Laborist Fellowship - Physician
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Job Description
Job Type: Regular
Scheduled Hours
40
Job Description
Overview
St. Elizabeth offers a PGY4 Fellowship position for Family Medicine Residents. This highly competitive fellowship provides a supplemental year of advanced study of obstetrics and women’s health.
Train in a high-volume, newly expanded labor and delivery unit responsible for more than 4,500 births each year.
Become adept in high-risk obstetrics obstetric procedures, as St. Elizabeth OB Fellows perform more than 100 Caesarean sections each year as primary surgeons.
- Opportunity to train and perform forceps and vacuum-assisted deliveries.
- Work daily with on-site perinatologists, gaining experience and competence in perinatal procedures.
- Work in a Level III NICU, a high-intensity, specialty nursery staffed 24/7 by neonatologists from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center – a program ranked among the top three neonatology programs in the country.
- Train with both Obstetric and Family Medicine faculty.
- Participate in resident and medical student education.
Gain valuable experience at the award-winning St. Elizabeth Healthcare.
Elizabeth Ft. Thomas, Florence, Edgewood, and Grant have been recognized as a Top Performer on Key Quality MeasuresTM by The Joint Commission.
Women’s Choice “Best Hospital” Awards in the area of Patient Safety, Obstetrics, Heart Care, Orthopedics, and Oncology.
About St. Elizabeth
St. Elizabeth Physicians is a physician led multi-specialty physician group organization consisting of 451 physicians, 244 advanced practice providers and more than 2,200 non-provider associates. We are very proud of our culture around physician wellness and our high physician engagement and satisfaction scores.
St. Elizabeth Physicians serves more than 364,000 patients in our more than 165 conveniently located practices in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. In partnership with St. Elizabeth Healthcare, we are transforming how care is delivered in our region.
We are a mission and values driven organization, focused on patient-centered care, accountability, community, innovation, teamwork and excellence. St. Elizabeth is a regional healthcare provider continually recognized as one of the nation's best. We are also a proud member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network.
This network provides access to proven protocols, eConsults and unparalleled experience. It supports our mission to ensure our patients receive comprehensive and compassionate care - anywhere. St. Elizabeth Physicians is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values the diversity of our associates.
About St. Elizabeth
St. Elizabeth Physicians is a physician led multi-specialty physician group organization consisting of 517 physicians, 334 advanced practice providers and more than 2,000 non-provider associates. We are very proud of our culture around physician wellness and our high physician engagement and satisfaction scores.
St. Elizabeth Physicians serves more than 409,000 patients in our more than 121 conveniently located practices in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. In partnership with St. Elizabeth Healthcare, we are transforming how care is delivered in our region.
We are a mission and values driven organization, focused on patient-centered care, accountability, community, innovation, teamwork and excellence. St. Elizabeth is a regional healthcare provider continually recognized as one of the nation's best.
Our mission is to ensure our patients receive comprehensive and compassionate care - anywhere.
St. Elizabeth Physicians is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, age or any other characteristic that is protected by state or federal law.
Key Responsibilities
Train in advanced obstetrics and women's health, including high-risk obstetric care, cesarean sections, assisted deliveries, and perinatal procedures. Participate in resident and medical student education while working with obstetric and family medicine faculty in a high-volume hospital setting.
Requirements
The fellowship is intended for Family Medicine residents entering a supplemental PGY4 year of advanced study in obstetrics and women's health. The posting does not specify additional qualifications or experience requirements.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
OB/GYN — Physician Career Context
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Physician median $364k (middle half $309k–$400k)216 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Kentucky index 90.2 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Physician listings in Kentucky | 155 active | 22,600 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Kentucky Physician listings: 38% state a sign-on bonus (median $75k) · 6% offer loan repayment155 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| OB/GYN hiring demand | #7 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 42 days · 40% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 308 postings, 192 closed |
| New OB/GYN listings | 310 in the last 30 days | 260 the 30 days before (+19%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Physician pay trend | −3.1% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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