Family Practice Physician Jobs, Mississippi Opportunity

Family Practice: Biloxi, MS on the beautiful Mississippi Gulf Coast is seeking a Board Certified Family Practitioner, MS licensed or in process to join existing practices.  This is a 3-man practice so call would be 1:4.  This is a full service family practice office including newborn care.  This opportunity could include a first year competitive income guarantee (dependent upon experience), overhead assistance, relocation package (moving, house hunting),  and marketing assistance.  

 The Hospital is a 153 bed facility, 170,000 square feet and 6 stories and has approximately 5,800 admissions annually and serves the 6 southern counties of MS.  The projected population for this service area in the year 2003 is 596,000.   Also, the emergency room has over 24,000 ER visits annually. 

The coast is an attractive environment to live and raise a family boasting excellent restaurants, low cost of living, excellent private and public education systems, waterfront activities, golf, dockside gaming, cultural activities, and 26 miles of white sunny and sand beaches.  Biloxi is easily accessible to both Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Interested parties should fax their CV to Dr. S. Sheldon at 305-468-6245 or e-mail DrSteve@vail.net

Jackson, Ms.  An experienced, Board Certified Family Practice physician is being sought to join an existing practitioner in a rapidly, growing inpatient/outpatient practice (no obstetrics).  The first year’s salary is $120K; the second year is a guaranteed salary plus bonus; buy-in is optional after the second year.   Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday.  Anticipated volume is 25 to 30 patients a day.  Clinic call will be 1:7 with the new physician. 

This practice is affiliated with a 473 bed tertiary facility that offers a wide continuum of services including state of the art cardiac care including surgery; extensive Women’s Health services; a cancer treatment center including a brand new PET CT scanner. We are the only hospital in the state to have a Gamma Knife. 

Jackson is the capital of Mississippi and is located in the central part of the State.  The Jackson metropolitan area consists of Hinds, Madison, and Rankin Counties and has a population of 440,000.  Known as the “Crossroad of the South” because of its geographic location, Jackson is only 3 ½ hours from Memphis, 3 hours from New Orleans, 5 ½ hours from Atlanta, and 6 hours from Dallas.  Primarily known for its southern hospitality and relaxed lifestyle, Jackson offers all of the amenities of a large city without the congestion or faster pace.  In 1997, it was ranked by Reader’s Digest as 20th in its 301 Best Places to Raise a Family in America poll.  In 1998, Money magazine ranked Metro Jackson as 19th in the South for Best Places to Live in America.  With its year round mild climate and the presence of a 33,000 acre reservoir, outdoor recreational activities and sporting events abound.  Cultural events are also plentiful including Broadway productions, symphony, opera, and international art exhibits.  Its strong economic growth has allowed Jackson to attract Nissan which plans to open a $1 billion dollar manufacturing facility in the spring of 2003. The absence of HMOs coupled with a reasonable cost of living makes Mississippi a very attractive place to live and practice medicine. 

Interested parties should fax their CV to Dr. S. Sheldon at 305-468-6245 or e-mail DrSteve@vail.net