OB/GYN Locums Needed on the Southeastern Shore of Maryland

Facility information –

• Facility name: TIDALHEALTH PENINSULA REGIONAL - OB
• Facility address: 100 E CARROLL ST SALISBURY, MD 21801
• Specialty: OB/GYN
• Number of hospital beds: 266
• Number of Labor beds: 13
• EMR system: EPIC

Need assessment

• Start date of locums need: September 26, 2025
• Reason for Locum need? Start Up
• How many FT positions are open? 5.1
• How many shifts per month are expected to be covered by locums (specify days and nights)? No incumbents 15-20 shifts a month
• Is there a minimum amount of shifts required? no
• Is the locums need is short-term (2-6 months) or long-term (6+ months)? Long term 6 months possibly
• Is your need specific to days, nights, swing shifts, or flexible? Flexible
• Consider candidates that only want weekends? Flexible

Program details

• Shift Times: 24 hr shifts 8 am hand off
• How many MDs/APCs during the day?1 24/7
• How many MDs/APCs during the night?1 24/7
• How long is credentialing? Pending
• Will Temp/Emergency privileges granted? Yes for clean files

Clinical details – see attached

• Annual deliveries: 2160
• MFM Resources: Resources for unassigned OB/GYN patients that need outpatient follow up upon discharge home
• Anesthesiology resources: 24/7 in house anesthesia coverage
• Neonatology resources:  available 24/7
• OBED Visits: No
• NICU: Level III
• Circumcisions:  Peds/Neo Hospitalist
• Back Up Call:  Community physician will be back up
• Consult Expectations:
• Surgery Assist: Surgical team is provided by the main OR currently
  • OB/GYN Hospitalist Duties:Care of unassigned OB-GYN patients
  • Assess all unassigned triage patients
  • Assess all OBED patients (if the OBED is in place)
  • Obstetric admissions
  • Labor management and deliveries  
  • Postpartum and GYN rounding and discharge
  • Arranging follow up care       
  • Inpatient and ER consults
  • Assist on emergent GYN surgeries (with backup present to cover GYN surgeries as primary surgeon)
  • Supervise Certified Nurse Midwives in the hospital setting, if applicable
  • Assume care of maternal transfers and collaborate with Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) Manage or assist with obstetric emergencies for all patients on L&D
  • Assist on C-sections with community clinicians, when available Collaborate and engage community OB-GYN physicians in the care of their obstetric patients when available
  • Call coverage for the community physicians, based on availability and when patient volume/acuity permits (not offered in the first 3 months after program ‘go-live’ date