Emergency Medicine Physician

Coverage Needed:

• ASAP - Ongoing


• Shift Times: 6a-6p, 6p-6a

Clinical Details:

• Hospital Beds: 66 (staffed)


• ICU Beds: 12


• Cath Lab: 1 (24/7)


• Trauma Designation: Level III


• ED Volume: 15,000


• Stroke Center Classification: Emergent Stroke Prep Center


• ED Beds: 10


• Fast Track Beds: 3


• Total ED Beds: 13


• EMR: Meditech


• Scribes: No


• Admitting %: 16%


• Pediatric %: 17%


• Bridge Orders: Yes


• Bedside Ultrasound: Yes


• Floor Codes: EM physicians attend floor codes


• EM Physician Procedures: Airway Management (Intubation), Conscious Sedation (Physicians use Propofol), Central Lines, Chest Tubes


• Imaging: CT 24/7, Ultrasound (Monday-Friday), MRI, Radiology (nighthawk service at night)


• Back Up: General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology, Hospital Medicine Program (on call at nights), Cardiology (They keep STEMIs), Pulmonology, Neurology - consults with higher level hospital, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Orthopedics, Limited ENT, Limited Urology, General Surgery, Tele ICU Support (keep critically ill patients)


• No GI, No Nephrology


• Transfers: Level I Trauma: Freeman or Mercy in Joplin, MO; Critically Ill Pediatrics: Children's Mercy (Kansas City); Burns: Kansas University or Cox Medical Center in Springfield

Requirements:

• BE/BC Emergency Medicine (ABEM, ABOEM), BC FP with experience


• Credentialing Timeline: 90 days


• Active KS license