High Priority Emergency Medicine Physician Locum Opportunity in New Mexico – ABEM Required

Opportunity Highlights:

• Specialty: Emergency Medicine
• Provider Type: MD
• Board Certification: ABEM Required
• Shift Types: Day and Night shifts available
• Shift Options:
  • 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM (12-hour shifts)
  • 2:00 PM – 11:00 PM (9-hour shifts)
  • 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM (12-hour shifts)
• APP Coverage:
  • 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
  • 4:00 PM – 12:00 AM
  • APPs do not cover overnight shifts
• EMR: Epic

Practice Setting:

• Acute care hospital emergency department
• Community hospital setting
• Physician and APP staffing model
• 20 total hospital beds
• 4 open ICU beds
• 30 emergency department beds
• 6-bed fast track area
• Helipad service available
• Non-trauma facility

Scope of Work:

• Provide Emergency Medicine coverage
• Evaluate, treat, and manage ED patients
• Supervise APP providers
• Respond to floor codes
• Perform emergency procedures within scope of practice

Department Details:

• Approximately 26,000 annual ED visits
• Approximately 10% admission rate
• Less than 2% transfer rate
• Community hospital / non-designated acuity level
• Adult and pediatric emergency care (pediatric admissions referred externally)
• No scribe services available

Available Imaging:

• CT
• Ultrasound
• MRI
• Bedside ultrasound

Requirements:

• ABEM Board Certification required
• Current BLS certification
• Current ACLS certification
• Current PALS certification
• Current ATLS certification
• Active licensure required
• APP supervision experience preferred

Providers may be required to complete an Emergency Medicine training plan within six months of receiving privileges.

Specialty Backup Available:

• Anesthesiology
• Cardiology
• OB/GYN
• Obstetrics
• Orthopedics
• Radiology
• Internal Medicine
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Interventional Radiology
• Gastroenterology
• General Surgery
• Gynecology
• Hematology/Oncology
• Psychiatry
• Pain Clinic
• Pathology
• Breast Surgery
• CT/MRI/Ultrasound support
• Mobile Crisis Psychiatry

Credentialing & Orientation:

• Credentialing timeline: approximately 3–6 months
• Temporary privileges available
• Epic training modules provided online prior to orientation
• On-site orientation required Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM

If you are interested, please reply with your updated CV, current availability, licensure status, and certifications. I would be happy to provide additional details and discuss the opportunity further.

I look forward to hearing from you!