Job Summary
Job Description
Radixsol is currently seeking a dedicated and skilled Physician in Critical Care specialty to join our team. We are looking for who is committed to providing excellent patient care in a collaborative, patient-centered environment. This position can be filled as a full-time role or as a locum tenens opportunity.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Conduct physical exams, order diagnostic tests, interpret results, and establish treatment plans.
- Respond to emergency situations promptly and appropriately.
- Monitor vital signs, administer life-support systems, and adjust treatments as necessary.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, surgeons, etc.) to ensure optimal patient care.
- Participate in case discussions, rounds, and decision-making processes.
- Document all patient interactions, including medical histories, diagnostic results, treatment plans, and procedures performed.
- Maintain accurate and timely records of patient progress and changes in condition.
- Ensure compliance with hospital protocols and regulatory requirements.
Practice Setting:
- Medical, Surgical, Trauma
- Trauma Level: 2
- Intensivist Unit: H2
- Average Number of ICU Patients Per Day: 8-12
- Rounding, admissions, very rarely discharges.
- Total Number of Beds: 32 open ICU - Hospitalists take care of many of the rest of the patients.
- Number of ICU Beds: Varies on census as it is not a closed ICU.
Supervisory and Teaching Responsibilities:
- Locum Physicians are required to supervise other healthcare providers: PAs, NPs, residents.
- Involvement in covering/supervising teaching services for residents in neurology, emergency medicine, and internal medicine.
Documentation System/EMR:
- EPIC
Required Procedures:
- Ventilation Management:
- Invasive (ETT/NT/Tracheostomy)
- Non-Invasive (BiPAP/CPAP)
- Insertions:
- Central Line
- Arterial Line
- PA Catheter
- Diagnostic/Therapeutic Taps:
- Lumbar puncture
- Paracentesis
- Thoracentesis
- Additional Procedures:
- Chest tube insertion
- Bronchoscopy
- Evaluation and management of acute volume/BP issues
- Temporary pacemaker
Qualifications:
- Board Certified in Critical Care - REQUIRED
- MI License or IMLC - REQUIRED
- BLS, ACLS - REQUIRED
Working Hours
Physician and APP 5:30pm-6:30am
May work some weekends / holidays