Coverage Needed

• ASAP - ongoing
• Recurring every 4-5 weeks
• 1 week per month
• Estimated shifts/month: 7

Schedule

• Mon, Wed, Fri | 8a-430p | Clinic
• Tues & Thurs | 8a-430p | Hospital
• Weeknight Call | 430p-8a |
• Weekend 24hr Call | 7a-7a |
• Sun - Sun

Clinical Details

• AVG Outpatients per Day: 20
• Patient Mix: 90% Adult | 10% Peds
• Procedures: routine ENT procedures
• Typical Cases Seen: Routine ENT patient needs, emergency room and trauma patients with ENT needs, typical ENT surgical skill and experience
• # of Maxillofacial Surgeries per year: 12 – 15
  • These are comprised of: open reduction internal fixation of facial fractures and mandible
• # of Surgeries per week: During the 1 week per month that the locum ENT provides coverage
  • typically perform an average of 3 surgeries which may be “typical ENT surgeries” which would include: tracheostomy, removal foreign body, cauterization of bleeder, tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, septoplasty, turbinectomy, and may include the maxillofacial surgeries above: open reduction internal fixation of facial fractures and mandible
• Office Hours: 25-30 patients for a full day, 2-3 times each week, mix of new and established patients
• Support seeing patients in clinic and providing their possible elective surgery 4-5 weeks later
• Hospital setting with office coverage, approximately 2 weekdays per week
• Clinic/Hospital (8hrs) includes: office work, inpatient rounding, inpatient consults, and performing surgeries
• Also responsible for airway concerns
• Work solo
• Tertiary referrals are sent to another facility/teaching hospital
• 400 bed hospital using 300 beds
• Level II trauma

Requirements

• Active PA License
• Ability to work 7-8 days in a row
• Board Status: Board Certified, Board Eligible
• Required Certification: ACLS
• Minimum Years Experience: 3
• Required Skills/Procedures: Oral Maxillofacial and Facial Repairs/Trauma, ability to do Tracheotomy

Call

• 30min response
• Trauma call
• Weekend, 24 Hour call coverage, Sat - Sun
• Mostly accidental injuries MVA
• 2-4 consults
• AVG Admissions While on Call: 3

Support Staff

• 1 Other ENT
• The ENT practice providers: physicians and NP/PAs do not provide audio services
  • There is a separate, independent consultant provider who provides audio services within the office, but this provider is not employed by the practice
  • There is usually 1 physician assistant in the office to work with the locum physician; however again this physician assistant does not provide audio services.
• Other Specialties Onsite: There are physician assistants and nurses and medical assistants at the office

EMR

• Cerner and Epic
• Dragon available