Job Description
**Pediatric Gastroenterology opening in Shreveport, LA**
* Full-time, permanent opening
* Primary
outpatient GI service with ER, NICU, PICU and inpatient consultation only
* Joining a busy,
well-established Pediatric GI practice with full capability of providing both diagnostic and
therapeutic endoscopic procedures
* Work with an accomplished Pediatric Gastroenterologist in the
practice, as well as with other Gastroenterologists within the community
* Comprehensive staff
including a dedicated office manager, a NP, long-term experienced GI medical assistants, and front
staff
* Be busy from day one!
**Health System:**
* Known for regional superiority in patient
care, innovative patient management, extensive clinical research and prioritizes medical education
*
Serves patients in Northern Louisiana, through South Arkansas and East Texas
* Manages all general
gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, pancreatic and nutritional diseases
* Full endoscopy services
including traditional and advanced endoscopy including ERCP, EUS and EMR
* Large well-staffed
outpatient infusion center
* Well-established collegial working relationship with all pediatric
subspecialties including pediatric surgery, endocrinology, cardiology, allergy-immunology,
pulmonology, infectious disease, orthopedics, PICU, NICU, ER and hospitalist
* Strong collaborative
pediatric surgery and radiology teams including interventional procedures
* GI service supported by
available child life, child sedation, dietary/nutrition and social services
* Large patient referral
base from the largest physician network in the region comprising of general pediatrician groups and
multiple sub-specialists
* GI hospital admissions by pediatric hospitalists and intensivists
service
* Teaching rotating medical students and residents
* Clinical research and academic
affiliation opportunities
* GI on-call schedule with nurse practitioner as 1st call
* Well-trained
answering service for all after-hour patient calls
* Emergency foreign bodies and G-tubes by the
pediatric surgery team
**Requirements:**
* BC/BE Pediatric Gastroenterology
* Established GI
physicians or recent graduates
* Spectrum of general GI expertise includes liver disease, IBD,
eosinophilic disease, pancreaticobiliary disease, feeding disorders and nutritional disorders.
*
Additional experience or skill set in GI motility encouraged but not needed
* Team player and
collegial personality with strong work ethics
* Interest in teaching rotating residents and medical
students
* Interest in clinical and pharmaceutical research
* Light shared
call
**Location:**
Founded in 1836, Shreveport is located along the west bank of the Red River in
northwest Louisiana and is the educational, commercial, and cultural center of the Ark-La-Tex region
where these three states meet.
The city is located 190 miles from Dallas, TX, 215 miles from Little
Rock, AR, and 250 miles from the states capital, Baton Rouge. Shreveport is Louisiana's third
most-populous city after New Orleans and Baton Rouge with a metro population of over 261,000
residents and a regional draw of approximately 1.2 million.
Given its proximity to nearby cities,
Shreveport serves as the transportation hub of the region and has thrice been named an All-American
City in 1953, 1979, and 1999. Companies with significant operations or headquarters in Shreveport
include Amazon, Regions, Financial Corporation, JP Morgan Chase, Sams Hotel and Gambling Hall, AT&T
Mobility, UPS, Walmart, Chick-fil-A, Waffle House, SWEPCO, General Electric, UOP, LLC, Calumet
Specialty Products Partners, APS Payroll, Barksdale Airforce Base (BAFB), and the Cyber Innovation
Center which anchors the 3,000-acre National Cyber Research Park. Outstanding public and private
schools also make Shreveport a desirable location to raise a family.
Additional Information:
- Specialty: Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
- Contact: Jeremy Baldi
About the Company:
Archway Physician Recruitment is a national contingency placement firm assisting hospitals and
medical groups with their placement needs. Our goal is to be the top choice for all of your
physician recruitment needs.