Job Summary
Job Description
Seeking Experienced Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner
At US Acute Care Solutions, you will have the opportunity to practice compassionate, attentive, and quality care with a group that invests in your growth, while valuing and rewarding your expertise.
Our Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners work side by side with our physicians as clinical colleagues, with support through their own local, regional, and national APP leadership. That’s because, as the country’s leading physician-owned acute care group, we understand how important it is to be supported in leadership by your APP colleagues to focus on what’s important: quality patient care.
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Providers will work across three locations:
CHI Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga
- ED Volume: 35,000
- ED Admission Rate: 38%
- High-acuity
- 9-hour shifts
CHI Memorial Hospital - Hixson
- ED Volume: 29,000
- ED Admission Rate: 24%
- 12-hour shifts
CHI Memorial Hospital - Georgia
- ED Volume: 20,000
- Low-acuity
- 12-hour shifts
HOSPITAL
- 400 private rooms between the three facilities
- Chest Pain accreditation. Primary (soon to be comprehensive) stroke center
- ED cited best of the best 13 out of the last 15 years
- 3,500 employees and 661 medical staff and 500 volunteers service the hospital
- EPIC EMR System
- Services include: Telepsychiatry, Teleneurology (after hours)
- Hospitalist coverage
BENEFITS FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT & NURSE PRACTITIONER
Financial Benefits:
- Industry-leading 10% company funded 401(k)
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and Rx coverage
- Short- and long-term disability (own occupation)
- Annual CME/BEA (Business Expense Account)
- Medical Malpractice with tail and litigation support
- Pioneering Paid Military Leave
- Groundbreaking 100% Paid Parental Leave
Intangible Benefits:
- Location flexibility and career stability of a national group
- National Clinical Governance Board (NCGB) of internally elected clinicians
- Clinical Management Tools (CMTs)
- 24/7/365 live physician support
- USACS Orientation and Assemblies
- Professional Development Programs including:
- Scholars (Leadership Training)
- Efficiency Academy
- Engagement & Experience Academy
COMMUNITY
Chattanooga, a city in southeastern Tennessee, is set along the Tennessee River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The Incline Railway scales steep Lookout Mountain before reaching Ruby Falls waterfall and Rock City, featuring sweeping views, sandstone formations and gardens. Downtown Chattanooga has a wide variety of entertainment, dining, cultural and architectural attractions, including Tennessee Aquarium and the Creative Discovery Museum. Chattanooga and the surrounding area are well known for outdoor activities, including mountain biking, rock climbing, white water rafting, water sports, hunting, and hiking. Chattanooga was voted Best Town Ever by Outside Magazine; the only town to win that award twice.