Join a Collegial Practice Where You Thrive

Sound Physicians, a physician-founded and led organization, focuses on improving quality, patient satisfaction, and ICU performance. Our model is designed to challenge the status quo and transform the way critical care is provided. This is accomplished by our relentless pursuit to create value and eliminate waste in the ICU, implementing critical care programs that focus on improving the lives of patients while creating value for our hospital partners.

We ensure that physicians have the time and resources needed to deliver compassionate care that measurably improves quality and lowers the cost of healthcare for patients in the communities we serve. Our culture promotes physician autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Physicians have the ability to effectively participate in the process of change management within the community hospital ICU setting.

We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Critical Care trained physician to join our East Bay program covering locations –Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Alta Bates, and Eden Medical Center.

The Team – The Hospital

Our critical care physicians share ideas with like-minded peers and are truly advancing the practice of critical care medicine. We are a team of dedicated healers, inspired leaders, and the next generation of critical care innovators.

This is a hospital-based ICU clinical position working closely with the intensivist directed multi-disciplinary team, creating and implementing evidence-based practices.

• 532-bed, non-profit hospital
• 9 physician team
• 36-bed, closed ICU; Medical, surgical, cardiovascular
• Schedule: 4-5 day block shift scheduling; average of 15
• Mix of 24/7 onsite coverage; dedicated time off

Education, Training & Experience Required

• MD or DO - must be board certified or board eligible in critical care medicine
• Ability to work as a team member
• Must have a commitment to excellence in clinical service, be forward-thinking, and demonstrate problem-solving abilities necessary in this environment
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to perform all technical skills in the critical care setting

Location & Lifestyle

The East Bay region is the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area and includes cities along the eastern shores as well as inland communities in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Comprised of over 70 communities with Oakland as the largest city in the region, the East Bay region is primarily urbanized with the exception of farmland in eastern Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. Rich in musical history, the region is the birthplace of numerous musical acts and is a major center for the development of rock, jazz, folk, funk, and hip hop. The area features numerous major music and sports arenas, museums, and over 50 parks adjacent to urban areas. Home to numerous restaurants the East Bay region is central to the creation of California Cuisine.