Emergency Medicine Physician

If you care about the opportunity to grow, to make a difference, to build a future and a life, then we just might have the career for you.

Bayhealth Medical Center is Central and Southern Delaware’s healthcare leader with hospitals in Dover and Milford, as well as stand-alone Emergency Department in Smyrna and a hybrid Emergency Department and Urgent Care in Milton. We offer various practice settings throughout Kent and Sussex Counties. 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 a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package (for eligible positions) including:

• Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Matching 401(k)/403(b) Plans
• Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision
• Disability and Life Insurance options
• On Site Child Care
• Educational Reimbursement
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
• Plus, an array of Voluntary Benefits to include Critical Care Coverage and more!

Location: Sussex Campus Hospital

Status: Full-Time 80 Hours

Shift: Variable

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:

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

Required Education, Credential(s) and Experience:

• Education: Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Completion of Emergency Medicine Residency.
• Credentials: Board Certified in Emergency Medicine, DEA and CSR, and current licensure