What are the responsibilities and job description for the Academic Emergency Medicine Physician position at Akahi Associates, LLC?
Job Summary
The job requires a physician to work in a level III emergency room at GLWACH. The physician must be able to work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week including holidays with 12 hour shifts.
Schedule and Shifts
- Hours of Performance: The provider shall be able to provide services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week including holidays.
- Shifts will be 12 hours in length.
No guarantee can be made that the shift will end as scheduled. A minimum break of 30 minutes will be given during the shift if patient care permits.
Work Location
Fort Johnson South - Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital - Fort Johnson South, LA
Qualifications
- The providers shall have graduated from an accredited educational and medical college or university.
- GLWACH's emergency room is identified as a level III and the ER physicians shall meet the experience, training and certification requirements for a JC level III emergency room.
- The ER physician shall be residency trained in emergency medicine and board certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
Experience Requirements
- The ER physician shall be residency trained in emergency medicine, board eligible in Emergency Medicine, have 2,000 hours of ER experience after residency and not be out of residency for more than two years.
- If the ER physician is out of residency for more than two years and still board eligible in emergency medicine, the provider is considered unqualified for this contract.
Certifications
- The ER physician shall possess and maintain current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certificate and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certificate by way of an American Heart Association training program.
Licenses and Credentials
- The HCPs shall possess and maintain a valid, unrestricted license to practice medicine in one of the 50 United States, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam or U.Virgin Islands and be able to obtain privileges at GLWACH through approval of the credentials committee.
