Bayhealth Emergency Physician (BEP) Physician

Location: Sussex Campus Hospital

Status:Full Time 80 Hours

Shift: Nights

Bayhealth Medical Center is Central and Southern Delaware’s healthcare leader with hospitals in Dover (Kent Campus) and Milford (Sussex Campus), a stand-alone ED in Smyrna and a hybrid ED/Urgent Care in Milton (Bayhealth TotalCare). Bayhealth Medical Center provides a wide range of healthcare services including cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedics and rehabilitation, pediatrics, level II neonatal ICU, and women’s services. Our Kent and Sussex ED’s are level 3 trauma centers, and both are primary stroke centers. Between the three (3) ED’s we see about 108,000 patients a year (Kent 55,000; Sussex 33,000; Smyrna 20,000). We are COMMITED to provide excellent, compassionate care to our many ED patients, providing them with a comforting experience in their time of need and crisis. The Bayhealth Emergency Physician group (BEP) fosters a collaborative and positive environment and work together as a team/family. We use evidence-based medicine in our daily practice and would love for you to be a part of this great team. Additionally, Bayhealth Medical Center is affiliated with the Penn Cancer Network and the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Orthopedics New Graduate Medical Education programs for physicians – teaching institutions are centers that value growth, education and collaboration.

Bayhealth Medical Center Kent Campus is 90 minutes from Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Baltimore. Our Sussex Campus is 30 minutes to the Delaware beaches and relaxation in the sand!

Bayhealth Medical Center offers competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including:

· Malpractice Insurance Coverage

· Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

· Matching 401(k)/403(b) Plans

· CME reimbursement

· Health, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life Insurance

Bayhealth Medical Center is currently seeking Physician’s for a variety of our outpatient clinics and our emergency departments. Whether you are seeking work/life balance or the excitement of never knowing what is coming in the door next, we can help connect you to your future!

Emergency Medicine (CDU schedules are a combination of days and nights, 7a-7p and 7p-7a, and 12 shifts per month. The ED works 9 to 10 hour shifts, a combination of days and nights, and est. 16 shifts per month)

· Emergency Department

· Clinical Decision Unit

General Summary:

Emergency physicians provide comprehensive care to patients of all ages arriving to the emergency department. Their primary job functions are to resuscitate or stabilize patients and refer them to the appropriate medical departments. Emergency physicians collaborate with physicians of other specialties as well as other members of the emergency department staff. Emergency physicians must evaluate a wide variety of ailments, sometimes with little to no information. They must be able to think and act quickly to make a tentative diagnosis and determine the appropriate course of treatment.

Responsibilities:

1. Carry out immediate evaluation and management of emergency patients that are brought in for treatment.
2. Evaluate patient to determine the patient’s condition in an efficient and productive manner so as to maintain the flow of the department.
3. Request the appropriate medical tests and based on them, follow a treatment plan.
4. Develop effective patient care plans.
5. Refer patients to the appropriate specialists.
6. Ensure that patients are stable before transferring them to the proper department for further evaluation.
7. Provide instructions for discharge and any relevant paperwork, including prescriptions.
8. Maintain the patient’s medical records.
9. Coordinate with different departments to ensure patients receive the necessary treatment.
10. Complete patient charts in EPIC within 72 hours of seeing patient.
11. Review and co-sign charts received from the APC within 72 hours of receiving the chart.
12. Provide monthly schedule availability within time frame established.
13. Maintain licenses, required certificates and education; including Bayhealth annual education.
14. Review all medical (laboratory and radiology) reports concerning patients.
15. Should attend staff and committee meetings unless working, post night or late evening shifts or have an excused absence.
16. All other duties as assigned within the scope and range of job responsibilities.

Required Education, Credential(s) and Experience:

• Education: Doctorate Degree Medicine; Completion of Emergency Medicine Residency.
  
• Credential(s): Physician MD; DEA Diversion Control Division; Physician - Controlled Substance Registration
  
• Experience:

Preferred Education, Credential(s) and Experience:

• Education:
• Credential(s): Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
  
• Experience:

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