. Dalton s quaint southern charm is seen through our thriving downtown community and wonderful schools; both public and private. Opportunities to achieve a Work-Life Balance can be realized through an array of outdoor activities including water sports, golf, hiking, tennis and cycling.