BC/BE Physician - Hospitalist

Farmington, Maine

Franklin Memorial Hospital is seeking a full or part-time BC/BE Physician - Hospitalist in Farmington, ME.   The successful candidate will join our current highly-skilled Hospitalist team of physicians and nurse practitioners.  The Hospitalists service has a daily census of 15-24 patients.  The schedule is generally organized in blocks of 5-7 days at a time and will generally alternate day time shifts (6 am to 6 pm) with night time shifts (6 pm to 6 am).  The Hospital Medicine Service admits and cares for patients with a range of medical diagnoses.  In addition, when appropriate, the team will admit and medically manage orthopedic and surgical patients in consultation with those specialties.  Preoperative and ED consultative services are provided.  Our Hospitalists also provide critical care, including ventilator management, for a 5 bed intensive care unit. The ability to perform procedures including intubation, central line placement, lumbar puncture, paracentesis and thoracentesis is preferred.

This position offers teaching opportunities of medical students, as Franklin Memorial Hospital, a member of MaineHealth, is one of the teaching sites for the Maine Medical Center – Tufts University Medical School program.

About Franklin Community Health Network:

Franklin Memorial Hospital is a 65-bed, acute care community hospital with a 50-member medical staff, with patient volume drawing from a wide geographic region with 40,000 people. Deliveries are performed in a modern hospital birthing unit, and the hospital is equipped with the latest ultrasound and spiral CT scan machines as well as state-of-the-art operative laparoscopy equipment.

Franklin Memorial Hospital offers a highly competitive compensation package, comprehensive benefits, a sign-on bonus and student loan repayment. New full time physicians at Franklin Memorial Hospital can enjoy an added benefit of a paid ski pass at nearby Sugarloaf Mountain, offering world-class skiing and home to Olympic Gold medalist Seth Wescott, or Saddleback Mountain, in the lovely Rangeley Lake Region. 

Compensation and Benefits:

• Flexible Benefits package includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long-term disability coverage, and 403(b) tax sheltered retirement plan with a company match.
• Education loan repayment available
• Malpractice coverage
• Support for professional memberships, CME and certification fees.
• 14 days of non-cumulative time off annually
• Relocation allowance available.
• There are supplementary incentives for procedures.

 Contact: Donna Lafean, Provider Recruiter
Franklin Community Health Network
111 Franklin Health Commons, Farmington, ME  04938
www.fchn.org
Phone:(207) 779-2185   Email: dlafean@mainehealth.org