Job Summary
Job Description
Seeking Experienced Hospitalist 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. 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.
HOSPITALIST SERVICE
- Average Daily Encounters: 142
- 16 physicians; 8 APPs
- Seven days on/seven off; 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.; 7:00 p.m. -7:00 a.m.
- No procedures, closed ICU, no codes
HOSPITAL
- Part of the integrated LifeBridge Health System (with whom USACS has an exclusive contract to staff all of LifeBridge Emergency Departments)
- 163 beds
- Only hospital in Carroll County, MD
- Cerner EMR
- 24 hour in-house:
- CT
- Respiratory therapist
- OB-GYN
- Medical Surgical
- Anesthesiology
- Pediatric Coverage (no NICU)
- Intensivist
- Interventional Cardiac Cath lab
- Stroke Center
- In-house Ultrasound technician coverage
- 24/7 radiology reads (In-house 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.)
- Plain Film and CT suite in the ED
- Tele-radiology.
- PACS film reading system
- Medical Staff Coverage:
- Orthopedic,
- Neurology including tele-neuro
- Vascular Surgery
- Oral Surgery
- Urology
- GI
- Psych floor
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
Westminster, MD is a vibrant town northwest of Baltimore boasting a variety of landmarks including Piney Run Park displaying its unique environment or Carroll County Farm Museum offering fun rides and tour opportunities; they organize vivid festivals like Union Mills Homestead Summer Fest every August. Large city - East-central Maryland along Chesapeake Bay, 40 miles northeast of Washington, D.C..