Nephrology

PRACTICE SPECIFICS

• Join a long-term, low-turnover team of 3 Nephrologists, call will be 1:4
• Full scope of Nephrology practice
• Clinical Nephrology, hypertension and post-transplant care
• Hospital practice includes ICU and acute dialysis services as well as apheresis
• Dialysis population of around 250 patients with 2 units in Duluth (18 & 22 stations) and 7 satellite locations; includes home hemodialysis, CAPD and CCPD
• Physicians serve as Medical Director at the dialysis locations
• Inpatient care at SMDC Medical Center and St. Mary s Medical Center, a combined 500 bed tertiary care hospital complex
• Nephrology is a consultative service, hospitalists are the admitting service
• Team Members include: Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nurse Practitioners, clinical assistants and patient service assistants
• Essentia Health East market includes almost 1,000 physicians and advance practice clinicians with all medical and surgical specialties represented
• Outreach consultative services at 10 regional clinic locations
• EPIC electronic medicals records in clinic and hospital
• Stretching out along Lake Superior s beautiful shoreline, the Duluth area offers a quality of life that is unmatched, with affordable housing, historic architecture, excellent school systems, thriving higher education and extensive access to parks and outdoor recreation.

REQUIREMENTS

• BC/BE Nephrology

LOCATION

• Duluth, MN
• 150 miles north of the north of Minneapolis/St. Paul
• Metro population: 125,000
• Regional service area: 460,000. Comprised of 20 clinics and 7 Hospitals

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