Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant

• Profession: Physician Assistant

• Specialty: Emergency Medicine

• Job Type: Locum Tenens

• Facility Location: Augusta, Georgia

• Service Setting: Inpatient

• Coverage Period: Potential for a long-term contract

• Coverage Type: Clinical

• Clinical Schedule: 24/7 ED operation; shifts include day, evening, and night
Shifts: 9am-7pm, 4pm-2am

• Call Schedule: No on-call

• Call Type: N/A

• Call Ratio: N/A

• Call Response Time: N/A

• Callback %: N/A

• Patient Demographics: TBC

• Patient Volume: TBC

• Phone Consults: TBC

• Admissions: Yes

• Rounding included: No

• % of Practice: 95% Direct Patient Care, 5% Administrative Duties

• Physician in Practice: TBC

• Support Staff: RNs, LPNs, Health Technicians, Medical Support Staff Clerks

• Specialty Backup: TBC

• Procedures:Central venous line placement,arterial catheter placement, emergency chest tube or needle thoracostomy to relieve tension pneumothorax, peritoneal lavage, defibrillation and synchronized cardioversion, endotracheal intubation, lumbar puncture, proctoscopy/anoscopy, pericardiocentesis, simple closed fracture and dislocation reduction, arthrocentesis, local/regional anesthesia, moderate and/or deep procedural sedation, pericardiocentesis, temporary pacemaker placement, chest tube thoracostomy and cricothyroidotomy.

• Office Equipment: Office space, telephones, pagers, work-stations and computers.

• Beds in the Dept: TBC

• Trauma Level: Level 1 Trauma Center

• EMR: CPRS

• Hospital Privileges required: Yes

• Temporary Privileges available: Yes

• Travel, lodging, and malpractice insurance covered

Requirements:

• Graduation from an accredited PA program

• Active unrestricted license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States

• Minimum 5 years of recent emergency department experience or certification in emergency medicine (e.g. NCCPA)

• BLS (AHA)

• ACLS (AHA)

• DEA Certificate

• NPI

Please note: Providers who have ever had a license restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily revoked, voluntarily surrendered pending action or denied upon application will not be considered for the purposes of this contract.