Gastroenterologist

Private Practice in Forest Hills, NY, is looking for a Gastroenterologist to join their team full-time. Schedule: 4.5 days per week (half-day on Sunday). Typical day is 9-5 when doing consults and 7-4 when doing procedures (half day procedures and half day consults); Sundays are always half days (7-1 if doing procedures, 9-1 when doing consults). There is a 1 hour lunch break from 1-2 everyday during which no patients are scheduled. On-Call Requirements: There is no hospital call.The only call is for the practice to answer phone calls after hours, which are few and far between. Patient Volume:About 8-12 consults/follow-ups per day and up to 10 procedures per scoping session. Practice Setting:Outpatient.Adult-only. EMR:MD Land for patient consults and follow-ups; MDReports for procedures. Support Staff:Front desk secretaries, MAs, NPs, PAs, prior authorization support for procedures/medications/imaging studies. Equipment:Office-based endoscopy with anesthesia and laboratory services on-premises. Olympus 190 scopes and equipment. About Practice:Community-based general GI practice thatstrongly believes in providing support to itscolleagues. To this end, the doctor joining the practicewill never be left to his/her own devices and will always be able to come to colleaguesfor help and support with patients and procedures. In the beginning, there will be close help, support and even supervision if the doctor so chooses. The senior doctors will always be there for help and backup.There is an open door policy for all physicians and NPs to each other in the practice.Practice's Future Plans: Practiceis stable, and looking to expand within current location.Practice is aimingto add at least 1 more doctor this year and another one next year due to tremendous demand for appointments and procedures. Theywill remain a general GI practice and willadd a pathology lab to the services offered.