Nursery Call Physician (MD/DO)

Join Munson Healthcare Nursery Team!  

Nursery Call | Gaylord and Grayling, Michigan

Summary: Munson Healthcare is seeking a Pediatrician or Family Medicine Physician to provide nursery call coverage at the following Munson Healthcare locations: OMH and Grayling. This unique opportunity offers flexibility for those looking for per diem or ancillary work. The physician who provides nursery call coverage will be reimbursed for food, travel, and all lodging expenses incurred during a call shift.

Position Duties/Highlights Include:

• Minimum of 3 24-hour shifts per month
• Mileage reimbursement
• Lodging reimbursement upon approval if outside “home” location
• Newborn nursery call providers must be within 30 miles of hospital
• Providers are credentialed at all possible sites and must go where assigned

Standard Qualifications:

• Provider routine newborn care
• NRP
• STABLE recommended
• Establish access (UVC preferred, IV acceptable, IO emergent)
• Ventilate (NIPPV, neopuff or bag) (mandatory)
• Endotracheal intubation skillset (preferred)

Education/Training:

• MD or DO
• Successful completion of an approved U.S. Residency training program approved by the Accrediting Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) of the American Medical Association, or the American Osteopathic Association or its equivalent.

Certification, Licensure, Registration:

• Board eligible/certified for pediatric or family medicine practice in the State of Michigan

EHR

• Oracle Health

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• We’re northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system and we are deeply rooted in the communities we serve. That means that our patients are often our family, friends and neighbors – and it’s special to be able to care for them. And as one of the top healthcare systems to work for in Michigan by Forbes (American’s Best Employers by State 2022), we’re committed to your ongoing growth and development. 
• After work, you’ll find things to do in every season – beaches, outdoor recreation, unique restaurants, world-class wineries, arts and entertainment.  
• As a non-profit healthcare system, Munson Healthcare provides $65 million in health care programs and education, as well as free discounted and unreimbursed services.  

Munson Healthcare by the Numbers:

• 8 hospitals
• 694 licensed acute care beds
• 212 licensed long-term care beds
• 7,500 employees
• 1,000 physicians
• 63 specialties
• 540,000 residents
• We cover 14,667 square miles – about the size of Vermont and Delaware combined.
• Munson Healthcare Home Health and Munson Healthcare Hospice serve 29 counties.  

  Why Choose Munson Healthcare: 

• Balance – Get out on the water, in the woods, on the trails or around town  
• Opportunity – Be a part of northern Michigan’s leading healthcare team with opportunities for personal and professional growth throughout the healthcare system 
• Flexibility – A career that can change as your life changes  
• Teamwork – Our people make Munson Healthcare a great place to work!    

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer  

 Munson Healthcare grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, marital status, height, weight, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected category. 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.