Emergency Medicine Physician

• Specialty: Emergency Medicine

• Job Type: Locum Tenens

• Facility Location: Jackson, Mississippi

• Service Setting: Inpatient

• Coverage Period: 1 year (Starting 6/30/2025 - Potential for a long-term contract)

• Coverage Type: Clinical

• Clinical Schedule: TBD-Various Shifts
The current shifts are:
Monday Friday:
6:00am-6:30pm
12:00pm-10:00pm
8:00am-6:30pm
8:00am-4:30pm
6:00pm-12:00am
7:00pm-7:00am

Saturday, Sunday and Holidays(on holidays that fall on weekday):
6:00am-6:30pm
9:00am-7:00pm
10:00am-6:00pm
3:00pm-11:00pm
7:00pm-7:00am

• 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: TBC

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

• Physician in Practice: TBC

• Support Staff: TBC

• 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 and up to moderate systemic anesthesia (intravenous/regional), pericardiocentesis, temporary pacemaker placement, chest tube thoracostomy and cricothyroidotomy.

• Office Equipment: TBC

• Beds in the Dept: TBC

• Trauma Level:TBC

• EMR: CPRS

• Hospital Privileges required: Yes

• Temporary Privileges available: Yes

• Travel, lodging, and malpractice insurance covered

Requirements:

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

• Board Certification in Emergency Medicine (preferred) OR

• Board Certification/Eligibility in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine with a minimum of 2 years recent experience working in an Emergency Department setting(Experience must be within the past 5 years)

• BLS

• ACLS

• DEA Certificate

• NPI

Please note: Physicians 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.