Full-Time 5213 Emergency Physician
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Job Description
Physician- Emergency Medicine
Job Summary:
Iowa ‘s Busiest ED Needs You!
Exciting practice opportunity available for BC/BE Emergency Medicine physician in nation’s heartland. No, we can’t offer you the mountains or the ocean. What we can offer is a family oriented yet amazingly lively lifestyle that a growing metropolitan area of 500,000 provides. Full and part time opportunities are available. The compensation and benefits package is competitive and includes paid CME, malpractice and pension plan.
Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines;
•tertiary service area of 1.3 million
•Level Two Trauma Center- 71,000 visits
•Iowa ‘s busiest air transport program
•Named one of “”America’s Best Hospitals”" by U.S. News & World Report for heart and heart surgery.
•Ranked ninth in the nation for quality of care for heart attack, congestive heart failure and pneumonia in research published by the Harvard School of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Management.
The Mercy network includes:
•27 Primary Care and Urgent Clinics
•17 RuralHospital affiliates
Des Moines is;
•Iowa ‘s capitol city with a metropolitan population of over 500,000
•Family friendly with abundant recreational activities, safe neighborhoods and nationally recognized schools
Des Moines was named;
•by USA Today as one of America’ s Hippest Cities (2004)
•by Kiplinger’s Magazine as one of America’s Best Cities to Raise a Family (2007)
•by Forbes Magazine as one of America’s Best Places for Business and Careers (2007)
•by Urban Land Magazine as one of America’s Top Ten Downtown Turnarounds (2007)
Essential Duties:
•Work contracted shifts as scheduled.
•Examine patients for appropriate medical treatment. Diagnose physical disorders and recommend treatment such as prescribing medicine or referring to a specialist.
•Physician complies with expected completion standards regarding charting and lab follow up.
•Responds in accordance with accepted standards to coder inquiries regarding documentation.
•Delivers high quality customer service and patient care standards.
•Provides patient education as per department policy.
•Complies with all department and organizational policies and procedures.
•Complies with all regulatory standards (i.e. EMTALA).
•Perform procedures as per policy.
•Provide in-service training on medical issues as requested.
•Reviews medical records, physical assessments, diagnostic reports and all nursing orders in accordance with policy.
Qualifications
Education:
•Medical Degree from an accredited medical school is required.
•Must have successfully completed a residency program.
Experience:
•Two-plus years of experience in field of practice is preferred.
License/Certification:
•Must be board certified and currently possess a non-restricted license in this state.
•Must possess current, valid federal and state narcotics certificates.
•Current BLS certification required.
Additional Responsibilities:
•Demonstrates a commitment to service, organization values and professionalism through appropriate conduct and demeanor at all times
•Adheres to and exhibits our core values:
Reverence: Having a profound spirit of awe and respect for all creation, shaping relationships to self, to one another and to God and acknowledging that we hold in trust all that has been given to us.
Integrity: Moral wholeness, soundness, uprightness, honesty and sincerity as a basis of trustworthiness.
Compassion: Feeling with others, being one with others in their sorrows and joys, rooted in the sense of solidarity as members of the human community.
Excellence: Outstanding achievement, merit, virtue; continually surpassing standards to achieve/maintain quality.
•Maintains confidentiality and protects sensitive data at all times
•Adheres to organizational and department specific safety standards and guidelines
•Works collaboratively and supports efforts of team members
•Demonstrates exceptional customer service and interacts effectively with physicians, patients, residents, visitors, staff and the broader health care community
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