Physician Infectious Disease - Competitive Salary

Job Description

Location : Boise

Status :

• 1.0 FTE, Full Time, Employed
• .7 FTE Med. Dir.
• .3 FTE Clinician

Schedule : Weekdays

Call : None

Salary and Benefits :

Saint Alphonsus Medical Group (SAMG) is a physician led and accountable 650+ provider multispecialty group that has an excellent opportunity for a clinician to join an established Infectious Disease department on the Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center campus in Boise. Additionally, this Provider will have a dual opportunity to contribute to Inpatient Infection Control as the Medical Director for that specialty. This role will help build our Infectious Disease and Infection Prevention programs, with their primary location on the Boise hospital campus. Join our growing Provider team and excellent support staff. We utilize EPIC for our EHR.

Specific duties include but are not limited to the following : direct involvement in managing our list of OPAT patients, conduct follow-up evaluations for patients referred for Infectious Disease management; follow-through on physician's plan of care; order & interpret appropriate diagnostic testing and labs; prescribe appropriate treatment and conduct patient education; chairs Infection Prevention Committee; collaborates and consults with health care providers in the assessment and management of patients and colleagues with communicable diseases; provides oversight of surveillance for healthcare-associated infections.

In the Treasure Valley, you’re minutes away from skiing at Bogus Basin, fishing the Boise River, hiking the foothill trails, rafting a number of nearby rivers, and biking both road and mountain routes.

Requirements :

Community : Boise, Idaho's Capital City anchors a vibrant and growing mid-sized metropolitan area of 760,000+ people. An outdoor enthusiast's paradise with a flourishing arts and entertainment scene, the region offers a reasonable cost of living, low crime rate, excellent cultural programs, neighborhood parks and nearby forests and rivers. Idaho's culture of physician independence also makes it one of the best places in America to be a practicing physician. The Boise Metro Area is consistently listed as one of the best places in the country to live, work and play! For more information on Boise, ID please visit cityofboise.org.

Saint Alphonsus Health System is a growing four-hospital, 714-bed, 74 clinic integrated healthcare system serving southwestern Idaho, eastern Oregon and northern Nevada. Saint Alphonsus Health System is a member of Trinity Health, one of the largest Catholic not-for-profit health systems in the nation. To learn more about Saint Alphonsus, please visit www.saintalphonsus.org. The ideal candidate will commit to patient care while demonstrating and modeling our organization’s Mission, Vision, and Values.