Emergency Medicine Physician

Hospital Details Community Career Details USACS Benefits

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Hospital Details

Highlands Medical Center is a non-profit arm of Jackson County Health Care Authority (JCHCA). They are the only hospital in Jackson County serving approximately 54,000 residents.

• Trauma Designation: Level III
• 170 licensed beds
• 92 staffed beds; including 10 specialty care

Specialties represented:

• Imaging
• Surgery
• OB-GYN
• Therapy
• Sleep Lab

Emergency Department

ED Volume: 18,000

• ED Beds: 16
• ED Admission Rate: 9.4%
• Staffing Model:
  • 24-hour Physician, 12-hour APP
• EMR: Meditech
• Qualifications: BC/BE EM, BC FM/IM with ED experience

Community

When you get ready to play, it's all here in Scottsboro, Alabama.

Hunting, fishing, golfing, hiking, boating, skiing, sailing, spelunking, camping, biking, and swimming are just minutes away from your front door. The marinas, boat launches and parks in Scottsboro offer the boater or fisher plenty of places to launch their boats. Lake Guntersville provides a peaceful setting for a leisure cruise or to set sail. Bass fishing is at its finest on the lake, known as one of the top bass fishing lakes in the country.

Career Details

You got into medicine to do one thing: care for patients. You've come to the right place.
Ours is a Physician-owned group, the largest in the nation, meaning we have built a model that allows our Physicians to focus on our mission: to care for patients. It also means we are built to last, with the size, resources, and opportunities of a national company.
At USACS you will get ownership in the group, access to the very best post-residency continuing medical education in the nation, and a culture devoted to constant improvement by practicing evidence-based medicine. But most importantly, you'll get colleagues who, as leaders of their own destiny, are committed to a culture of shared ownership over our common goal: outstanding patient care.

Additional Information Career Details

• W-2 and 1099 options available

USACS Benefits Financial Benefits W-2 1099 Equity Ownership : arrow_forward_ios

$100,000 equity ownership for all full-time Physicians after 3 years of service

401(k) : arrow_forward_ios

Industry-leading, 10% practice-funded 401(k) up to $36,000

Continuing Education:

$4,000 tax-free CME/BEA annually
$8,000, including your state and DEA license, in year one for new graduates

Parental Leave : arrow_forward_ios

Groundbreaking 100% paid parental leave for all new parents

Military Leave : arrow_forward_ios

Pioneering paid leave for deployments

Student Loan Refinancing : arrow_forward_ios

As low as 2.99%

Insurance:

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and Rx coverage

Disability:

Short- and long-term disability (own occupation)

Malpractice Coverage:

Unmatched medical malpractice, including tail and free litigation support. USACS malpractice claims are less than 1/2 the national average!

Intangible Benefits Location Flexibility and Job Stability : arrow_forward_ios

Careers nationwide, from New York to Hawaii. Internal USACS STAT Traveling Physicians.

Clinical Guidance:

National Clinical Governance Board (NCGB) of internally elected USACS Physicians.

Bedside Support:

Evidence-based Clinical Management Tools (CMTs) and experienced Physicians available 24/7/365 to assist you.

Onboarding and Ongoing Support:

Dedicated Clinician Advocates for a personalized concierge-style service and the USACS Annual Assembly, open for all Clinicians to attend.

Professional Development:

Scholars (leadership training), Efficiency Academy, and more.

About USACS US Acute Care Solutions provides acute care to health care systems across the U.S. We're Physician owned and outcome oriented. We seek the best talent to staff clinical teams delivering hospital management solutions.