Position Type : Locum Tenens or Permanent
Start Date : ASAP Ongoing
Setting : Acute Care Academic Hospital (300 beds, including Behavioral Health and Maternity)
EMR : Meditech (legacy system)
Trauma Designation : Level I Adult Trauma, Level II Pediatric Trauma
Stroke Center : Yes Thrombectomy Capable
Opportunity Highlights :
Primary Need : Inpatient Neurologist (blended inpatient / outpatient model preferred)
Consult Volume : new consults / week; average daily census
Stroke Codes : 30 / month (1 2 per day)
Schedule : M F clinical work + 1 in 4 weekends
Call : 2 overnight calls / week (phone only; rare facility call-ins)
Support & Team Structure :
Current staffing : 1.5 FTEs in private practice (under-resourced)
Long-term vision : Build a modern Neurology Division, employ providers, integrate APP support and Teleneurology
APP support in development : 2 APPs planned, cross-trained for IP / OP
Collaborate with residents in academic teaching setting
Ideal Candidate :
Board Certified or Board Eligible in Neurology
NY license
Comfortable with high-acuity inpatient neurology
Interest in developing a growing service line and mentoring residents
Open to locum or permanent models
Neurology Physician • New York, NY, US