New Emergency Medicine Opening - Alaska
Glencoe, Illinois, United States

Job Summary

Occupation Physician
Specialty Emergency Medicine
Degree Required MD/DO
Position Type Locums/Travel
Work Environment Hospital Inpatient Outpatient
Location Alaska, Alaska, United States
Visa Sponsorship No

Job Description

Last Update: 12/04/24
Details & requirements for this opportunity:
  • Specialty: Emergency Medicine
  • Requirement: Physician (MD/DO)
  • Location: Alaska
  • Job Setting: Inpatient
  • Coverage Required: 01-06-2025 - 05-02-2025
  • Schedule: On-site clinical hours and calls if needed
  • Credentialing Timeframe: 60-90 days
  • License: An active Alaska state license or is required
  • EMR: Epic
  • Must be Board-Certified or Board-Eligible
  • Other Details: The facility, which is stroke-certified, and trauma level 4, is looking for a provider to cover on-site clinical hours and beeper calls if needed. Needing coverage 7-10 days per month starting in March 2025. They have single-provider coverage of the emergency room and hospital patients for their tiny critical access hospital. There is only one physician on at a time for 12-hour shifts (8a-8p or 8p-8a, depending on needs) and also for a backup call for 12 hours (before a day shift and after a night shift) so that they can be called back in for certain traumas or if multiple traumas or critical patients when a second physician may be needed. Call back is infrequent. There is no outpatient clinic associated with the role, it is hospital and emergency department only. There's an average of 8 patients per shift and 6 beds in the department.
  • Rf: 71066