System Transfer Center Intake Physician – Des Moines, IA

UnityPoint Health is actively recruiting for a System Transfer Center Intake Physician to join our team

Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world. Commitment to our team has earned us recognition as a Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Healthcare. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter .

The System Transfer Center Intake Physician serves as a clinical liaison to ensure timely, appropriate patient transfers across hospital facilities. This role involves reviewing transfer requests, assessing clinical needs, coordinating with specialty teams, and facilitating patient placement to optimize care transitions.

The physician supports communication between referring and receiving providers, resolves clinical concerns, and may accept patients on behalf of admitting providers within defined guidelines. By collaborating closely with the Transfer Center team and various departments, this role contributes to improved patient flow, efficient resource use, and high-quality care delivery across the system.

• Flexible FTE options - PRN, Part-Time or Full-Time available 
• Triage and approve transfer requests based on clinical criteria and hospital capacity
• Serve as the primary clinical contact for referring and receiving providers during transfers
• Coordinate communication among care teams to ensure timely, seamless patient transitions
• Collaborate with bed management to optimize placement and balance patient load across facilities
• Provide expert consultation on urgent cases and assist with outpatient testing and procedures when appropriate
• Facilitate efficient patient flow by identifying and removing barriers to resource utilization
• Document and track transfers to ensure policy and regulatory compliance
• Accept patients within defined parameters of the Transfer Center
• Participate in provider meetings, quality reviews, and process improvement initiatives
• Support efforts to enhance patient flow and improve the overall transfer process

• MD or DO
• Board Certified in Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Family Medicine
• Ability to obtain and hold an unrestricted license to practice in the state of Iowa and Illinois
• Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the physician’s field of practice
• Eligible to work in the United States (H1-B cap exempt)

We Offer

• Attractive hourly rate
• A competitive program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in
• A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation
• Support and  that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience
• A guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve