Physician, Neurodegenerative (Berkeley/Castro Valley, CA)

Opportunity Information:

Sutter East Bay Medical Group (SEBMG) is seeking to hire a full-time movement disorders and neurodegenerative physician to join an established group of Neurologists providing Neurology services in 2 East Bay Medical Centers. The SEBMG Neurology Department provides 24/7 coverage for ER and hospital inpatients. This includes coverage for a comprehensive stroke center.

SEBMG is a rapidly growing multi-specialty medical group whose physicians and advanced practice clinicians work in 10 care centers and 4 hospitals in the San Francisco East Bay. SEBMG is affiliated with Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation, a not-for-profit health care organization providing operational and administrative support to the medical group.

Position details:

Care for a large number of patients with Parkinson’s disease as well as other movement disorders.

Deep brain stimulator programming, neurotoxin injections for dystonia, use of subcutaneous medication pumps.

Assist in management of patients with dementia of various causes.

Department Highlights:

Multiple sub-specialty neurology group with expertise in many areas of Neurology.

Dedicated medical social worker and advanced practice pharmacist as part of the patient care team.

Multiple hybrid Neurologist working both inpatient and outpatient.

Comprehensive stroke center and one of the two hospitals.

Teaching of internal medicine residents (compensated).

Qualifications:

• Board Certified/Eligible
• Possess active and unrestricted California Medical License
• Current DEA license
• Advanced Parkinson’s experience strongly preferred, including deep brain stimulator programming and botulinum toxin injections for dystonia.

Join Us and Enjoy:

• Guaranteed salary for two years 
• Shareholder eligible after two years
• Shareholders enjoy very competitive income
• Schedule flexibility and sabbaticals for work-life balance
• Malpractice tail coverage
• Relocation allowance
• Generous benefits package
• 401K, cash-balance retirement plan, HSA

Organization Details:

• Recognized for its excellence in compassionate, patient-centered care
• Received multiple awards for our quality, innovation, and leadership
• Multidisciplinary group including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistant and certified nurse midwives
• 25+ specialties throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
• Support and encourage leadership and advancement opportunities

*Benefits are prorated to full-time status and employees in other types of employment classifications may be eligible for some of these benefits.

Community Information:

Berkeley is a vibrant and dynamic city that is consummately Californian in setting, international in cultural outlook, and filled with superb restaurants, shops, theaters, and cafes. Berkeley has a creative scene that extends from the performing and visual to the culinary arts. In the East Bay, Berkeley is a stylish arts and entertainment destination. Berkeley is a town with live theater and music almost every night and its theatrical and cultural venues keep the arts front and center, citywide and year-round. Berkeley is also known for its food. Berkeley is passionate about cuisine, and it shows on the menus of the city's innovative, influential restaurants, inside the dozens of specialty food stores and stands that line its avenues, and at the trio of weekly farmers markets in town. With so many cultural and culinary experiences to savor indoors, Berkeley also has many ways to enjoy the great outdoors. The city extends from San Francisco Bay into a forested coastal range, offering hiking and biking trails that run along the bay and up into the city's landmark regional parks. People can enjoy sailing, rock climbing, kayaking, windsurfing, skateboarding, golf, and beautiful gardens. Berkeley is also careful to honor and celebrate its past with dozens of historic monuments and architectural treasures. 

Equal Opportunity Statement:

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