Physician, OB Hospitalist

Opportunity Information

Seeking a Per Diem BC/BE OB/GYN to join our collaborative OB and midwifery hospitalist program at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, CA. This hospital is part of the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, the East Bay's largest private nonprofit medical center. Alta Bates Hospital delivers approximately 5,000 babies from within our community annually and is a referral center for high-risk obstetrics. The hospital has:

• 24 LDRP rooms, 3 ORs on labor and delivery, an 8 bed OB Triage.
• A 14-bed Antepartum Unit with affiliated MFM co-management.
• a 55-bed Level-III NICU with in-house neonatologists. Advanced practice nurses specialized in new born evaluation and resuscitation attend deliveries.
• Two in-house OB anesthesiologists.
• A full electronic medical record system and remote fetal heart rate monitoring.

Responsibilities will include delivery attendance, OB triage, patient evaluation and management, surgical and OB delivery assists, fetal monitoring and ED coverage for OB patients. This opportunity involves working closely with on-site midwife who is part of the team. In addition, our hospitalists work collaboratively with local obstetricians and midwives who deliver at Alta Bates. There are two hospitalists in-house 24/7 and one midwife in house 24/7. A back-up hospitalist is also available.

Qualifications

• An active and unrestricted CA license
• Current DEA license.

Organization Details

We are an industry leading, rapidly growing multi-specialty medical group made up of over 370 clinicians, including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants practicing in 25+ specialties throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Our medical group is recognized for its excellence in compassionate, patient-centered care having received multiple awards for our quality, innovation, and leadership. Sutter East Bay Medical Group is affiliated with the Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation, a not-for-profit health care organization, providing operational and administrative support to our medical group, including the latest technology thereby allowing physicians to focus on delivering exceptional patient care.

Community Information

Berkeley is a vibrant and dynamic city that is consummately Californian in setting, international in cultural outlook, and filled with superb restaurants, shops, theaters, and cafes. Berkeley has a creative scene that extends from the performing and visual to the culinary arts. In the East Bay, Berkeley is a stylish arts and entertainment destination. Berkeley is a town with live theater and music almost every night and its theatrical and cultural venues keep the arts front and center, citywide and year-round. Berkeley is also known for its food. Berkeley is passionate about cuisine, and it shows on the menus of the city's innovative, influential restaurants, inside the dozens of specialty food stores and stands that line its avenues, and at the trio of weekly farmers markets in town. With so many cultural and culinary experiences to savor indoors, Berkeley also has many ways to enjoy the great outdoors. The city extends from San Francisco Bay into a forested coastal range, offering hiking and biking trails that run along the bay and up into the city's landmark regional parks. People can enjoy sailing, rock climbing, kayaking, windsurfing, skateboarding, golf, and beautiful gardens. Berkeley is also careful to honor and celebrate its past with dozens of historic monuments and architectural treasures. For sports fans, Berkeley is home to the Cal Bears and within easy reach of a number of professional sports teams, including the 2022 National Champions Golden State Warriors, Oakland A's, San Francisco Giants, and San Francisco 49ers.

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