🔸Locum Critical Care - PRN Nights Or Weekends | Salem, Massachusetts 🔸 MG

Description

A locum tenens opportunity is available for a Physician (MD/DO) in Critical Care Medicine beginning August 24, 2026. This role is based in a high-acuity ICU setting with primarily PRN night and weekend coverage needs. The physician will support an established critical care team by supervising internal medicine residents and providing ICU-level management for adult patients.

About the facility

This is a 20-bed adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU) within a large acute care hospital. The ICU typically runs a census of 16–19 patients, with slightly lower weekend volumes due to additional attending coverage.

• Facility Type: Acute Care Hospital
• Practice Setting: ICU (Critical Care Medicine)
• EMR System: Epic
• Patient Population: Adults
• ICU Size: 20 beds
• Average Census: ~16–19 patients (8–10 on weekends)
• Clinical Model: Physician supervision of internal medicine residents
• Staffing Structure: Residents typically perform procedures; locum physician may perform procedures if residents are unavailable
• Assignment Type: PRN (as-needed coverage)

Compensation:

Pay Rate: Details can be discussed further after applying to the job posting.

Travel expenses:

• Local candidates only (within area required)
• No travel reimbursement provided

Malpractice Covered

Job Responsibilities

• Provide critical care management for adult ICU patients
• Supervise internal medicine residents in the ICU setting
• Manage ICU census of approximately 16–19 patients (varies by shift)
• Provide coverage for PRN gaps in scheduling (nights and weekends)
• Work collaboratively with ICU team including residents and attendings
• Perform procedures when residents are unavailable (as needed)
• Utilize Epic EMR for documentation and charting
• Ensure continuity of care during night, weekend, and swing shifts

Qualifications

• Board Certified in Critical Care Medicine – required
• Active Massachusetts medical license – required (no licensing support available)
• ACLS and BLS certification – required
• Minimum 1 year of ICU/critical care experience required
• Must be eligible for credentialing (approx. 90 days target timeframe)
• Must be a local candidate (no travel support provided)

Working Hours

• Coverage Type: PRN (as-needed scheduling)
• Shift Length: 13-hour shifts
• Shift Times:
  • Nights: 7:00 PM – 8:00 AM
  • Weekends:
    • 7:00 PM – 8:00 AM
    • 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
    • 2:00 PM – 12:00 AM (swing shifts)
• Schedule: Nights and rotating weekends only (no fixed full-time block)
• Call: No formal call requirement
• Overtime: Paid at same hourly rate after 40 hours/week
• Start Date: August 24, 2026
• Contract Length: 13 weeks (or until end of approval period)

Skills

• Strong ICU critical care clinical decision-making
• Ability to manage high-acuity adult ICU patients independently
• Experience supervising or working with internal medicine residents
• Competence in:
  • Ventilated and critically ill patient management
  • Sepsis, respiratory failure, and multi-organ dysfunction care
  • ICU rounding and acute stabilization
• Procedural readiness if required (lines, airway support when needed)
• Proficiency with Epic EMR
• Strong communication in a teaching hospital environment
• Ability to function effectively in PRN, high-variability ICU scheduling