OB Hospitalist
Compensation
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- Contract
- Call expectations
- Includes call
- Weekends
- Includes weekends
Job Description
Job Overview
- Profession: Physician
- Specialty: OB Hospitalist
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Davenport, IA
- Service Setting: Inpatient
- Coverage Type: Call Only
- Call Schedule: 24-hrs; Weekdays
- Weekends are welcomed too
- Call Type: In-House
- Call Ratio: 1:5
Patient Information
- Patient Demographics: 40% Low risk, 60% High risk pregnancy
- Average Daily Volume: Variable
- Approx 2-5 nursery admissions per day
- 65-80 deliveries per month
- Rounding: Yes
- Case Mix: OB/GYN, low and high risk, L&D, GYN
Facility Information
- Trauma Level: III
- EMR System: Cerner (transitioning to Epic in Sep 2026)
- Specialty Backup Available: 1-2 CNM, resident on call
- Support Staff: Labor & Delivery, post partum, OR, ER
Privileges & Compliance
- Hospital Privileges Required: Yes
- Temporary Privileges Available: Yes
- Credentialing Timeline: 30-90 days
Required Procedures
- Low & High-Risk Pregnancy
- FHR Interpretation, OB ultrasounds
- Amniocentesis
- Routine & Complicated Delivery
- VBAC’s
- Repair of 3rd & 4th Degree Lacerations
- Surgical Gynecology
Job Requirements
- Board: BC in OB/GYN
- Licenses: IA or IMLC
- Certifications: Fetal Monitoring
Other Qualifications: Provide 2 references (supervisor), clean malpractice/background, proficiency in Cerner/Epic
Duties & Responsibilities
- Triage and deliver Genesis OB patients
- Cover Genesis ER calls for OB/GYN
- Round on Genesis patients on unit
- Cover No doc patients (approx 1 or less per day)
- Perform circumcisions if able (not mandatory)
Key Responsibilities
Triage and deliver patients while covering ER calls for OB/GYN. Perform rounding on inpatient units and manage both low and high-risk pregnancies.
Requirements
Must be Board Certified in OB/GYN with a valid Iowa or IMLC license. Requires certification in Fetal Monitoring and proficiency in Cerner or Epic EMR systems.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
OB/GYN — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 68% have no call, 32% require no weekends.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 11.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Iowa is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Iowa clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Listing-based score
- Includes call
- Includes weekends
Living in Davenport
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $200k
- Typical market rent
- $971/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 19 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 89.1
- State income tax
- Up to 6%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.