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This locum OB Hospitalist opportunity is seeking board-certified OB/GYN physicians to provide Labor & Delivery coverage at a high-acuity teaching hospital. The facility is currently down two full-time providers and anticipating an additional maternity leave, creating an urgent need for experienced laborists to support resident physicians, midwives, and inpatient OB services.
Dates / Schedule
- Coverage Dates:
- July 26 (8:00 AM) July 27 (8:00 AM)
- July 31 (8:00 AM) August 1 (8:00 AM)
- August 2 (8:00 AM) August 3 (8:00 AM)
- August 7 (8:00 AM 5:00 PM)
- August 9 (8:00 AM) August 10 (8:00 AM)
- Practice Setting:
- Hospital-based Labor & Delivery coverage
- Facility Details:
- 10 L&D beds
- Level I Trauma Center
- Level IV Labor & Delivery unit
- Level III nursery
Job Details / Responsibilities
- Provide inpatient OB Hospitalist/Laborist coverage
- Work alongside:
- OB residents
- Nursing staff
- Midwives requiring physician collaboration
- Handle both low- and high-risk obstetric cases:
- Approximately 20% low-risk pregnancies
- Approximately 80% high-risk pregnancies
- GYN cases comprise approximately 10% of practice
- C-section rate approximately 25%
- Required obstetrics responsibilities include:
- Management of low- and high-risk pregnancies
- Fetal heart rate interpretation (NST/CST/FSE)
- OB ultrasound performance and interpretation
- Level I and Level II OB ultrasounds
- Labor & Delivery procedures include:
- Routine vaginal deliveries
- Forceps deliveries
- C-sections
- Breech and multiple births
- VBACs
- Management of abruptions
- Repair of 3rd and 4th degree lacerations
- Gynecology procedures include:
- Ectopic pregnancy management
- Ovary removal
- Cystectomy
- Extensive lysis of adhesions
- Tubal ligation
- Diagnostic laparoscopy
- Open gynecologic surgery
- Office gynecology procedures such as IUD placement, cystoscopy, colposcopy, cryosurgery, and LEEP
- EMR system: EPIC
- Onsite resources:
- Lab
- Ultrasound
- Resident support
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Board Certified OB/GYN required
- Active Ohio medical license required
- BLS certification required
- ACLS certification required
- Self-Query NPDB report dated within 30 days of presentation required
- Must be comfortable managing high-risk obstetric patients and complex Labor & Delivery cases in a teaching hospital environment