Physician - OB/Gyn Laborist - Dearborn, MI BONUS AVAILABLE

Corewell Health • Detroit, MI

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The OB/GYN Laborist Role A is an in-house position providing safe, high-quality, evidence-based care to obstetric patients and ensuring hospital resources are managed in a clinically appropriate manner. The laborist is the primary, first-line provider and must be immediately available and present throughout the entirety of the shift. At sites with residents or medical students, the role may include their supervision and education.

This position provides 24-hour in-house call coverage at a high-volume labor and delivery unit with more than 3,000 deliveries per year. Responsibilities include addressing clinical concerns in collaboration with the obstetric care team, providing restricted obstetric care when a patient's usual provider is unavailable or does not have facility privileges, facilitating appropriate transfers from outside hospitals, leading safety huddles and post-event debriefings, and assisting other clinicians with obstetric care and emergencies.

The position is full-time, with 40 weekly scheduled hours and variable work hours and days. Weekend frequency is variable.

Requirements

• Doctorate and graduation from an approved medical college.
• Michigan physician (MD) license required upon hire, or Michigan osteopathic physician (DO) license required upon hire.
• Michigan DEA registration required upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Prevent maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality by ensuring inpatient obstetric care meets or exceeds current standards.
• Identify and address clinical concerns in collaboration with the obstetric care team, including students, nursing staff, physicians, fellows, and advanced practice providers.
• Collaborate with the charge nurse to manage unit resources according to clinical need, including prioritizing labor inductions and cesarean deliveries.
• Provide on-site, restricted obstetric care to patients with no prenatal care, patients whose provider lacks facility privileges, and patients whose provider cannot be present in an urgent situation.
• Facilitate transfers from outside hospitals by accepting medically appropriate transfers, notifying relevant obstetric and neonatal team members, and managing patients upon arrival.
• Lead scheduled safety huddles and post-event debriefing sessions.
• Provide clinical assistance to obstetric attendings, advanced practice providers, and, where applicable, resident physicians, including second opinions on fetal heart rate interpretations, help with obstetric emergencies, surgical assistance, and multifetal deliveries.
• At facilities with resident physicians, supervise and support residents in obstetric triage, antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package supporting financial, health, and work/life balance goals.
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv.
• Discounts on restaurants, phone plans, spas, and other offerings.
• Optional identity theft protection.
• Optional home and auto insurance.
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and matching savings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree