Neurology - Inpatient and Outpatient opportunities- Paducah, KY - Up to $200,000 in recruiting incentives

Baptist Health Medical Group is seeking a BC/BE Neurologists to join our team of 4 physicians and 4 APCs in Paducah, KY.

Join a busy outpatient Neurology practice  

or

consider a Neurohospitalist opportunity:

• 7 Days on/ 7 Days off schedule with a partner who can trade shifts as needed
• 24 hour call but at night can utilize teleneurology
• Inpatient Neurology Coverage of 373 Bed Hospital
• ER Emergent consults and inpatient consults
• Between 4-6 new consults per day on average
• Inpatient consultation service normally follows between 10-15 patients on average
• Applicant must be comfortable with acute stroke care including tPA administration and CT/CTA/CTP interpretation
• Target Stroke Elite Gold Plus Certified Primary Stroke Center
• EEG and NCV/EMG interpretation a bonus but not required
• Hospital has Internal Medicine Hospitalist System that admits and has a nocturnist
• Close relationship with Neurosurgery
• Regional referral center with a dedicated transfer center to assist with air and ground transport

For additional information please contact:

Connie Overstreet

Manager, Physician Recruitment 

270-415-7795 (office)

270-559-7074 (cell)

Connie.Overstreet@BHSI.com

Baptist Health ranks in 150 top places to work in healthcare, according to Becker's Hospital Review

• Multispecialty physician-led medical group
• 8 hospitals with over 1,500 providers, including 800 physicians and more than 700 advanced practice clinicians.
• Comprehensive administrative and operations support teams
• Physician leadership councils
• Top 10% in the country for quality clinical outcomes.

Baptist Health Paducah is a 373-bed regional medical and referral center, serving about 200,000 patients a year from four states. The hospital provides a full range of services, including cardiac and cancer care, diagnostic imaging, women’s and children’s services, surgery, emergency treatment, rehabilitation, transitional care, weight management and wound care. The main campus covers eight square blocks, plus off-site outpatient rehab, occupational medicine, primary care, school clinics, imaging and lab. Overall, Baptist Hospital Paducah offers 20 points of care to make healthcare more convenient for area residents.

Baptist Health Paducah has about 2,000 employees, making it one of the region’s largest employers; and about 260 physicians representing more than 40 medical specialties. The Baptist Health Foundation Paducah supports needed services, facilities and other areas of growth. The hospital opened in 1953 as Western Baptist Hospital and changed its name in early 2013, along with other facilities in Baptist Health, one of the largest not-for-profit healthcare systems in Kentucky. 

The hospital has earned Pathway to Excellence designation for excellence in nursing services by the American Nursing Credentialing Center.

• Paducah's population including McCracken County is about 95,000 residents
• Paducah is a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designed Creative City in the field of Crafts and Folks Art (1 of 2 in the United States)
• Trendy downtown with unique restaurants, shops, and farmer’s market
• Easy access to state parks, including two of the nation’s largest man-made lakes (Lake Barkley and Land Between the Lakes) offering boating, fishing, and hiking
• $44 million Performing Art Center which houses Broadway shows and concerts
• Nationally recognized artist district
• Named one of the Top 100 Communities for Young People which starts with excellent public and private schools
• Nashville, TN is a 2 hour drive and St. Louis, MO is a 2.5  hour drive
• Recognized as the US capitol of quilting

Click here for more information about Paducah, KY. 

HPSA Score: 15

In Paducah, we take pride in offering a wide range of options that cater to the diverse ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds of our residents. To that end, Paducah offers Christian churches, a Jewish temple and an Islamic worship center to meet diverse spiritual needs.

EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

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Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.