Description

First Physicians Group of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System is seeking a Board-Certified or Board-Eligible Allergist/Immunologist from an accredited ACGME training program to join a growing service line with practice locations in Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota, and Venice. We are located approximately 60 minutes south of Tampa and 1.5 hours north of Ft. Myers on the West Coast of Florida.

Practice Highlights:

• Full-time position
• Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm.
• 15 – 30-minute appointment times.
• Predominantly adult practice with growing pediatric population
• Wide spectrum of therapy options including drug and food challenges, penicillin testing, allergen immunotherapy, venom immunotherapy, spirometry
• Staff support available to assist in prior authorizations for biologics
• Weekly administrative time available
• No hospital/ER call
• Built in referral base as part of a large multi-specialty medical group

The practice is supported by a dedicated team of staff to include a practice manager, LPNs, and MAs.

Benefits Highlights:

• Employment contracts include a generous guaranteed salary along with excellent comprehensive benefits – Health, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, 403B Retirement Savings Plan, Vacation, Holidays, CME, and much more.
• Relocation Assistance and a commencement bonus are provided.
• We are a not-for-profit entity. Physicians can participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program if employed by FPG.
• As an employee of a public, State of Florida organization, physicians are entitled to sovereign immunity.

About First Physicians Group of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

First Physicians Group is one of the gulf coast’s foremost primary and specialty care groups. The group is comprised of 504+ physicians and Advanced Practice Providers in 45 different specialties and 66 practice locations throughout Sarasota and Manatee Counties. It is backed by the tradition and strength of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System.

Our physicians have been carefully selected and have earned a reputation as being some of the community’s best physicians. Their backgrounds include some of the most prestigious universities in the nation. They are all Board Certified, and the group includes specializations such as Bariatric Surgery, Dermatology, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, GI/ONC, Gynecology/Oncology, Internal Medicine, IM/Peds, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology, Physiatry, Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Cardiovascular/Thoracic Surgery, Urology, and many more.

About Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, offering Southwest Florida’s greatest breadth and depth of care, provides services for more than 1 million patients each year across its 2 hospital campuses, freestanding ER, and network of outpatient care centers and has been consistently recognized as one of the nation’s best acute-care hospitals, with superior patient outcomes and a complete continuum of care - from trauma, emergency and urgent care services to laboratory and diagnostic imaging, home health, skilled nursing and rehabilitation. 

About Sarasota, Florida

Sarasota, Florida is located on the beautiful West Coast of Florida. Sarasota offers a dazzling spectacle of lifestyle options.  In the Sarasota area, you can enjoy the breathtaking beaches and sunsets, educational museums, operas, ballets, plays, golf tournaments, and boat races. You can join in tennis, lawn bowling, water skiing, shell collecting, bird watching, growing exotic tropical plants, university classes, golf, or boating.

Cultural landmarks include the John and Mable Ringling Museum which features the works of Peter Paul Rubens, as well as fine Baroque and Renaissance collections. Sarasota takes center stage as a thriving center of the arts. Professional theatre companies include: Asolo Theatre Company, Florida Studio Theatre, and Players of Sarasota. Sharing the spotlight are the Sarasota Ballet of Florida, Sarasota Opera, the Florida West Coast Symphony and the Venice Symphony. The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall provides a full season of touring Broadway productions, ballet, symphonic concerts and performances by a wide variety of musicians.

For the finest shopping and dining, you can enjoy bustling St. Armand’s Circle. Located on one of Sarasota’s beautiful barrier islands, St. Armand’s boasts over 140 upscale shops, boutiques and restaurants. Main Street in downtown Sarasota is always special with its unique specialty shops, cafes and popular nightclubs.

Please contact Helen Convery, Provider Recruiter either by email at  Helen-Convery@smh.com or phone 941.780.9677, to learn more about this opportunity.