Overview
Varied Shifts: days/nights
PURPOSE OF POSITION:
Performs emergency medicine physician duties in a level III trauma emergency department of a rural critical access hospital. Treat patients who have life-threatening conditions. Their primary job functions are to resuscitate and stabilize patients and transition care to an appropriate endpoint whether that be the ICU, general inpatient bed, another provider, another hospital, or home. Trauma trained.
Join a thriving healthcare organization with unparalleled financial success committed to excellence, providing high-quality care in a well-run environment. Well-positioned in a growth-oriented transformative journey, we are significantly expanding our services, providing big-city specialties, facilities, and equipment not typically found in a mid-size community hospital. This growth reflects our success and unwavering dedication to being the regional health system our community deserves.
Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Serves as Physician in the Emergency Department providing care to all patients presenting to the ED as well as guidance and education to the entire ED staff.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
Using this rule, the physician must determine if a patient’s symptoms may be caused by a serious medical condition.
• Collecting medical histories
• Thoroughly examining patients
• Drawing conclusions and order tests
• Deciding on appropriate courses of treatment
• Emergency resuscitation
• Taking whatever steps are necessary to stabilize the patient for transport to another area of the hospital or transport to another hospital.
• Effectively treating less serious injuries, such as broken bones or lacerations.
• Determining if patients need to be admitted to the hospital for further evaluation.
• Discharging some patients with instructions for self-treatment and follow-up with their personal care physician for additional evaluation on an outpatient basis.
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Board Certified/ Board Eligible: Emergency Medicine
• Licensure: Must have Oregon License
• ACLS, BLS, ATLS
• Board Certified or Board Eligible Medical Doctor
36 Hours USD $320.00/Hr. USD $325.00/Hr. 01-6230 Emergency Center Varied Shifts
Tagged as: Emergency medicine