Staff

Meet the Team

You would join an established, physician-driven gastroenterology group that is recruiting to expand capacity, not to replace a departing provider. The current partners support the search and are actively working to widen patient access. The practice is built around clinical efficiency, with a deep support layer that keeps physicians focused on procedures and new consults.

Team Environment

The group operates as a collaborative partner practice within Covenant Medical Group. It is hospital-employed but locally governed, which gives physicians direct access to executive leadership and a voice in operational and governance committees. The working environment is described as highly collaborative, supportive, and structured for clinical efficiency.

Advanced Practice Providers

  • 4 APPs total: 2 full-time and 2 part-time NPs
  • Handle inpatient rounding Monday through Saturday, including initial consults
  • Manage routine clinic follow-ups, freeing physicians for new consults and procedural blocks

Nursing and Clinical Support

  • 1 RN Coordinator overseeing nursing operations
  • 3 full-time clinical and clerical RNs
  • Embedded clinical pharmacist supporting infusions and biologics, prior authorizations, dosage adjustments, and patient education

Scheduling and Medical Assistants

  • 12 full-time medical assistants
  • 10 function as dedicated 1:1 procedure schedulers for physicians

Support Structure at a Glance

Role Count Function
APPs (NP) 4 (2 FT, 2 PT) Inpatient rounding, initial consults, clinic follow-ups
RN Coordinator 1 Nursing operations oversight
Clinical/Clerical RNs 3 FT Clinical and clerical nursing support
Medical Assistants 12 FT 10 dedicated 1:1 procedure schedulers
Clinical Pharmacist Embedded Infusion and biologic support, prior authorizations

Collaboration Across the System

The group maintains integrated relationships across inpatient, surgical, and emergency teams. Hospitalists admit patients and place GI consults, while APPs and GI physicians manage inpatient rounding and procedural care. Coordination with general and colorectal surgery, radiology, emergency medicine, and critical care is described as highly collaborative across all hospital departments.

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