What are the responsibilities and job description for the Emergency Physician/Associate EMS Medical Director – Full-Time position at NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMS PHYSICIANS, INC?
Posted on February 5, 2025
Northwest Acute Care Specialists and the Clark County, Washington EMS Medical Program Director are jointly seeking a physician board-certified / board-eligible in both emergency medicine and EMS.
Northwest Acute Care Specialists, P.C. (NACS) is an independent emergency medicine and ambulatory care practice group that contracts exclusively with Legacy Health to provide emergency medicine and urgent care professional services. The emergency medicine position is at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington. Legacy Salmon Creek has 178 staffed beds and sees 75,000 patients annually in the emergency department. The hospital has been recognized by Healthgrades as one of the 50 best hospitals in the country based on CMS data.
Clark County EMS serves a population of 500,000, just north of Portland, Oregon, with 55,000 EMS calls for service annually. The EMS system uses tiered response. Most of the county has ALS fire-based first response. A private ambulance contractor provides most of the transport. The northern and eastern ends of the county are served by a third-service ambulance service and a fire-based ambulance service. The county includes urban, suburban, rural and wilderness response. There is a mobile integrated health program which includes both co-response and community risk reduction. The Medical Program Director is appointed by the state Department of Health and provides medical direction to all EMS agencies in the county.
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