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

Corewell Health • Dearborn, MI

5d • Onsite

About The Position

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

This position provides 24-hour in-house call coverage in a high-volume labor and delivery unit handling more than 3,000 deliveries per year. The laborist collaborates with the obstetric care team to identify and address clinical concerns, provides restricted on-site obstetric care in specified situations, facilitates transfers from outside hospitals, leads safety huddles and post-event debriefings, and assists other clinicians with obstetric care and emergencies. Where resident physicians are present, the laborist supervises and supports their management of obstetric patients.

Requirements

• Doctorate; graduate of an approved medical college.
• Michigan physician license (MD) required upon hire, or Michigan osteopathic physician license (DO) required upon hire.
• Michigan DEA registration required upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Ensure inpatient obstetric care meets or exceeds current standards to prevent maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality.
• Identify and address clinical concerns in collaboration with the obstetric care team, including medical students, nursing staff, physicians, maternal-fetal medicine 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 for patients with no prenatal care; patients receiving prenatal care through the staff service, where applicable; patients whose prenatal provider lacks facility privileges; and patients whose provider cannot be present due to an emergency, a personal emergency, or another clinical emergency.
• Facilitate medically appropriate transfers from outside hospitals by accepting transfers, notifying relevant obstetric and neonatal team members of pending arrivals, and managing transfers upon arrival.
• Lead scheduled safety huddles and post-event debriefing sessions.
• Provide clinical assistance to other OB/GYN attendings, advanced practice providers, and, where applicable, resident physicians, including second opinions on fetal heart rate interpretations, management of obstetric emergencies, surgical assistance, and multifetal deliveries.
• Supervise and support resident physicians in triage evaluation and management and antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care at facilities with residents.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package addressing financial, health, and work/life balance goals.
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv.
• Discounts directory with deals on restaurants, phone plans, spas, and other purchases.
• Optional identity theft protection, home insurance, 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