What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospitalist APP (Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner) position at Bon Secours Southside Medical Center?
Bon Secours Southside Medical Center
Daily Encounters: 126
200 Medical Park Blvd
Petersburg, VA 23805
HOSPITALIST SERVICE
- Average Daily Encounters: 126
- Some procedures required
- Open ICU
- EMR: Epic
- 7 days on/off block scheduling
- The hospitalist team includes 6 full-time physicians, 6 full-time APPs, 2 full-time nocturnists
- Three physicians, 3 APPs round at a time, overnight in-house nocturnist is responsible for admissions, codes, rapid responses, tele-nocturnist covers floor pages
BENEFITS
Financial Benefits:
- Industry-leading 10% company funded 401(k)
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and Rx coverage
- Short- and long-term disability (own occupation)
- Annual CME/BEA (Business Expense Account)
- Medical Malpractice with tail and litigation support
- Pioneering Paid Military Leave
- Groundbreaking 100% Paid Parental Leave
Intangible Benefits:
- Location flexibility and career stability of a national group
- National Clinical Governance Board (NCGB) of internally elected clinicians
- Clinical Management Tools (CMTs)
- 24/7/365 live physician support
- USACS Orientation and Assemblies
- Professional Development Programs including:
- Scholars (Leadership Training)
- Efficiency Academy
- Engagement & Experience Academy
HOSPITAL
- 300-bed acute care hospital
- Medical center offers the latest technology in all major specialties
- Level III Trauma Center
- Primary stroke center
- STEMI receiving center
- CT scanners
- 2 digital x-ray
- MRI
- Ultrasound
- 24/7 in-house coverage for hospitalists, OB hospitalists, CRNAs, and tele-interpreters
- On-Call 24/7: interventional radiology, anesthesiology, OB/GYN, psychiatry, cardiology, nephrology, neurology, hematology/oncology, GI, intensivists, pediatrics, neonatology, pulmonology
- Limited 24/7 call coverage: vascular surgery, urology, ENT
- Transfers out: inpatient pediatrics, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, thoracic surgery, ophthalmology, dermatology
COMMUNITY
The city of Petersburg, VA, located just 21 miles south of the historic capital city of Richmond, has a population of 33,000 and an affordable cost of living. Located between the historic and beautiful Appomattox and James rivers offering endless outdoor opportunities such as whitewater rafting, canoeing, fishing, boating and kayaking.
The Petersburg area boasts some of Virginia’s finest golf and is just minutes away from Virginia’s largest state park, Pocahontas.
OTHER USACS SERVICES AT THIS LOCATION
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
- ED Volume: 46,000
- ED Beds: 42
- Staffing Model:
- 8-10 hour physician shifts
- 8-12 hour APP shifts
- EMR: Epic
- 6-10% of the ED population is pediatrics
- 15-22% admission rate (combined true hospital admits and observation admits)
- USACS hospitalists admit 80% of the admitted patients in the hospital
- Two Sonosite machines in ED
- GlideScope with pediatric/adult blades and flexible fiberoptic scope attachment
- Ultrasound-guided IVs and splints done by RNs and techs
ABOUT USACS
Seeking Experienced Hospitalist Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner
At US Acute Care Solutions, you will have the opportunity to practice compassionate, attentive, and quality care with a group that invests in your growth, while valuing and rewarding your expertise. Our Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners work side by side with our physicians as clinical colleagues, with support through their own local, regional, and national APP leadership. As the country’s leading physician-owned acute care group, we understand how important it is to be supported in leadership by your APP colleagues to focus on what’s important: quality patient care.