Neurologist - Mercy Health Defiance Clinic

Mercy Health Defiance is seeking a Neurologist to join a well-established practice in a multi-specialty clinic.  

Job Highlights

• EPIC EMR
• Two dedicated LPN’s
• Large referral base to continue to grow and maintain practice
• Ancillary services include LCSW, Lab and Radiology, CDE, Outpatient surgical services, and a 23-bed inpatient unit on the same campus.
• Teaching opportunities available for Wright State Medical Students
• Radiology and lab on-site
• Follow up tele-med services

Mercy Health northern market is a seven-hospital system and a preferred provider of healthcare services for a 20-county area in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. As a faith-based healthcare system, Mercy Health continues to honor its long-standing Mission to extend the healing ministry of Jesus by improving the health of our communities, with an emphasis on the underserved. Mercy demonstrates behaviors reflecting its core values of compassion, excellence, human dignity, justice, service, and sacredness of life.

Mercy Health is the largest healthcare system in Ohio and ranked nationally in the top 20% of health systems for clinical quality and efficiency.

Our Services:

• Mobil Stroke Unit
• Dedicated team of employed neurosurgeons with experience in the full aspects of neurosurgical care and procedures including clipping and hemi-craniotomy for large hemispheric strokes and intracranial bleeds
• Dedicated Endovascular Neurosurgery service provided by two experienced full time interventional and stroke neurologists
• Great support, relationship and interaction with Pulmonary and surgical/trauma critical care teams with moving toward 24/7 block models
• Tele-NeuroICU robot in the neuro-critical care unit for 24/7 communication via your smart device
• Dedicated Neocritical Care nurse practitioners
• Academic pursuit with resident’s rotation from emergency medicine, preliminary medicine, family practice, internal medicine and surgical residents and fellows
• 24 hrs EEG monitoring
• Video EEG monitoring
• 24/7 TCD transcranial ultrasound
• Clinical research infra-structure support
• EPIC electronic medical record with access on your smart device
• Please visit Mercy Health at mercyweb.org

A culturally prosperous city, Toledo is home to a nationally renowned art museum and zoo, the Toledo Symphony, as well as the Valentine Theater.  The community is home to the Toledo Mud Hens, the Triple A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers.  The Mud Hens play in their downtown stadium, Fifth Third Field, which was named as one of the top minor league baseball stadiums in the country.  Toledo also offers an ECHL hockey team, NCAA sports at the University of Toledo, and an annual LPGA golf tournament. Nature and outdoors lovers enjoy the close proximity to Lake Erie.   Outstanding schools coupled with affordable housing give northwest Ohio families a great lifestyle.  Toledo boasts of having 33 colleges and universities within a 60-mile radius, including a medical college within the metro area.  Additionally, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus and Detroit are all within a short driving distance.

We offer highly competitive compensation, with excellent sign-on bonuses and starting salaries, plus unparalleled benefits.

Benefit package include:

• Health, Dental, Vision, HSA, FSA, Disability, Medical Malpractice Insurance w/tail-coverage
• Sign on Bonus
• Student Loan Assistance
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)
• 403b Plan w/company match, 457b Plan, Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (funded 100% by company)
• CME, DEA, OH license, Board fees, Relocation Reimbursement
• Work/Life balance resources: financial advisory services, LifeMatters® (concierge work-life services), fitness center membership; corporate discounts; Be Well Within (health management program), and more.

Inquiries, including curriculum vitae should be addressed to: Jamie Leighton, JLeighton@mercy.com

Mercy Health Defiance Hospital offers you the high-quality health care you need and the compassion you deserve. Our expert doctors, nurses and caregivers are committed to helping you be well in mind, body and spirit. 

Mercy Health Defiance Hospital received an A grade for patient safety for spring 2017 from Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for reducing errors, infections and accidents.

In December 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its new star ratings index on Hospital Compare.  Eight Mercy Health hospitals improved ratings from last year with Mercy Health Defiance Hospital receiving a 5-star rating – the highest rating a hospital can achieve.  The overall rating summarizes up to 57 quality measures on Hospital Compare reflecting common conditions that hospitals treat, such as heart attacks or pneumonia.  The overall rating shows how well each hospital performed, on average, compared to other hospitals in the U.S.  The overall rating ranges from one to five stars. The more stars, the better a hospital performed on the available quality measures. The most common overall rating is 3 stars.

Mercy Health is the largest health system in Ohio and the state’s fourth-largest employer, with more than 33,500 employees serving communities throughout Ohio and in Kentucky. Mercy Health provided care for patients more than 6.8 million times in 2016. The system includes assets of $6.8 billion and more than 500 care sites, including 23 hospitals, eight senior living communities, five hospice programs and seven home health agencies. Its clinically integrated network, Mercy Health Select, coordinates more effective and efficient care for more than 200,000 patients, saving money for taxpayers through the Medicare Shared Savings program. In keeping with its Mission to improve the health of its communities, Mercy Health provides more than $1 million per day in community benefit services. For more information, visit www.mercy.com or connect with Mercy Health on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest and Twitter (@LivingMercyHlth).