Infectious Disease opening in WisconsinLocated in La Crosse, WIFull-Time & PermanentSeeking a BE / BC Infectious Disease doctor to join hospital.
- 100% Infectious Disease
- The physician will provide patient care in the clinic and hospital settings and participate in the Infection Control and Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship activities in the primary site.
- MCHS in Western Wisconsin is a fully integrated care system and is run by a single governing structure thus helping to facilitate care coordination and patient follow-up.
- Community practice with academic segment working with family practice residents and occasional medical students.
- Opportunity to work with most medical specialties in a setting where you see a wide variety of illnesses and disease states.
- Provide physician support Infection Prevention and Control initiatives and antimicrobial stewardship activities along with infection preventionists and pharmacist respectively.
- Consultations / Follow ups, no admissions. There is a large variety of infections : Endocarditis, orthopedic infections, pneumonias, zoonotic diseases, complicated soft tissue infections, endemic mycoses, tick-borne diseases. Minority of transplant-related infections. In addition, to a small HIV / AIDS practice.
- Post-hospital follow-ups, travel clinic, and referrals from other physicians. We have IV antibiotic infusion center at our clinic with a skilled nurse supporting the practice in the infectious disease clinic.
- Infection control with a group of 3 infection preventionists. Antimicrobial stewardship program with Pharmacy. No antimicrobial approval calls.
Location : La Crosse, WI, is a city of 52,000 with a metro area of 120,000 in the Upper Mississippi River Valley, located between Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN, and Madison, WI. The area offers unlimited, four-season recreational opportunities (biking, golf, hiking the bluffs and cross-country / downhill skiing). We have a great family environment with safe and high-quality schools, including two universities and a technical college. There are sport events, a local symphony orchestra, theaters, children's museum and a civic center.