Nephrologist- Flexible Schedule | Well-established team

We are currently hiring a full-time Nephrologist who wants to build a practice working in a collaborative, collegial work environment. This is a highly cohesive and engaged team.

 

About the position:

• Manages clinic, hospital, and area dialysis center patients
• Flexible schedule
• Work weeks vary: 5 day/week when on hospital long or short call 4 day/week – Clinic and dialysis rounding; 1day/week admin
• Call: 1:7 (includes nights and weekends)
• Nurse Practitioner helps with dialysis rounding
• Average # of patients seen per day in Clinic: 15-18
• Average Hospital census: 25-27 split amongst 2 providers
• Practitioners- 6 physicians, 1 ARNP helping with dialysis rounds.
• BE/BC in Nephrology; New graduates are encouraged to apply
• Ability to obtain medical professional license in the State of WA and DEA with full prescriptive authority

Our distinguished recognitions include:

• Patient-Centered Medical Home by the (NCQA
• Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery from the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC).
• American Medical Association's 2022 Joy in Medicine Health System Recognition Program for our efforts to improve physician well-being and combat burnout
• The Joint Commission's award of full accreditation triennially for meeting and exceeding national and safety performance standards
• Inclusion on Becker's Hospital Review list of 153 Great Community Hospitals for 2023 and 2024
• Named LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader since 2011
• Patient-Centered Medical Home by the (NCQA)

About the area:

Located in Renton, Washington, Valley Medical Center is the largest nonprofit healthcare provider between Seattle and Tacoma, serving more than 600,000 residents. In addition to the 341-bed hospital with its Level III Trauma Center, Valley operates a network of more than four dozen primary care, urgent care and specialty clinics, with most located on or near the hospital campus.

 

Please note: We do not provide sponsorship opportunities at this time.

About Valley Medical Center

Valley Medical Center is an acute care hospital and clinic network committed to providing safe, quality, compassionate care since 1947, and is a component entity of the University of Washington Medicine System.

We are dedicated to our mission of “Caring for our community like family,” including our “work family”. As the oldest and largest public district hospital in Washington state, we serve 600,000+ residents in one of the nation’s most culturally diverse communities. We’re a thriving medical center and the largest nonprofit healthcare provider between Seattle and Tacoma. Safety is our core value with respect, compassion, equity, diversity, inclusion, innovation, wellness and excellence as some of our most important priorities.

Our distinguished recognitions are from NCQA for Patient-Centered Medical Home, the American Medical Association’s 2022 Joy in Medicine Health System Recognition Program for our efforts to improve physician well-being and combat burnout and the Joint Commission’s award of full accreditation triennially for meeting and exceeding national and safety performance standards.

The Valley Medical Center Clinic Network includes primary care clinics in Covington, Kent, Maple Valley, Newcastle and Renton serve as a medical home for care management. Our urgent care clinics provide a safety net of after-hours care, including telehealth and walk-in consults. Coordinating care and resources is streamlined as we also have 50+ specialty clinics that provide access throughout our district.