Emergency Medicine Physician - Physicians Only Apply - Perm

Company: Rob
Location: Montgomery
Posted on: November 9, 2024

Job Description:

A Emergency Medicine Physician practice is seeking a qualified physician for Montgomery, AL. This and other physician jobs brought to you by ExactMD. Medical Doctors Only Apply.

MD/DO
- Emergency Medicine PhysicianREQUIREMENTS (duties include but are not limited to)------------------
Be capable of performing the full range of emergency medicine
services to include the ability and experience to adequately diagnose and treat
diseases and injuries.------------------
Be able to adequately perform medical procedures to include, but
not limited to, the following:o------
Incision and drainage; Nail Trephination; Sling or swath of
injuries; Bandage; Reduce dislocations and fractures when appropriate;
Stabilize and evaluate cervical spine injuries as appropriate; Lumbar puncture;
Pericardiocentesis; Removal of foreign bodies as appropriate; Deliver
newborn/perform emergency vaginal deliveries; Perform venous punctures for lab
studies and interpret results; Draw arterial blood gases for evaluation and
interpret results; Suture or staple simple and multilayered lacerations; Remove
sutures, surgical staples; Tube thoracostomy; Open thoracotomy; Secure and
maintain an adequate airway, by such means as: oral airways or oral tracheal
intubation or nasal/tracheal intubation or crico-thyrotomy (needle and
surgical); Splint and stabilize traumatic injuries to extremities; Administer
intravenous, intramuscular and subcutaneous injections; Prescribe and
administer medications as appropriate; Secure and maintain adequate intravenous
access by peripheral and by central routes; Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage (DPL);
Bladder catherization; NG/OG tubes; Local anesthesia; Restraints; Procedural
sedation; Selected screening ultrasound exams.------------------
Be able to perform tasks to include, but not limited to, the
following:o------
Coordinate with transfer/accepting facility & other Emergency
Departments; Request consults appropriately; Complete all required paperwork;
Obtain an adequate history, physical, assessment and plan in a timely and
appropriate manner on each patient and develop treatment plan; Utilize
paraprofessional staff as appropriate, including non-physician providers;
Respond to cardiopulmonary arrest as appropriate; Interpret electrocardiograms
and laboratory tests; Preliminary interpretation of imaging studies to include
CAT scans; Direct medical care through radio communication with an ambulance;
Provide discharge instructions.------------------
Examine patient, render a medical assessment of their condition,
and take appropriate action.------------------
Provide immediate evaluation and management of emergency patients.------------------
Provide definitive medical care to reduce the emergency medical
condition and enable the patient to safely pursue follow-up care as an
outpatient as required. Follow-up of abnormal laboratory and/or imaging study,
reports is the responsibility of the ordering physician. Review each report in accordance
with established procedures.------------------
Respond to "Code Blue" (cardiac or respiratory arrest)
medical emergency alerts within the hospital and provide resuscitation
treatment until more specialized treatment arrives. Should resuscitation
efforts be unsuccessful, the physician shall pronounce the patient dead and
notify the next-of-kin, if the next-of-kin is physically present. Although
completion of the death certificate is primarily the responsibility of the
patient's primary physician, the Emergency Services physician can complete this
document if all the appropriate information is available.------------------
Reassure and treat non-acute conditions in priority as established
by medical triage.------------------
Prepare appropriate patient profile changes.------------------
Prepare and document appropriate history, physical examinations,
and preoperative diagnosis. Maintain documentation of all treatment provided in
accordance with directives.------------------
Dispatch and provide medical control for ambulances in accordance
with procedures.------------------
Accompany emergency services technicians on ambulance runs when
indicated by the nature of the emergency and in accordance with leadership
guidance and procedures.------------------
Perform emergency room procedures compatible with the operations
capacity, supplies and equipment.QUALIFICATIONS------------------
Must be Board
Certified/Board Eligible in one of the following:o------
Emergency Medicine by
the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) or the American Osteopathic
Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM).o------
Internal Medicine by
the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM).o------
Family Practice by the
American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM).------------------
Must have and maintain
a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth
of the United States or the District of Columbia.------------------
Must be and maintain
current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life
Support (ACLS) as certified by the American Heart Association (AHA) or
equivalent.















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Must have and maintain
a current DEA certificate.

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