Job Details: Hospitalist Opportunity in East Texas

Description: • $ 225,000 Guarantee ++
• Two schedules to choose from
• Comprehensive Benefit Package
• Excellent Sign on bonus and relocation assistance
Good Shepherd Medical Center is a full service, acute care 407-bed regional referral center in Longview, Texas. Our "small city" of 75,000 has a service area of over 400,000. Longview is located 60 miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana, and 125 miles east of Dallas, Texas. With its scenic lakes, lush piney woods, renowned golf courses, award winning schools, and art and historical museums, Longview offers a myriad of cultural and outdoor activities.

As a Level II Trauma Center, Good Shepherd provides the highest level of trauma care for Gregg County and the surrounding area. The Medical Center is also home to the region's first Neonatal Intensive Care Unit which is staffed by neonatologists, neonatal nurse practitioners and neonatal nurses.

Throughout its history, Good Shepherd Medical Center is honored to have served as the healthcare leader for the East Texas region receiving national recognition for quality outcomes from independent resources like HealthGrades and the Texas Medical Foundation. Recently, HealthGrades announced the following awards to be received by Good Shepherd Medical Center in 2009:

-2009 HealthGrades Coronary Intervention Excellence Award
-2009 HealthGrades Orthopaedic Surgery Excellence Award
-2009 HealthGrades Spine Surgery Excellence Award
-2009 HealthGrades General Surgery Excellence Award

For additional information about our entire Health System and city, please visit our web sites at www.goodshepherdhealth.org or www.longviewtx.com. If this is an area which interests you, please call Bunni Zeilinger, Director of Physician Recruitment at 903-315-2604; 903-237-8129 (cell) or email me at bzeiling@gsmc.org

Posting Date: Sep 25 08