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| Opportunity Details | |
| Specialty: | Family Medicine, OB Optional |
| Location: Get Map | WI, |
| Region: | Urban |
| Practice Setting: | ThedaCare Physicians Appleton North relocated to a new, practice location, Encircle Health, in October 2009. This new abmulatory care center is a state-of-the-art, comprehensive outpatient facility designed to meet most patient's health care needs under one roof. ThedaCare Physicians North Appleton occupies 30,000 sq-ft of the three-story, 156,000 sq-ft facility. Encircle Health is also home to ThedaCare Physicians - Internal Medicine; ThedaCare Physicians - Infectious Disease; Fox Valley Pulmonary Medicine; and Valley Urologic Associcates. ThedaCare Orthopedics Plus, ThedaCare Behavioral Health, Fox Valley Surgical Associates, and Women's Health Specialists will maintain satellite offices in the new building while the Breast Center at Appleton Medical Center, and the Regional Sleep Disorders Clinic will also relocate to Encircle Health. Ancillary services at Encircle Health include a comprehensive lab, phelebotomy, and advanced CT, MRI, state-of-the-art endocsopy, ultrasound and digital mammography and imaging. Radiology Associates of Appleton provides radiology services at the new facility. The ambulatory care center integrates the services offered by both primary care physicians and specialists by co-locating them and diagnostic services in a single facility, and by keeping them connected in real time through ThedaCare's electronic medical records system. |
| J1/H1B Visa? | No |
| Location Overview: | CALL FOR INFO |
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| Income Details: | This is an employed position with a flexible two-year salary guarantee based on a four, four and one-half, or five-day work week. After that period of time, the physician will move to an incentive compensation plan. Physician may choose to end the guarantee period early, if financial targets are being met. |
| Signing Bonus: | Loan repayment or sign-on bonus, you choose! |
| Student Loan Forgiveness: | Loan repayment or sign-on bonus, you choose! |
| Relocation Paid: | One house-hunting visit, for up to 7 days. Household moving expenses provided by ThedaCare's corporate mover |
| Vacation: | Paid Time Off: 35 days, including vacation, CME, and holidays |
| CME: | CME/Professional Dues: $4000/year |
| Call Coverage: | 1:14 Weekends; 1 weekday per month; OB Call will be 1:5 |
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| Job Description |
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ThedaCare, Inc. a highly successful northeast Wisconsin integrated health system, seeks a BE/BC Family Medicine physician, with Obstetrics for our North Appleton location. The physician will have the option to practice "full scope" or utilize an established hospitalist program for inpatient care. Call will be 1:14 weekends and one weekday per month; OB Call will be 1:5. The group shares "at home" call with another ThedaCare family medicine group. ThedaCare On Call, a nurse triage service, screens all calls before transferring them to the on-call physician. The hospitalist manages all admissions, unless the physician chooses to admit his/her own patients. The on-call physician works 10 am - 7 pm weekdays. This position will partner with a dedicated and innovative medical staff including midlevel providers. This opportunity will allow the physician the chance to work in a setting where growth and change are encouraged and expected. As part of ThedaCare's new deliverly model, providers will offer same-day appointments, and a plan of care for the patient before they leave their appointment. In addition, patients will know their laboratory results during their visit! |
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ThedaCare, a Northeast Wisconsin integrated health system, is a nationally recognized healthcare system that excels in quality outcomes. It is the employer of choice in the area for both physicians and staff. Physicians enjoy a collegial working relationship and a staff that supports both primary care physicians and specialists. ThedaCare is a community-owned health system that includes Appleton Medical Center, Theda Clark Medical Center, New London Medical Center and Riverside Medical Center. All four hospitals are consistently recognized as Solucient "100 Top Hospitals." The ThedaCare health system includes ThedaCare Physicians, ThedaCare Orthopedics Plus, ThedaCare Behavioral Health, ThedaCare Laboratories, a home care and senior services division, including ThedaCare at Home, the Heritage Retirement Living Center, Heritage Woods Assisted Living, and Peabody Manor skilled nursing facility. ThedaCare is the largest employer in the Fox Valley, with more than 5,000 employees. ThedaCare Physicians employs over 100 primary care physicians, including family practice, internal medicine and pediatrics. |
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| The Fox Cities of Wisconsin includes Appleton, Neenah, and Menasha. This area offers the charm, safety, and convenience of small town life, and the diversity and vitality of a metropolitan area. It is comprised of 18 municipalities, the largest of which is the city of Appleton. The population of the Fox Cities and surrounding areas reaches 1 million within a 60-mile radius. it is easy to get from here to there, generally within 20 minutes or less.The area economy is healthy, producing low unemployment and sufficient revenues to ensure that area residents can enjoy the municipal necessities that make life safe and fun, those such as a strong infrastructure, plentiful parks and well-maintained recreational facilities, adequate fire and police protection, etc. These three cities share a rich selection of cultural, recreational, religious, and educational facilities. Local churches, synagogues, and temples accommodate just about every religious faith. There are three major shopping malls, the Fox River Mall, the Avenue Mall, and the Northland Mall, as well as bustling, revitalized downtown areas, assuring shoppers that they can shop til they drop.
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| APPLETON MEDICAL CENTER is highly regarded as a top area medical facility. This 160 bed hospital is breaking new ground and records with its key programs and services. Named four times as a Solucient "Top 100 Hospital". The Emergency Department is staffed by board certified physicians. The Appleton Heart Institute has been a leader for more than 20 years in the prevention, diagnosis equipment, medical and surgical treatments and rehabilitation, and currently performs more than 300 open-heart procedures annually. The ThedaCare Cancer Institute and the Martha Siekman Cancer Center offer excellent oncology services for area conacer patients who require inpatient or out patient therapy and ongoing support services. The Groth Surgery Center, which opened in 1999, is a state-of-the-art outpatient surgery center completed with seven surgical suites, four procedure rooms, and a cystoscopy room.
THEDA CLARK MEDICAL CENTER has overlooked the waters of Lake Winnebago for more than 80 years and continues to have a viable presence in the local medical community. Major programs for this progressive 260-bed hospital include: Named four times as a Solucient "Top 100 Hospital" , ACS Level II Trauma Center (includes a dedicated Chest Pain Center, helicopter-based response service for Northeastern Wisconsin, 24/7 staffing with board certified emergency medicine physicians.) The Neuroscience Center, with comprehensive neurology and neurosurgery services includes a six-bed neurological intensive care unit. The Center of Rehabilitation Services offers treatment for trauma, stroke, orthopedic, and neuromuscular condition. It also has a dedicated pediatric rehabilitation program The Children's Hospital of Wisconsin-Fox Valley has a regional level III neonatal intensive care nursery whose affiliated medical staff includes a perinatologist, a pediatrician, and a neonatologist. The Eye Center offers patients the latest in laser correction surgery. A new and innovative regional Sleep Disorders Center offers diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea and narcolepsy. The Alyward Surgery Center, completed in 1994, is an outpatient surgery center with four surgical suites, two procedure rooms, and a cystoscopy room. Both hospitals employ Collaborative Care ThedaCares propriety innovation of inpatient hospital care in which a core team, or trio, comprised of a nurse, physician and pharmacist, supported by therapists and other clinicians works side-by-side to care for every patient from the moment of admission until discharge. This new clinical model of taking care of hospitalized patients, eliminates waste, defects, errors, and delays, and returns nurses, doctors, pharmacists and other caregivers to the bedside. The result of the work is Collaborative Care and a sweeping reinvention of the hospital nursing unit and patient room that create the Hospital of the Future and the value in health care our patients and our communities want. Since being introduced as a pilot, 14-bed unit at Appleton Medical Center in February 2007, Collaborative Care has: Reduced the cost of care by 28 percent, reduced lengths of stay by 21 percent, produced 100 percent compliance on nearly all quality measures, and improved top patient satisfaction scores to above 90 percent |
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| Contact: |
Lori Schapel, Manager, Physician Recruitment 122 E. College Avenue Appleton, WI 54912 - 8025 |
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| Email: | lori.schapel@thedacare.org |
| Phone: | (800) 236-7772x1 |
| Fax: | (920) 831-6909 |
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| Group makeup and specialties represented: | Family Medicine |