Clinical Component

Navigating the Clinical Component

Your week centers on the endoscopy suite. The practice is structured to keep you on procedures and new consults while APPs, dedicated schedulers, and an embedded pharmacist absorb routine follow-up and administrative work. Ambient AI documentation removes most of the charting burden.

Clinical Schedule

Setting Days per Week Typical Volume
Endoscopy Suite 3.5 to 4 days 8 to 11 procedures per half-day block
Outpatient Clinic 1 to 2 half-days 12 visits per half-day

Clinic visits run 30 minutes for new patients and 15 minutes for established. Endoscopy blocks use 30-minute procedure slots. Case volumes are flexible and adjusted during a tailored ramp-up period based on your comfort level.

Procedure Mix

Core cases you will perform:

  • Diagnostic and therapeutic EGD
  • Colonoscopy
  • ERCP
  • SpyGlass direct visualization of bile and pancreatic ducts
  • Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) for complex lesions

General GI procedures are expected of every provider, with ERCP and EMR available based on your training. EUS is not performed at this facility. Complex organ transplant candidates, EUS, and EBUS cases are transitioned to regional tertiary partners such as Henry Ford or the University of Michigan.

Endoscopy Suite

Feature Detail
Procedure Rooms 7 private rooms
Concurrent Capacity 5 to 6 endoscopy rooms at the main hospital, 1 to 2 at the ASC
Recovery 25 private admission and recovery rooms
Scope Platform Olympus Evis Exera III HD (190 Series)
Imaging Technology Dual Focus and Narrow Band Imaging (NBI)
Turnaround Time Approximately 6 minutes between procedures
Onsite Capability Full endoscopy and diagnostic suite on campus
Anesthesia Model CRNA-only coverage in the endoscopy area
MD anesthesiologist oversight for the fluoroscopy room and ERCPs, supervising up to 4 CRNAs across that space and the ORs

Procedural Volume

Period Total GI Cases ERCP Cases
Most recent year 14,200+ 240
Prior year 11,625 260
Current year (budgeted) 14,600

Infusions and biologics are supported onsite. An embedded clinical pharmacist handles prior authorizations, dosage adjustments, and patient education.

Call

  • Full-week rotation, Monday to Monday, covering weekday nights and full weekends
  • Tracks to approximately 1 week out of every 5, depending on active partner count
  • Taken from home, with hospital response required for emergent cases
  • On a call day, you balance roughly 10 to 12 outpatient procedures alongside emergent coverage
  • ERCP call is managed internally by trained partner physicians
  • Hospitalists admit patients and place GI consults; APPs and GI physicians manage inpatient rounding and procedural care

Clinical Support

  • 4 APPs (2 full-time, 2 part-time NPs) handle Monday through Saturday inpatient rounding, initial consults, and routine clinic follow-ups
  • 12 full-time medical assistants, with 10 serving as dedicated 1:1 procedure schedulers
  • 1 RN Coordinator overseeing nursing operations, plus 3 full-time clinical and clerical RNs
  • Embedded clinical pharmacist for infusion and biologic support
  • DeepScribe ambient AI captures clinical encounters and builds structured notes directly in Epic

Surgical services, including endoscopy, run on a stable staff of 38 FTEs with no agency nurses, techs, or aides for more than 10 years. Open positions are rare and typically fill within days from a deep internal applicant pool, so you work with an experienced, consistent team.

Technology and Documentation

  • Epic EMR across the system
  • DeepScribe ambient AI for automated note construction; no traditional human scribes
  • Covenant HealthCare Partners (CHP) PHO Advantage supports reimbursement and performance incentives

Interprofessional Collaboration

The group works closely across inpatient, surgical, and emergency teams. Relationships with general and colorectal surgery, radiology, emergency medicine, hospitalists, and critical care are integrated across all hospital departments. As a hospital-employed role, you have direct access to executive leadership and active participation in operational and governance committees.

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