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Doctor of Medicine | Gastroenterology

Location: Little River, SC

Employer: Curative

Pay: $500 to $562 per hour

Start Date: ASAP

LocumJobsOnline is working with Curative to find a qualified Gastroenterology MD in Little River, South Carolina, 29566!

Gastroenterology locums coverage opportunity in South Carolina, combining inpatient consults, endoscopy, and clinic follow-ups in a structured 7-day block.

Highlights

• Block-style coverage: one 7-day stretch per month (24-hour call coverage during the block)
• Mix of inpatient and outpatient work with adults only
• Dedicated support in clinic, endo, and inpatient consults (including weekday NP consult coverage)
• Dates still available; ideal for physicians looking to add predictable monthly locums blocks

Practice Setting

• Hospital-based call coverage with scheduled procedures in the endoscopy lab
• Clinic component included to follow patients seen inpatient and/or after procedures
• Adult patient population only

Schedule

• One 7-day stretch per month, structured Monday-to-Monday coverage
• 24-hour hospital call during the assignment block
• Scheduled endoscopy time: half-day block(s) in the endo lab
• Clinic coverage: typically 2-3 half days during the week

Cases and Procedures

• Rounding and consults as they arise
• Scheduled and emergent GI procedures
• Required procedures: EGD, colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy
• Typical volumes: clinic averages 3 patients/hour; half-day endo block averages 8 cases/day

Support Staff

• Clinic support includes 1 PA plus either 1 LPN or 1 MA
• Endo team includes 1 RN, 1 CRNA, and 1 tech
• Inpatient consult support from an NP Monday-Friday (7am-1pm), including initial consults while you're in endo or clinic

Requirements

• MD/DO Gastroenterology
• Board Certified or Board Eligible (within 5 years)
• South Carolina license required

Reach out to learn more!

About Curative

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We are clinician-first. Empowered by Doximity, we know your time is valuable and keep things simple. We reach out only when necessary by keeping our interactions short and succinct. That way you can focus on what matters most, helping your patients.

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We help you prepare each step. We know it’s a lot of work to keep track of every job application. We help you stay on track and ensure you are set up for success.

Helping patients and living the life you want aren’t mutually exclusive, browse through our jobs and find the right fit for you.

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McLeod Health, a non-profit Hospital System, is seeking a BC/BE OB/GYN physician on the coast in Myrtle Beach, SC.

McLeod Health, a 7-hospital, non-profit private healthcare system located in South Carolina.

Join us on a journey to grow our Comprehensive Women’s Health program in our beautiful coastal community!  

Responsibilities & details include, but not limited to:

• McLeod Health Seacoast has 155 patient beds
• McLeod Health Loris has 50 patient beds
• Established Practice – turnkey opportunity
• New Outpatient Surgery Center on the growing Carolina Forest, Myrtle Beach campus
• Da Vinci Robotics at every location 
• State of the art L&D to open within the new hospital in Carolina Forest (2028)
• Currently, there are 6 full-time physicians and one Physician Assistant…and growing
• L&D currently averages 650 babies per year.
• Call rotates 1:6… goal to grow to a call schedule of 1:8
• Practice is Monday- Friday and ½ day on Friday! Flexible Scheduling, structure your time your way
• Can hold clinic at any site 
• Close partnership with MFM
• Large demand for GYN & OB 
• OR availability at all campuses 
• A Leapfrog Rating 

What to expect:

• Competitive Base Salary plus RVU Incentive
• Competitive Call Pay 
• CME Funds and Days 
• Sign on Bonus
• Relocation Allowance
• Position Qualifies for PSLF
• Retirement & Full Health Benefits
• PTO
• Paid Malpractice Including Tail
• EPIC EMR System
• Dedicated Marketing Team

Come practice where you play! Live at the beach in a family-oriented community with public and private schools in the area! 

McLeod Health Seacoast has more than 200 physicians on the active medical staff, which represents more than 32 medical specialties. McLeod Loris a not-for-profit 50-bed hospital- specializes in general surgery, women's services, emergency care, critical care, urology, and physical/occupational/speech therapies. We also have a new & expanding Dialysis Access Center. 

Carolina Forest will ensure a continuation of the highest quality care, access to the best physicians, increased specialty services, and investments in technology. A 43-acre campus, McLeod Health Carolina Forest will be home to a seven-building campus offering a variety of services. In addition, a $56 million, four-story state-of-the-art facility is expected to offer 48 beds, ensuring that all patients have access to immediate care. Expected to be completed within the next two years, with an anticipated opening date of 2026. 

U.S. News & World Report says Florence SC is #3 in Best Places to Live in South Carolina.

US News & World Report offers information on Florence, South Carolina, covering areas like education, real estate, and living costs. It includes rankings of high schools in the area, details about the city's demographics and median income, and also highlights Florence as a growing hub for shopping, recreation and entertainment. More information on

Please contact Colleen Mannino today if interested!

McLeod Health, a non-profit Hospital System, is seeking a BC/BE OB/GYN physician on the coast in Myrtle Beach, SC.

McLeod Health, a 7-hospital, non-profit private healthcare system located in South Carolina.

Join us on a journey to grow our Comprehensive Women’s Health program in our beautiful coastal community!  

Responsibilities & details include, but not limited to:

• McLeod Health Seacoast has 155 patient beds
• McLeod Health Loris has 50 patient beds
• Established Practice – turnkey opportunity
• New Outpatient Surgery Center on the growing Carolina Forest, Myrtle Beach campus
• Da Vinci Robotics at every location 
• State of the art L&D to open within the new hospital in Carolina Forest (2028)
• Currently, there are 6 full-time physicians and one Physician Assistant…and growing
• L&D currently averages 650 babies per year.
• Call rotates 1:6… goal to grow to a call schedule of 1:8
• Practice is Monday- Friday and ½ day on Friday! Flexible Scheduling, structure your time your way
• Can hold clinic at any site 
• Close partnership with MFM
• Large demand for GYN & OB 
• OR availability at all campuses 
• A Leapfrog Rating 

What to expect:

• Competitive Base Salary plus RVU Incentive
• Competitive Call Pay 
• CME Funds and Days 
• Sign on Bonus
• Relocation Allowance
• Position Qualifies for PSLF
• Retirement & Full Health Benefits
• PTO
• Paid Malpractice Including Tail
• EPIC EMR System
• Dedicated Marketing Team

Come practice where you play! Live at the beach in a family-oriented community with public and private schools in the area! 

McLeod Health Seacoast has more than 200 physicians on the active medical staff, which represents more than 32 medical specialties. McLeod Loris a not-for-profit 50-bed hospital- specializes in general surgery, women's services, emergency care, critical care, urology, and physical/occupational/speech therapies. We also have a new & expanding Dialysis Access Center. 

Carolina Forest will ensure a continuation of the highest quality care, access to the best physicians, increased specialty services, and investments in technology. A 43-acre campus, McLeod Health Carolina Forest will be home to a seven-building campus offering a variety of services. In addition, a $56 million, four-story state-of-the-art facility is expected to offer 48 beds, ensuring that all patients have access to immediate care. Expected to be completed within the next two years, with an anticipated opening date of 2026. 

U.S. News & World Report says Florence SC is #3 in Best Places to Live in South Carolina.

US News & World Report offers information on Florence, South Carolina, covering areas like education, real estate, and living costs. It includes rankings of high schools in the area, details about the city's demographics and median income, and also highlights Florence as a growing hub for shopping, recreation and entertainment. More information on

Please contact Colleen Mannino today if interested!

McLeod Health, a non-profit Hospital System, is seeking a BC/BE OB/GYN physician on the coast in Myrtle Beach, SC.

McLeod Health, a 7-hospital, non-profit private healthcare system located in South Carolina.

Join us on a journey to grow our Comprehensive Women’s Health program in our beautiful coastal community!  

Responsibilities & details include, but not limited to:

• McLeod Health Seacoast has 155 patient beds
• McLeod Health Loris has 50 patient beds
• Established Practice – turnkey opportunity
• New Outpatient Surgery Center on the growing Carolina Forest, Myrtle Beach campus
• Da Vinci Robotics at every location 
• State of the art L&D to open within the new hospital in Carolina Forest (2028)
• Currently, there are 6 full-time physicians and one Physician Assistant…and growing
• L&D currently averages 650 babies per year.
• Call rotates 1:6… goal to grow to a call schedule of 1:8
• Practice is Monday- Friday and ½ day on Friday! Flexible Scheduling, structure your time your way
• Can hold clinic at any site 
• Close partnership with MFM
• Large demand for GYN & OB 
• OR availability at all campuses 
• A Leapfrog Rating 

What to expect:

• Competitive Base Salary plus RVU Incentive
• Competitive Call Pay 
• CME Funds and Days 
• Sign on Bonus
• Relocation Allowance
• Position Qualifies for PSLF
• Retirement & Full Health Benefits
• PTO
• Paid Malpractice Including Tail
• EPIC EMR System
• Dedicated Marketing Team

Come practice where you play! Live at the beach in a family-oriented community with public and private schools in the area! 

McLeod Health Seacoast has more than 200 physicians on the active medical staff, which represents more than 32 medical specialties. McLeod Loris a not-for-profit 50-bed hospital- specializes in general surgery, women's services, emergency care, critical care, urology, and physical/occupational/speech therapies. We also have a new & expanding Dialysis Access Center. 

Carolina Forest will ensure a continuation of the highest quality care, access to the best physicians, increased specialty services, and investments in technology. A 43-acre campus, McLeod Health Carolina Forest will be home to a seven-building campus offering a variety of services. In addition, a $56 million, four-story state-of-the-art facility is expected to offer 48 beds, ensuring that all patients have access to immediate care. Expected to be completed within the next two years, with an anticipated opening date of 2026. 

U.S. News & World Report says Florence SC is #3 in Best Places to Live in South Carolina.

US News & World Report offers information on Florence, South Carolina, covering areas like education, real estate, and living costs. It includes rankings of high schools in the area, details about the city's demographics and median income, and also highlights Florence as a growing hub for shopping, recreation and entertainment. More information on

Please contact Colleen Mannino today if interested!

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) offers those with Merchant Mariner Credentials the exceptional opportunity of a career in law enforcement working with an elite team of highly trained professionals whose camaraderie, pride, and purpose are hallmarks of their daily mission protecting America.

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AMO is actively seeking applicants to fill full-time security-based positions with the nation's largest law enforcement organization charged with maintaining the security of our national borders while facilitating lawful international travel and trade.

DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE INCENTIVES – SEE SALARY SECTION BELOW! Salary and Benefits Begin your career as a Marine Interdiction Agent (MIA) and make up to $73,939–$96,116 per year based on your qualifications for the GS-11 grade level and possible extra compensation based on your duty location.

Recruitment Incentive: New hires that are eligible may receive a one-time Recruitment Incentive payout of $10,000 after completing Federal Law Enforcement Training Academy (FLETC) (1 year service agreement will need to be completed) (Recruitment Incentive is only available to new Federal employees as described in 5 CFR 575.102.

Eligibility will be determined by Human Resources.) Example annual compensation for the first three years at our CAMB and subordinates new-hire locations (RUS LEAP 25% Retention Incentive).

GS-11 1st year annual pay
- $102,424 GS-12 2nd or 3rd year annual pay
- $132,931 GS-13 3rd year of annual pay
- $158,075 Example annual compensation for the first three years at our Key West, Key Largo, and Marathon, FL new-hire locations (Locality Salary Table LEAP 25% Retention Incentive) GS-11 1st year annual pay
- $108,431 GS-12 2nd or 3rd year annual pay
- $141,575 GS-13 3rd year of annual pay
- $168,352 Example annual compensation for the first three years at our Long Beach, CA new-hire locations (Locality Salary Table LEAP 25% Retention Incentive) GS-11 1st year annual pay
- $107,749 GS-12 2nd or 3rd year annual pay
- $154,974 GS-13 3rd year of annual pay
- $184,285 This career ladder position has a grade level progression of GS-11, GS-12 and GS-13.

You may be eligible for a promotion to the next higher grade level automatically (without re-applying) once you complete 52-weeks at each grade level (with supervisor approval) and any additional training, licensing, and certification requirements.

Agents are eligible to select from an array of federal employment benefits that include health, dental and other insurance plans, a generous annual and sick leave program, and participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, a retirement plan akin to a traditional and ROTH 401(k) offering.

Recruitment Incentive (RI): Upon Entrance on Duty (EOD), you may be eligible to receive a Recruitment Incentive LEAP: Law Enforcement Availability Pay (25% Everyone) RI: Retention Incentive (25% for Caribbean Air and Marine Branch (CAMB) Locations, Key Largo, FL, Key West, FL, Marathon, FL and Long Beach, CA)
*Retention Incentive is contingent on eligibility.

Eligibility will be determined by Human Resources Duty Locations A duty location will be offered after successful completion of the pre-employment process.

The duty location listed in the final offer letter may include any geographic location within the Southwest Region, Southeast Region or Caribbean Air and Marine Branch.

Note: Your opportunity for final selection is increased based on your flexibility to Enter on Duty at priority duty location.

Current possible duty locations include: Southeast Region: Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Marathon, FL and CAMB: Fajardo, Mayaguez, Ponce, and San Juan PR; and Saint Thomas, VI Northern Region: Bellingham, WA Limited Duty Locations as of – 1 2/1/2025 Applying to this JOA does not guarantee any of the locations listed below will still be available once you've completed the pre-employment process.

Locations are offered based on the current needs of the service at that time.

Northern Region: Port Huron, MI Southeast Region: Houma, LA Southwest Region: San Diego, CA Duties and Responsibilities As a Marine Interdiction Agent, you will perform marine-based law enforcement operations for the detection, prevention, interdiction, and apprehension of terrorists, terrorist weapons, and other contraband and persons from illegally entering or attacking the United States.

Typical duties may include: Monitoring behavior patterns and activities of suspect persons, vehicles, or vessels believed to be engaged in illegal activities.

Interpreting radar data to calculate appropriate intercept while tracking vessels and people to a successful interdiction.

Searching persons, vessels, baggage, and cargo for contraband or weapons incidental to detention or arrest.

Collecting, refining, and analyzing strategic and tactical intelligence.

Qualifications This GS-11 grade level position has a selective factor: As a minimum qualification requirement all candidates must have a qualifying Merchant Mariner Credential.

See the U.S.

Coast Guard Issued Merchant Mariner Credentials (MMC) section that is listed below for qualifying capacities.

You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Independently applying advanced skill in controlling/commanding law enforcement scenes to include conducting searches, making arrests, processing arrests and seizure of evidence and property.

Conducting investigative inquiries using various techniques, examining files and records, physical and documentary evidence to identify logical conclusions.

Utilizing cameras and other electronic high-tech surveillance equipment to gather evidence, collect, evaluate, and then preserve that physical and documentary evidence.

Highly skilled in writing comprehensive arrest, criminal and incident reports.

Assisting government or state attorneys in preparation for court cases or grand juries, testifies as a law enforcement officer in court proceedings, and administrative forums.

Considerable experience applying arrest authorities and constitutional law in various alleged criminal situations, or knowledge and experience of CBP laws, regulations, policies, legal precedent.

OR GS-11 Education Substitution for experience: A Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree, three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M.

OR Combining Experience and Education: A combination of successfully completed post-bachelors' education (above) and experience.

This will be calculated using your resume and unofficial transcripts submitted with your application.

AND U.S.

Coast Guard Issued Merchant Mariner Credentials (MMC): You must submit a valid, legible copy of your Merchant Mariner Credential at time of application.

Your copies must include the expiration and capacity pages of your MMC.

Qualifying Capacities are Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessel (OUPV), Mate of 200 gross tons or greater (Inland, Great Lakes, Near Coastal or Oceans), Chief Mate, Second Mate, and Third Mate Unlimited Oceans or Master of 25 GRT or greater (Inland, Great Lakes, Near Coastal or Oceans) OR An Accepted MMLD Application: You must submit proof an accepted MMLD application, for a MMC with a qualifying capacity, and a credential status that is in a positive standing.

It cannot be pending additional information for MMLD application process.

You must have your Official MMC Credential in hand at the time of scheduling and at assessment appointment.

NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible.

Please see the "Required Documents" section below for additional resume requirements.

Other Requirements Citizenship : You must be a U.S.

Citizen to apply for this position.

Residency : You must have had primary U.S.

residency (includes protectorates as declared under international law) for at least three of the last five years.

Age Requirement: In accordance with Public Law 100-238, this position is covered under law enforcement retirement provisions.

Candidates must be referred for selection to the Border Patrol Agent position before reaching their 40th birthday in accordance with Department of Homeland Security Directive 251-03.

The age restriction may not apply if you are currently serving or have previously served in a federal civilian law enforcement (non-military) position covered by Title 5 U.S.C.

8336(c) or Title 5 U.S.C.

8412(d).

AGE WAIVER: Creditable law enforcement officer service
- Covered by Title 5 U.S.C.

8336(c) or Title 5 U.S.C.

8412(d), or creditable service covered by Title 5 U.S.C.

8401(36) (as a Customs and Border Protection Officer) on or after July 6, 2008, may be applied toward the maximum age requirement.

This age restriction may not apply if you are currently serving in a federal civilian (not military) law enforcement position covered by Title 5 U.S.C.

8336(c) or Title 5 U.S.C.

8412(d).

Veterans' Preference Eligibility
- To ensure compliance with statutes pertaining to the appointment of preference eligible veterans as determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board in its decision Isabella v.

Dept of State, the maximum age for original appointment articulated above shall not apply to the hiring of individuals entitled to veterans' preference eligibility under 5 U.S.C.

3312.

You must submit proof of Veteran's Preference (DD-214 Member 4 Copy) at the time of application.

Training : This position has a training requirement.

You may be required to successfully complete the training requirement as a condition of employment.

Failure to successfully complete the required course(s) of training in accordance with CBP standards and policies will result in placement into either a former or different position, demotion, or separation as determined by management and appropriate procedures.

Travel Required: You may be expected to travel for this position based on operational needs.

How to Apply Click the Apply button on this site.

You will be linked to the CBP Talent Network registration page.

For Position of Interest select Air and Marine Operations (Marine Interdiction Agent (MIA)), then complete the pre-screening questions.

You'll then receive a link(s) to the MIA Job Opening Announcements (JOAs) on USAJOBS, the federal government's official employment site, to complete your application.

Be certain to review ALL details of the job opening announcement and follow all instructions in the application process.

As a subscriber to the CBP Talent Network, you'll receive monthly emails with information about webinars, career expos, and future opportunities with AMO and CBP.

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Women who may have the ability to produce eggs but are unable to use their uterus or do not have a uterus, may consider a surrogate. A donated egg may also be used with the surrogate in the event a woman cannot produce her own eggs or her uterus is not intact or insufficient to carry a pregnancy. In either case, the husband's sperm, if viable, may be used.

Using an egg donor unrelated to the surrogate carrier eliminates any biological tie. The egg of the surrogate is never used as part of the assisted reproduction process, so that a surrogate is never in the position of delivering her own biological child.

The basic requirements of a woman to serve as a surrogate are:

• Emotionally stable
• Responsible
• In good physical health
• Non-smoker
• Has had at least one successful pregnancy
• Is capable of carrying a child to full term

A woman is not required to fall within a particular age range to serve as a surrogate, but most intended parents prefer a surrogate under the age of 40. For more information on surrogacy please see the documents on the left side of this page.

In Texas, there is a judicial process for validating the Gestational Contract (the contract between the intended parents and the surrogate). Included within the various requirements for having a Gestational Contract validated by a Texas court is that the intended parents must be married and the surrogate must have previously carried a child to term. Additionally, there are residency requirements that apply to either the surrogate or the intended parents, but not both.

Compensation for a surrogate services generally starts in the range of $35,000 - $40,000, for base compensation with over all fees up to 70k, in many cases. The amount of compensation is dependent upon a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, whether the surrogate carries twins, what procedures a surrogate is required to undergo and whether the delivery is vaginally or by cesarean section.