OB Hospitalist needs at University of TN in Knoxville, TN

Company: NHR
Location: Knoxville
Posted on: January 6, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description The University of Tennessee Medical Center is a tertiary academic medical center. The hospital serves as a referral center for Eastern Tennessee and regions of Kentucky and North Carolina. The inpatient obstetric service is staffed by labor and delivery nurses, patient care technicians, OB/Gyn providers and resident physicians, with 24-hour availability for anesthesia and neonatal care. The OB Hospitalist coverage provides availability, oversight, and a team of individuals whose sole focus is managing the patient in labor during their shift. At the University of Tennessee Medical Center we have created a hybrid model that focuses on quality, safety, and education services in women’s healthcare (meaning, coverage expands beyond the obstetric model to include management of the complex gynecologic medical and surgical patient). As such, our Academic OB/Gyn Hospitalist position includes labor and delivery shifts, rotating coverage of the gynecology service, resident continuity clinic oversight, and departmental and program leadership. The role of an Academic OB/GYN Hospitalist is filled by experienced physicians eager to participate in patient care and resident education. Future candidate(s) should possess excellent clinical and teaching skills and feel comfortable practicing in an evidence-based academic environment with students, residents, fellows, advanced practice nurses, midwives, and colleagues. Implementation of the Hospitalist model allowed UTMC to: 1. Optimize patient safety and quality outcomes 2. Standardize the delivery of Obstetric services 3. Enhance the consistency of resident education 4. Improve efficiency to patient flow processes Responsibilities In keeping with fulfillment of the goals of the OB/Gyn Hospitalist, responsibilities include, but are not limited to: ? Staff the day shift of L&D from 7:15 am to 5pm when assigned o Responsive to house officers (resident physicians), and maintain visibility on the unit for majority of the day o Responsive and communicates with Anesthesia colleagues (attending to attending for Urgent CDs) and other attendings with purpose of helping serve in centralized capacity alongside the RN Team Leader (Charge nurse) o Provide comprehensive intrapartum care including: antepartum assessment, labor management, delivery o Provides intrapartum care for house staff patients o Staff emergencies related to management of early pregnancy/ pregnancy loss o Staff HS PPTLs scheduled during shift ? Present and teaching at 7:15am board sign out ? Communicates directly with nighttime attending at 5pm sign out ? Provides postpartum rounding for complicated house staff patients ? Provides oversight on triage patients ? Serves as a consultant to university midwives (and Tennova midwives) when their patients require a higher level of care o If level of care requires physicians take over, from 7:15am-5pm this team provides that service/care ? Supervise infant circumcision for house staff neonates ? Responds to OB trauma pages (picks up pager, wears pager, signs out pager) ? Provides consultation along with departmental residents for low risk Emergency Room obstetric consultation while on L&D and provides back up for MFM when not available. ? Oversee and Manage House Staff (HS) GYN service(s) o Round on inpatient HS GYN patients o Provides advanced gynecologic care to OB/Gyn colleagues o Staff inpatient HS GYN consults o Staff HS ER Consults o Staff emergent HS GYN surgeries o Cover scheduled HS GYN Surgeries ? Only emergent or scheduled minor surgeries while also covering L&D ? Provide outpatient clinic services as agreed upon outside of Laborist coverage schedule ? May provide on campus back up for colleagues of any group needing emergent assistance or requesting specific short-term coverage ? Participates in peer review performance improvement activities for UHS ? Participates in peer review performance improvement activities for the L&D unit ? Participate in L&D simulations and team training sessions ? Each OB/Gyn Hospitalist may have designated, unique academic duties relative to the Department of Ob/Gyn as a whole and will need to maintain requirements for GME as discussed with Department Chair ? Participates in GME related scholarly activity ( Grand Rounds, Didactics, Mentor Program, Applicant Interviews, CCC, etc.) ? Participate in Department committee meetings (Department meeting, PI/QI, Steering committee, Credentialing, MEC, etc.) Required qualifications ? Doctorate degree in medicine from an accredited college approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and Hospitals of American Medical Association, a Doctorate degree in Osteopathy from a college accredited by the American Osteopathic Association, or by the permanent certification by the ECFMG. ? Successful completion of a residency program in OB/Gyn which has been approved by the Accreditation Council for GME. ? Active Candidate of ABOG or Board Certified ? Experience in performing operative vaginal deliveries and complicated cesarean deliveries ? Experience in managing postpartum patients Schedule Estimated monthly schedule includes: Average of 15-18 “shifts” of scheduled work per month, not including vacation, CME, and holidays. Shifts are defined by a combination of the any or all of the following, based on applicants/hospitalists specific interests. 1. Labor and delivery “Laborist” (shifts are typically 7am-5pm or 5pm to 7am) 2. Resident outpatient clinic supervision, usually combined with Administrative time for half day. May also include Student health clinic/other outpatient clinics as agreed upon by Department chair and UHS. 3. Gynecologic surgery (includes both private patients as well as resident clinic cases/ inpatient ED and emergent surgeries) 4. Gynecologic inpatient and consult service coverage 5. Administrative duties for UHS or Academic Department 6. Selective opportunities for seeing Private outpatients, typically includes private referral for gynecologic major surgeries. 7. Any overnight shifts are followed by 24-hour shift off *Specific schedule will be coordinated between Department Chairman, Director of Obstetrics, and University Health Systems.

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