Locums - Kerrville, Texas, Emergency Medicine Openings (IMLC Accepted)
Boynton Beach, Florida, United States

Job Summary

Occupation Physician
Specialty Emergency Medicine
Degree Required MD/DO
Position Type Locums/Travel
Work Environment Hospital Clinic/Private Practice
Location Kerrville, Texas, United States
Visa Sponsorship No

Job Description

Last Update: 10/30/24
Locums - Kerrville, Texas, Emergency Medicine Openings (IMLC Accepted) Clinical Role:
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    • Start Month: November if clean file, Dec or longer if not
    • Est. Length of Assignment: 6-12 months or longer
    • 12-18 shifts a month
    • Minimum # of shifts acceptable: 2-3 days if local and no travel
    • 3-4+ days if not local and traveling in for shifts
    • Staffing Model MD/DO: 3 Doc shifts
    • Staffing Model NP/PA: 2 APP shifts
    • Physician Shift Times: 6a-4p, 12p-10p, 8p-6a
    • NP/PA Shift Times: 9a-7p, 3p-1a
    • Annual Volume: 31,000
    • Patients Per Day: 85
    • % EMS: 13%
    • % Admitted Patients: 25%
    • Trauma level designation: Level IV
    • No Scribe Coverage
    • ED beds & fast track beds: 20 beds, 0 fast track, 4 hallway beds when needed
    • ICU Beds: 12
    • EMR System: Meditech Expanse
    • Privileging Timeframe: 60-90 days after an application has been submitted
    • Expedited locum privileges: Temp Privileges can be granted after provider has completed orientation the 1st Tuesday of the month during credentials meeting
    • Onboarding requirements (Orientation/EMR training): Hospital required orientation which includes EMR training followed by shadow shift in ED
    • Run codes on floor: No
    • Vaccination requirements:
      • Annual flu vaccination
      • TB (within 6 months of application)
      • MMR
      • Tdap
      • Varicella
      • HepB
    • We always have cardiology, general surgery, ortho, and OB/GYN. We always have Tele-neuro. We usually have ENT, and Heme/Onc. Right now, GI is about 50% of the time but they are actively recruiting for more GI and ENT
    • We keep our STEMI patients. Stroke patients who get PA or need thrombectomy get shipped
    • Recently started thrombectomy for massive PE. Also, this month we’ve started implanting pacemakers for complete heart block, so those don’t need to be shipped any more
    • Our overall transfer rate is about 4%
    • Will only consider candidates that have ABEM, AOBEM certs or board eligible ABEM/AOBEM
    • Board certs must be maintained
    • The facility will not accept alternative boards
    • Residency Trained Requirements: EM only unless exception is made (Med Director must approve Residencies not in EM)
    • ATLS, ACLS, PALS, BALS Required? Not required for boarded docs, non-boarded docs and APP’s must have ACLS. (Certifications must be American Heart Association)
    • ED physicians must show evidence of ATLS (don’t need to maintain)
    • Active state license required to proceed: App can be started without an active license but cannot go to meetings or be approved for temps without the license and DEA. Will accept IMLC
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