About the role
Overview
Position Details
Exciting opportunities exist for an energetic, well-qualified Gastroenterologist to join our multi-specialty medical group. The ideal candidate will be a skilled Gastroenterologist who is very comfortable with a full scope practice. We are situated in a beautiful New England community located only 60 miles from Boston, MA. The ideal candidate will enjoy practicing in a collaborative, collegial and supportive setting with a strong emphasis on quality care and customer service.
Opportunity Highlights
Full scope Gastroenterology practice
Collegial group practice with a large referral base
Excellent support staff that allow you to practice at the top of your licenses
1:4 Call
Generous sign-on bonus
Relocation allowance
Tuition loan assistance opportunity
Competitive compensation and benefit package including:
Market-leading Initial Base Salary
Productivity Incentive plan
Retirement savings plans (403b and 457b)
Employment benefits: Health and dental, disability insurance, life insurance, vacation Malpractice Insurance
CME allowance / time
About Heywood Healthcare
Heywood Medical Group is a non-profit physician organization affiliated with Heywood Hospital and Athol Hospital with over 70 providers specializing in primary and specialty care. Our primary care physicians focus on Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and Internal Medicine while our specialty care physicians focus on the areas of Addiction Medicine, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Infectious Disease, Obesity, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Orthopedics, Pain Management, Rheumatology, and Urology.
Heywood Hospital
is a state-of-the-art community hospital serving the Greater Gardner community, featuring modern imaging services, including new MRI and 64-slice CT machines. Opened in 2011, the $37 million Watkins Center features a 21-bed emergency center, private inpatient adult medical/surgical/telemetry beds, a six-bed ICU with 24/7 eICU services, mental health unit, geriatric psych unit and wound clinic. There is 24/7 specialist coverage in cardiology, OB/GYN, orthopedics, general surgery and pediatrics as well as a strong hospitalist service.
Athol Hospital
is a non-profit 25 bed acute care critical access hospital serving nine communities in the North Quabbin Region, only 20 minutes from Heywood Hospital. This facility features a new state-of-the-art Medical Office Building, imaging services, 24/7 emergency room with 13 beds, and a swing bed program which transitions patients from acute care to sub-acute care in order to accommodate rehabilitation needs while recovering. Together, these organizations form Heywood Healthcare, offering comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services. We are proud of our exceptionally collegial medical staff, a supportive administrative environment and dedication to excellence and customer service. These are just some of the features that make Heywood and the Greater Gardner community an excellent place to practice medicine.
About Gardner, Massachusetts
The Greater Gardner area is a safe and friendly family-oriented community with much to offer:
Affordable cost of living
Well-regarded public and private schools
Outstanding municipal golf course
Next door to Mount Wachusett Community College
Convenient family recreation, sports and shopping
Gardner has 21,000 residents and is located:
60 miles from Boston
30 miles from Worcester, the state’s second largest city
15 miles from Wachusett Mountain Ski Area
15 minutes from a variety of hiking and bike trails, apple farms, pumpkin patches abundant lakes and other outdoor recreation
45 minutes from Mtn. Monadnock, Peterborough, NH. The 2nd most climbed Mtn. in the world
2 hours from NH’s Lakes Region, NH & VT ski resorts
Less than 2 hours from the beautiful coastline
Links to the area
- Heywood Hospital: http://www.heywood.org
- Athol Hospital: https://www.atholhospital.org/
- Greater Gardner Chamber of Commerce: http://www.gardnerma.com
Wachusett Mountain Ski Resort http://www.wachusett.com
- Johnny Appleseed County Tourist Center: http://www.appleseed.org
- Massachusetts Association of Realtors: http://marealtor.com
- Central Massachusetts Visitors Bureau: http://www.massvacation.com/regions-towns/central- massachusetts/