Pulmonology - Critical Care Physician

We are seeking Pulmonary Critical Care Physicians for ongoing locum coverage across multiple hospitals in Colorado. This is a high-acuity inpatient opportunity covering Level I, II, and III Trauma facilities, with approximately 30 shifts per month.

Assignment Details

• Pulmonary Critical Care / Intensivist coverage
• Each physician is assigned to only one facility per 12-hour shift
• Maximum of 7 consecutive coverage days

Schedule

• Day coverage: 7:00 AM 7:00 PM
• Day shifts include inpatient rounding
• Night coverage varies by location:

• Level I Trauma site: 7:00 PM 7:00 AM in-house
• Level II Trauma site: 7:00 PM 7:00 AM offsite pager call
• Level III Trauma site: 7:00 PM 7:00 AM offsite pager call

Practice Setting

• Inpatient Pulmonary Critical Care
• Level I, II, and III Trauma hospitals
• 48 ICU beds listed
• Epic EMR
• Onsite laboratory and X-ray

Clinical Responsibilities

• Inpatient Pulmonary and Critical Care management
• ICU rounding and management
• Mechanical ventilation management
• Invasive ventilation, including ETT/NT/tracheostomy
• Non-invasive ventilation, including BiPAP/CPAP
• Diagnostic bronchoscopy
• Bronchoscopy with BAL
• Chest tube insertion
• Central line insertion
• Arterial line insertion
• Thoracentesis
• Therapeutic bronchoscopy with foreign-body extraction

Critical Care Responsibilities

Physicians should be comfortable managing high-acuity medical ICU patients, including:

• Cardiac arrest/failure
• Respiratory arrest/failure
• Sepsis
• Metabolic disorders
• Renal failure
• Overdose/poisoning
• Other critically ill medical patients
• Pre- and postoperative surgical patients, including general, vascular, orthopedic, neurological, and cardiovascular/thoracic cases

Additional preferred procedures include PA catheter insertion, dialysis catheter placement, diagnostic/therapeutic taps, lumbar puncture, and paracentesis.

Team Structure

• Approximately 20 Pulmonologists in the group
• Approximately 10 APPs in the group
• Other Pulmonologists are onsite with the locum at the Level I and Level II locations
• No other Pulmonologist is onsite with the locum at the Level III location

Requirements

• Pulmonary Critical Care Physician
• Recent Level I Trauma experience required
• Must be comfortable independently managing ICU patients
• Critical Care/Intensivist experience required
• Proficiency with required pulmonary and Critical Care procedures
• Epic experience required

Ideal Candidate

A Pulmonary Critical Care physician with recent Level I Trauma experience who is comfortable managing high-acuity ICU patients and independently performing advanced pulmonary and Critical Care procedures. Physicians with strong Epic experience and the flexibility to rotate among multiple Colorado facilities are particularly desired.