Physician-OBGYN-Laborist-Troy-Casual

Corewell Health • Troy, MI

4d • 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 laborist is the primary, first-line provider and must be immediately available and present throughout the entire shift. At sites with residents or medical students, the role may include their supervision and education. The assignment is a 24-hour in-house call coverage program at a high-volume labor and delivery unit with more than 3,000 deliveries per year.

The laborist works collaboratively with the obstetric care team to identify and address clinical concerns and prevent maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. The role also includes coordinating unit resources with the charge nurse, providing on-site restricted obstetric care, facilitating appropriate transfers from outside hospitals, leading safety huddles and post-event debriefings, and assisting other clinicians with obstetric care and emergencies. Where resident physicians are present, the laborist supervises and supports their obstetric patient management.

Requirements

• Doctorate; graduate of an approved medical college.
• Michigan physician license (MD) 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 of care to prevent maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality.
• Identify and remediate clinical concerns in collaboration with medical students, nursing staff, resident physicians, maternal-fetal medicine fellows, advanced practice providers, and attending physicians.
• Coordinate 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 without prenatal care, patients receiving care through the staff service where applicable, patients whose prenatal-care provider lacks facility privileges, and patients whose provider cannot be present when needed.
• Facilitate medically appropriate transfers from outside hospitals, notify relevant obstetric and neonatal team members of pending arrivals, and manage 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, assistance with obstetric emergencies, surgical assistance, and multifetal deliveries.
• At facilities with resident physicians, supervise and support their management of obstetric patients, including triage evaluation and management and antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care.
• Remain immediately available and present for the entirety of the shift.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree