Job Description

Join Our Team:

At Esse Health, we believe physicians deserve a workplace where they can practice medicine the way it’s meant to be—patient centered, collaborative, and supported by a culture that values innovation and work life balance.

If you’re looking for a place where your ideas matter and your impact is felt every day, Esse Health is where you can truly thrive.

We are seeking compassionate, Internal Medicine and Family Medicine physicians to provide high-quality, coordinated hospital care to patients from the comfort of their home.

What Sets Us Apart:

• Achieve a healthy work-life balance with greater control over your practice
• Collegial and supportive partners offering support, mentorship, and collaboration
• Onboarding, business, and practice ramp up support provided
• Resources, training on best practices, and a strong infrastructure to support patient care beyond the clinic
• An environment free from hospital bureaucracy that allows faster decision-making and autonomy
• 20% lower average cost of care compared to hospitals

About the Opportunity:

Help patients with the care they need in the comfort of their home. PRN Comprehensive Care Management opportunities to provide home health through team approach for continuity of care in each patient's home setting.

Treating Patients with and who have some self-care/caregiver support:

• Acute and post-acute care
• COPD/Asthma
• Cellulitis
• Dehydration
• Gastroenteritis
• Heart Failure
• Altered Mental Status
• Pneumonia
• COVID
• Diabetes
• Urinary Tract Infection

Position Details:

• Opportunities to cover 12- hour shifts
  • Shifts are from 8a-8p and 8p-8a, 7 days per week
• Provide daily clinical guidance and decision-making as the attending Advanced Care Physician
• Collaborate with Primary Care Physicians and offices, supported by a multidisciplinary Care Team of Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Medical Assistants, and Care and Case Managers
• Patient visits and on call responsibilities; be available for ongoing orders, next steps, coordinating care with staff, and communicating with primary care provider
  • Answering service takes after hours call first, then dispatched out to team
• NextGen EMR
• See 10-12 patients per day on average for follow-up days
• See 5-6 patients per day on average for new patients

Coverage Areas:

• St. Louis
• St. Louis County
• St. Charles
• Jefferson County

Compensation for 12-hour shifts:

• Weekday shift rate- $1800.00
• Weekend shift rate and holiday rate- $2000.00
• On-call rate- $150.00
  • $265.00 per hr, (min of 2 hrs) for in-home visits outside of scheduled shift

Preferred Requirements:

• Hospitalist or home health experience
• Experience and training in quality improvement and patient safety
• Able to create personal relationships and build human connections
• Communicate effectively with patients, family, medical power of attorney, primary care provider and all individuals involved in the patient’s care
• Provide care with compassion, empathy, and cultural competency
• MD or DO
• Must be Board Certified or Board Eligible with plans to certify (AB or AOA)
• Active Missouri Medical License or eligible to obtain licensure in Missouri
• Enrolled in Essence and other Medicare HMO plans
• ACLS Certified
• Good driving record and auto insurance

About Esse Health, a Surround Care Company:

• Physician-owned and managed for over 30 years
• Independent, multi-specialty group: Allergy & Immunology, Child Psychiatry, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Urology
• 150 Providers and 40 Locations in the St. Louis, MO metro area and surrounding communities
• Disease Management Programs: Diabetes, Heart Failure, COPD, Obesity, Palliative C.A.R.E Program, Wellness Program
• Care Management support team includes In-Practice Health Coaches, Dietitians, Home Health, Transition Care, Memory Care, Behavioral Health Referral process, Facility Case managers, Hospice/ Palliative care, Fit Kits, and much more
• Hospital at Home Services: Home Care, Home Medical Equipment, Lab, Infusion Pharmacy, Imaging, EMS Transport, Remote Monitoring and more
• Practice Support Services: EMR (NextGen), Care Management, Lab, Corporate Development, IT, Ins/Patient Accts, Clinical Programs, Credentialing, Human Resources, Coding/Compliance, Quality, Practice Operations, Finance/Accounting, Purchasing, In-House Legal, Marketing, and Hospital at Home
  

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