Hospitalist in Blue Springs, Missouri

Advance your career as a full-time physician making a positive difference with TeamHealth's established Hospitalist team at St. Mary's Medical Center in Blue Springs, Missouri; a highly-desirable suburb of Kansas City. You can enjoy lucrative earnings while balancing your career with your personal life due to the flexible schedule that does not require daily 12-hour shifts. Enjoy being home for family dinners and other activities after work! New graduates are welcome to apply. Our position offers you a collaborative practice environment and good working relations with the nursing and medical staff. You will have the ability to teach medical students, if desired. A highly competitive salary, wRVU incentives and a comprehensive benefits package is offered. We welcome internal medicine or family medicine trained physicians to apply. TeamHealth has a long-standing relationship with the local primary care clinicians in the area, along with the leadership at the hospital. We are the only hospitalist program at this facility. TeamHealth is one of the nation's leading healthcare organizations that specializes in hospital medicine. For more than four decades, we have honed every aspect needed to support our physician teams so that you can do what you do best. Our leaders are some of the best in the country! At TeamHealth, our purpose is to perfect our physicians' ability to practice medicine, every day, in everything we do.

City Description
More people than ever are making Blue Springs, Missouri, their community of choice! It is a city of 56,000 well known for its favorable housing market, award-winning schools, and its designation as a preferred place to live for working commuters. The city prides itself on its nationally recognized park system where citizens can enjoy beautiful landscapes and various recreational activities and its top-notch school systems! Located on I-70 just 20 miles east of downtown Kansas City, Blue Springs offers an easy and convenient commute to nearby attractions and all parts of the Kansas City metropolitan area, while offering a quiet, suburban setting to call home. Kansas City is a thriving major metropolitan city most famous for its barbeque, with more than 90 barbeque restaurants. The city offers cultural venues such as the Kansas City Ballet, the Kansas City Chorale, professional theatre company, Kansas City Symphony and the Starlight Theatre. Over 13 colleges and universities call this area home and there is an abundance of entertainment and shopping options including the nationally known County Club Plaza with high-end retail establishments, restaurants and entertainment venues, in addition to the successfully revitalized areas like the Power & Light District, a popular destination for retail and entertainment, day or night. Convenient travel is always available with the Kansas City International Airport and the city has a faithful fan base for their many professional sports teams: the Chiefs, Royals, T-Bones, Missouri Mavericks, Comets and the Explorers!

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Blue Springs, Missouri

Facility Caption
St. Mary's Medical Center

Facility Description
St. Mary's Medical Center, founded by the Sisters of St. Mary, is a Joint Commission accredited, 146-bed acute care facility providing a wide range of services, including 24-hour Emergency Department, Joint and Spine Institute, Surgical Services and outpatient services. St. Mary's is among an elite group of providers in treatment for time-critical diagnosis and has earned several quality awards, including Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission and Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. It is also recognized by the Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center and is a Certified Chest Pain Center. St. Mary's Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine is part of an elite group accredited by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS). UHMS accredited facilities have met the highest standards of care and patient safety. Presently there are only five centers in Missouri that hold this accreditation.

Job Benefits

• Flexible schedule without a daily 12-hour shift requirement - Ideal practice setting to balance your career and personal time - Excellent relationships in place with referrals and hospital administration - Collegial practice environment - Access to TeamHealth's clinician wellness program and referral program - Stability of a respected industry leader - Practice with confidence as a member of TeamHealth's national Patient Safety Organization - Customized Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) membership with access to CME, exclusive access to educational resources, professional development opportunities, live events and a dynamic online community of hospitalists who actively shape and improve the practice of hospital medicine