Job Summary
Job Description
Seeking Experienced Hospitalist Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner
At US Acute Care Solutions, you will have the opportunity to practice compassionate, attentive, and quality care with a group that invests in your growth, while valuing and rewarding your expertise. Our Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners work side by side with our physicians as clinical colleagues, with support through their own local, regional, and national APP leadership. As the country’s leading physician-owned acute care group, we understand how important it is to be supported in leadership by your APP colleagues to focus on what’s important: quality patient care.
HOSPITALIST SERVICE
- Average Daily Encounters: 3
- Shift times: 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.; 7:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m.
- Day shift admissions: 1-3
- Night shift admissions: 1-3
- In-house nights, a call room is available
- 6-bed ICU; an average of 1-2 patients
- Hospitalists will admit & round in the ICU
- Procedures are preferred, but not required
- Pulmonologist on call
- ED runs codes
- Temporary privileges available
HOSPITAL
- MedHost EMR System
- 106-bed facility
- Services include:
- General Surgery, Wound Care, Diagnostic Imaging with CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Neonatal Intensive Care, Cardiology (Cath Lab, CCU), Gastrointestinal/Endoscopy Lab, Rehabilitation (Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech), Senior Services, Industrial/Occupational Medicine, Laboratory
BENEFITS FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT & NURSE PRACTITIONER
Financial Benefits:
- Industry-leading 10% company funded 401(k)
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and Rx coverage
- Short- and long-term disability (own occupation)
- Annual CME/BEA (Business Expense Account)
- Medical Malpractice with tail and litigation support
- Pioneering Paid Military Leave
- Groundbreaking 100% Paid Parental Leave
Intangible Benefits:
- Location flexibility and career stability of a national group
- National Clinical Governance Board (NCGB) of internally elected clinicians
- Clinical Management Tools (CMTs)
- 24/7/365 live physician support
- USACS Orientation and Assemblies
- Professional Development Programs including:
- Scholars (Leadership Training)
- Efficiency Academy
- Engagement & Experience Academy
COMMUNITY
Named among the best places to live in California, Watsonville is a small coastal town just 60 miles south of San Francisco. Watsonville boasts mild temperatures all four seasons and is an agricultural center located near the Santa Cruz Mountains with excellent outdoor recreation available year-round.