Summary: Penrose Main Hospital and St. Francis hospital are looking for a locum Gastroenterology Hospitalists to help provide locum call coverage at the facilities concurrently. The site has a designated "backup" physician should another call come in at the other facility while working a call at the other facility.
BID DUE DATE: Oct 30th at 5p EST!
Rate Caps for Submission:
Malpractice - Must be included in rates.
Orientation - BR - BR - half the hourly/callback rate, kicks in after 8 hours. "Per hour of orientation or training beyond 8 hours"
Holiday - Must be 1.5x the regular rate. "Per holiday hour, no OT"
On Call (Daily) - BR to BR000 - "Per 24 hours to include 8 hours gratis"
24 Hour Holiday Call Rate - BR - BR - "Per 24 hours to include 8 hours gratis"
Call Back - BR76 to BR50 - "Per hour of patient contact hours, after gratis hours are completed, gratis prorate to MSA terms."
Holiday Call Back - BR - BR25 - "Per holiday hour of patient contact hours, after gratis hours are completed, gratis prorate to MSA terms."
Schedule/Availability Requirements:

• Dec 6 (7a) - 13 (7a)
• Dec 20 (7a) - 27 (7a)
• Jan 3 (7a) - 10 (7a)
• Jan 17 (7a) - 24 (7a)
• Jan 31 (7a) - Feb 7 (7a)
• Feb 14 (7a) - 21 (7a)
• Feb 28 (7a) - Mar 7 (7a)
• Mar 14 (7a) - 21 (7a)
• Mar 28 (7a) - April 4 (7a)

Details:

• Shifts are 24 hour call - Friday (7a) - Friday (7a) every other week
• Facility Location: 222 N Nevada, Colorado Springs, CO 80907
• Setting: Inpatient Trauma Level II
• FTE: 1.0
• Required Procedures/Job Duties: ERCP & General GI butter cases
• EMR: EPIC
• Support Staff: None
• Reason for Coverage: No GI Service
• Dealbreakers (Do Not Present): Must be able to perform ERCP

Travel Preferences (see attachment for specific travel guidelines): Preferred Lodging: none. In the event that the CommonSpirit Health preferred hotel is not available, hotel/lodging rates will be reimbursed based on actual expense, up to 1.5 times the current GSA rate for the market.
• Air Travel: BR50/round trip cap
• Rental Cars: BR5/day all in cap (including taxes and fees) regardless of car class.
• Mileage: IRS Standard Rate
• Please detail any anticipated travel exceptions, for example a dietary restriction necessitating specific lodging situations. Travel exception requests will be denied if this information is not part of the provider presentation. Please also indicate the city where provider will be traveling from in the travel section of the provider submission.
Credentialing Information:

• Timeframe: 30-60 days
• Credentialing with other facilities? Yes
• If so, where: Saint Francis Hospital
• Frequency of work at each facility: Potential for daily
• Billing enrollment - Is this position providing services in lieu of an existing enrolled provider for a period of 60 days or less?: No

Additional Details / Questions Answered by Facility

• What is the patient census/caseload? Average daily census of 15-25 patients. Some days will be under 10, some days > 30.
• Is there an anesthesiologist on staff? Or can the provide the conscious sedation? There is anesthesia support, no need for conscious sedation.
• Who admits patients, the GI or a hospitalist? Hospitalists admits patients.
• What is the inpatient/outpatient census? Average ER calls/consults in 24 hours is 10-12. Average consults from admitted patients in 24 hours (Surgeons or hospitalists): 4-5 per day, Average transfersin over 7 days from CommonSpirit Connect: ~10-15.
• Average daily procedures on inpatients: 5-8
• How many ERCP's are done per month at the site? 1-2 ERCPs per day (of the 5-8 procedures above.
• Do they have coverage needs beyond April? Coverage beyond April is TBD, based on how well the team feels it works with the locum support.

Requirement description : **MUST NOTATE ALL DURING NAME CLEARS**

• Board Certified Gastroenterology - Required or Truly BE (0-5 years of fellowship completion with BC in Internal Medicine)
• Active CO License - Required
• Active CO DEA - Required for credentialing
• Candidate must be available for any of the dates detailed in the job description - Required
• Candidate must be able to perform ERCP - Required to note
• Candidate must acknowledge they understand the call is handled at Penrose and St. Francis concurrently. - Required to note.
• Clean Malpractice/background - Highly Preferred

CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS :

• Board Certified

STATE LICENSE REQUIREMENTS :

• Colorado

ADDITIONAL LICENSE REQUIREMENTS :
Weekend Requirements : Yes
On Call Requirements : Yes