Amazing opportunity for an Emergency Medicine Medical Director at CarolinaEast Medical Center in New Bern, North Carolina.

As a medical director at USACS, you will be responsible for collaborating with the hospital and nursing leadership while offering support to your physician staff. You will serve as a leader both within the emergency department, and as a leader within the organization. Through our model of shared ownership, you will influence on broad company decisions and help facilitate the development of new leaders.

With USACS, you'll be part of a team unique in today's industry. USACS provides physicians with ownership, unparalleled benefits and the opportunity to practice within a values-based model emphasizing quality, long-term wealth building a culture of shared ownership. USACS physicians enjoy the security and resources of a large, national group without sacrificing the advantages typically found in local EM groups.

Prior experience is required to be considered for this position.

Details

• Oversee the operations of the ED in collaboration with nursing leadership and hospital administration
• Supervise the EM staff, per the bylaws, policies and procedures of the institution
• Represent the ED in the community and within the hospital medical staff

Emergency Department

• Brand new ED completed in 2020
• ED Volume: 60,000
• 65 care spaces, including many medical treatment rooms, locked behavioral health unit, super track, ambulatory patient care area, 2 state-of-the-art trauma resuscitation bays, etc.
• Brand new SonoSite Forte for POC US and new video laryngoscopy/fiber optic airway equipment
• Double physician coverage for the majority of the day
• Advanced practice providers (APPs) staff Provider in Triage during high volume periods
• Flexible documentation system using templates and voice recognition
• Emergency physicians do not write admitting orders. Internal Medicine, intensive care, pediatric, general surgery, and orthopedic hospitalists perform almost all admissions
• Excellent ACLS-certified nursing staff
• EMR: Cerner (EPIC as of 11/30/2024)

Hospital

• 350-bed community hospital situated in a wonderful, mid-sized town on the eastern seaboard
• CarolinaEast is North Carolina's only continually rated 5 star hospital.
• Medical staff of over 230 representing most major specialties, including: hospitalist admissions, general surgery admissions, orthopedics, ENT, Urology, Spine Surgery, Interventional Radiology, Interventional cardiology, Thoracic/Cardiovascular Surgery, inpatient psychiatry, GI, nephrology, ENT, Urology,
• In addition to Internal Medicine Hospitalist service, we have Pediatric Hospitalists, General Surgery Hospitalists, Orthopedic Surgery Hospitalists, and Critical Care Hospitalists for admissions.
• Code Stroke program in coordination with East Carolina University facilitates easy transfers for patients needing acute neuromuscular interventions.
• Modern equipment includes helical and conventional CT scanners, MRI (3-T) and PET-CT
• Responsive lab and x-ray with turnaround times of less than one hour; primary service provider for a three-county area; and regional health center for a five-county area
• Primary service provider for a three-county area; and regional health center for a five-county area