Physician, OB/ GYN Hospitalist (Castro Valley, CA)

Opportunity Information

Join a collaborative group of OBGYNs who practice evidence-based medicine in a team-based manner! Seeking a full-time BC/BE OBGYN to join our OBGYN hospitalist program at Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, CA (Bay Area).

Our OBGYN hospitalist service provides 24/7 in-house care at Eden Medical Center with one in-house provider at a time. Responsibilities will include delivery attendance, OB triage, patient evaluation and management, surgical and OB delivery assists, fetal monitoring, ED coverage for OB and Gyn patients, gynecologic consults, and urgent/emergent gynecologic surgery. Our OBGYN hospitalists work collaboratively with local obstetricians who deliver at Eden Hospital. They consult with MFM providers at our high-risk sister hospital in nearby Berkeley, CA to easily transfer out any high-risk or preterm patients. A very collegial atmosphere with excellent nursing staff, in-house pediatric hospitalist, trauma surgeon, anesthesiologist, adult medicine hospitalist, emergency medicine provider, and intensivist are available.  Assistance for Cesareans and gynecologic cases is provided by the private OB-GYN group that also delivers at Eden.

Emergency Cesarean assistance is provided by the trauma surgeon if no other OB is in house.

• Busy practice with active waitlist for patients
• Requisition FTE 0.5-1.0 FTE

Qualifications

-An active and unrestricted CA license or ability to obtain upon hire

-Board Certified/Board Eligible in Obstetrics & Gynecology

Join Us and Enjoy

The listed range is solely a base compensation for full-time (1.0 FTE) clinicians. It does not include incentives and benefits. Base compensation may be adjusted based on training, experience, community need, and other determining factors.

• Shareholder eligibility after 2 years of employment
• Robust benefits and retirement packages
• Multiple health plan options, dental, and vision coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
• Life and AD&D Insurance, voluntary short-term and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k), safe harbor, and pension plan contributions
• Signing bonus
• Relocation allowance
• Malpractice and tail insurance coverage

Benefits are prorated to full-time status and employees in other employment classifications may be eligible for some of these benefits.

Organization Details

Eden Medical Center – part of the Sutter Health Network – delivers comprehensive, quality, and award-winning care. It is the regional trauma center for Southern Alameda County. The current Eden Hospital was constructed in 2012 and delivers approximately 1,200 babies from within our community annually. The hospital’s birth center has:

• 5 L&D rooms, 2 triage beds, 1 L&D OR, 12 postpartum beds
• a 6-bed Level I-II NICU with care starting at 34 weeks. All deliveries are attended with an in-house pediatric hospitalist. Specialized pediatric RN and respiratory therapist for support as needed. 
• Minimum of one in-house anesthesiologist for 24/7 coverage
• A full electronic medical record system (EPIC) and remote fetal heart rate monitoring

Community Information

Castro Valley is a friendly, peaceful unincorporated town, populated by about 60 thousand people. Castro Valley is located in the heart of the greater Bay Area of northern California. Located in Alameda County, just 20 miles southeast of San Francisco and minutes from Oakland, Castro Valley offers the perfect balance of nature, convenience, and community spirit.  Nestled in a quiet valley surrounded by tree covered rolling hills, Castro Valley residents, businesses, and visitors enjoy a rural atmosphere at the hub of California's cultural, economical and recreational heartland. Castro Valley boasts such natural amenities as an extensively developed park system, swimming lagoon, 315-acre lake, and a beautiful 18-hole golf course. Schools are top notch, and the community is tight knit.

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