ENT in Columbus, NE: High Demand Area; Sign-on bonus and Relocation

Columbus Community Hospital is actively recruiting for an Otolaryngologist to join a well-respected and busy practice in Columbus, Nebraska.  This dynamic group is committed to providing outstanding patient care with an appropriate balance between work and family. Nebraska is very inviting. It’s the warm, friendly smile and genuine, good-hearted nature of Nebraskans that will make you realize that Nebraska truly is the good life. This opportunity is perfect for either a seasoned professional or new residency graduate.

Position Overview:

• Hospital-employed
• Collegial work environment
• Physicians valued 
• Clinic volume: 20-30 patients/day
• Required call is 1:3 weekdays, 1:4 weekends
• Level III trauma center
• State-of-the-art facility
• Newly expanded / renovated OR department
• Financially sound hospital system with tenured staff
• State-licensed childcare center on campus
• Open to new graduates

Benefits:

• Health, dental & vision insurance & health savings plan
• Full-time position
• Highly competitive compensation package, including 401(k) retirement plan
• Signing bonus & relocation assistance
• Malpractice coverage
• CME allowance
• Huge area of demand for ENT
• Good cost of living – safe community

* In fall 2021, the hospital completed a $35M expansion and renovation projects, which allowed us to add a new surgical services area, maternal child health department and senior behavioral health unit.

* In January 2025, the hospital opened its new 260,000-square-foot, $55M fieldhouse. The fieldhouse is an extension of the hospital’s mission to enhance community wellness. It offers indoor and outdoor fitness and recreation areas, including tennis courts, a football field, a soccer field, basketball courts, batting cages, youth activities spaces, a suspended track for walking and running and more.

* Winter 2024, Columbus Community Hospital was named one of the Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals in the United States by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, a leading provider of comprehensive advisory services and analytics to the health care industry. Chartis’s annual Top 100 award program recognizes outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®.

* May 2024, U.S. News & World Report ranked Nebraska #3 in Best States Overall. The good life is calling…do you hear that?     https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/nebraska#state-rankings

About Our Hospital:

Columbus Community Hospital is a nonprofit, Joint Commission-accredited, acute care facility characterized by our family-centered care, community involvement and progressive ideas in health care. We serve Platte County and the seven surrounding counties. Our medical staff members experience a fulfilling career among respectful colleagues and administrators who value clinical quality, patient satisfaction and collegiality. The hospital emergency department is staffed 24/7 by hospital-employed physicians and is designated as a Level III trauma center. Additional highlights of our state-of-the-art facility include advanced diagnostic imaging services provided by a 1.5T wide bore MRI, 64- and 128-slice CT scanners, a hybrid OR room and two digital breast tomosynthesis mammography machines. We also have strong, in-house adult and pediatric hospitalist programs and an excellent nursing staff. Our medical staff values clinical quality, patient satisfaction and collegiality.

Columbus Community Hospital: https://www.columbushosp.org/careers/physician_recruitment.aspx
About the Surgical Services Space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYNeb7klfaU&t=3s
Surgical Services Virtual Tour: https://youtu.be/2P6L9J3v-Kw