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St. Edward Mercy Health Center General acute-care 349 bed full-service hospital Hospitalist Staff currently has 10 Board Certified physicians and 2 mid-level providers 10 and 12 hour shifts Hospitalists admit to the ICU but do not cover the unit The compensation plan has recently been restructured to include an increased salary with excellent bonus potential The position also offers a generous benefits package including medical, dental, disability, vacation, CME time off, malpractice coverage, pension, relocation, sign-on bonus and much more!

St. Edward is a general acute-care 349 bed full-service hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas which serves a population of over 430,000.
		St. Edward Mercy Medical Center just celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2005 and opened its $70 million "Centers of Excellence" in 2002 with facilities for the treatment of heart disease; women and children; and outpatient procedures. The complex includes a 55,488 square-foot state-of-the-art St. Edward Mercy Heart Center offering comprehensive heart services and a 77,997 square-foot St. Edward Outpatient Center offering surgical treatment without overnight stay. Mercy Ambulatory Surgery Center received the national Press-Ganey Compass Award for outstanding customer satisfaction.
St. Edward is also part of the Mercy SafeWatch eICU Program. Mercy Safewatch provides monitoring of more than 400 ICU beds across the Sisters of Mercy Health System. The Command Center, the largest in the U.S. is based at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Plus in 2010, St. Edward will begin using EPIC software system which will allow access to patient information with the same chart for inpatient and outpatient services. Epic’s electronic medical records provide for Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) and improve both patient safety and patient outcomes.

The Fort Smith Regional economy has again shown its resiliency with another year of strong, steady growth and the creation of 297 new businesses. The region boasts top notch public and private schools that can provide first-class instruction from pre-school through doctorate degrees offered by the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Campus. Fort Smith is famous for its hospitality. Blues, barbecue, Bach, broncos and beautiful scenery all come together in the Fort Smith area. You can shop for antiques, attend a festival or symphony performance, see a show or enjoy the great outdoors all year long while in Fort Smith. (See the Map)
	With some of the finest lakes and mountains in the country, right in its backyard, families can savor the life they build here. Whether you like shopping at the malls, attending concerts, visiting museums, world-class libraries, enjoying the cuisine at some of the finest and most unique restaurants in the nation, fishing or swimming in beautiful clean lakes and streams or playing in our many parks, it's all readily available in the Fort Smith Region. If golf is your bag, then the Fort Smith region has what you need in both public and private courses. More than 40,000 golf enthusiasts attended the Ft. Smith Golf Classic in 2007. Best of all, it's a safe and fun place to live and raise a family without all the costs and concerns of larger cities.

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If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about this spectacular opportunity, please feel free to call Jennifer Burnett Physician Recruitment, Sisters of Mercy Health System, Ph: 888-276-7880; Fax: 314-628-3473 or Email your CV to jburnett@corp.mercy.net Please visit our web site at www.mercy.net
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