Emergency Medicine Opening in Fort Dodge, IA
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Emergency Medicine
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
3/06/24
**Emergency Medicine opening in Fort Dodge, IA**
- 1 hour from Des Moines
**Job Description:**
- Current providers: 4 Physicians and 5 APPs
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
- Experienced staff
- Onsite services (CT, MRI, x-ray, lab, etc.)
- Level 4 Trauma Center
- Life Flight 24/7
- Cardiac Cath Services 24/7
- Hospitalist Program 24/7
- Hospital Duties include responding to in-house cardiac/respiratory arrests, including peds and OB/nursery
- No Call
- Flexible Scheduling
- Fully integrated system with clinics and Hospitals on EPIC EMR to improve care coordination
- New fully equipped Emergency Department
**Responsibilities:*
- Twelve 12 hour shifts per month
- Clinical Shift Hours = 7:30a 7:30p, 7:30p 7:30a
- Department Staffing Model:
- Tuesday - Friday = 1 Physician & 1 APP (11:30a - 9:30p)
- Saturday - Monday = 1 Physician & 2 APP's (10a - 8p & 2p - 12a)
- Average # of patients/day = 60
- Annual visit volume = 20,000
- Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Improve the health of the people and communities we serve
**Qualifications:**
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in Emergency Medicine (must become board certified within 5 years)
- Eligible to work in the United States
- Hold a current and unrestricted license to practice in the state of Iowa
- Ability to work as a team member and leader
**About the Group:**
A non-profit 900-member physician group practice serving 2,000,000 patients from 280 locations in Iowa and Illinois. Clinic has a base of primary care physicians in family practice, internal medicine and pediatrics. In addition, it offers physician services in subspecialty areas including pulmonology/Critical Care, endocrinology/diabetes, infectious disease, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatry and rheumatology.
**About the Area:**
Fort Dodge is a family friendly community that offers a lot of bang for your buck, cost of living is lower than other big cities in the area which makes those hard earned dollars stretch further. You don't have to worry about spending a lot of time behind the wheel in rush hour traffic, commuting across town takes less than 15 minutes. That short commute allows physicians the flexibility to go home, attend events and have a good work/life balance all while being on call.