ATC West Healthcare Services is seeking a Board Certified or Board Eligible Gastroenterologist to provide locum inpatient coverage beginning in mid-December 2025 in a facility in western Massachusetts. This is a locum tenens position covering inpatient consults, procedures, and emergency GI care due to a physician retirement. Outpatient responsibilities are not expected at this time and may be clarified later.
Dates / Schedule
Start Date : Mid-December 2025
Duration : Until permanent physician is hired
Call Schedule : 1 : 4 call, Friday 4pm Friday 4pm
Call Duties : Floor, ED, ICU, emergent consults, and endoscopies (as needed); carry beeper overnight
Job Details / Responsibilities
Setting : Inpatient gastroenterology (adult patients only)
Clinical Areas : Hospital GI, Endoscopy
Procedures Required :
Upper GI Endoscopy (various types) : with biopsy, foreign body removal, fulguration of bleeder, injection and banding of varices, PEG placement
Lower GI : Sigmoidoscopy, Colonoscopy, Small Bowel Biopsy
Other : Esophageal Dilatation, Manometry, Manometry Interpretation, Liver Biopsy
Hospital Support : Onsite lab and X-ray
Documentation via EPIC EMR
Patient Volume : 4 12 patients / day
Outpatient Care : Not required (subject to update)
Required Skills and Qualifications
Board Certified or Board Eligible in Gastroenterology (BC preferred)
Active Massachusetts medical license Required
BLS certification Required
ERCP certification Preferred but not required
Experience with core GI procedures and inpatient consults
Gastroenterology Physician • Not Specified, MA, United States