Physician (Emergency Medicine)

Duties

Provide direct patient care and performs advanced diagnostic and life-saving treatment procedures.

Perform patient assessment and diagnosis using patient history and physical examination as well as a variety of diagnostic modalities to rule in or out potential diagnoses to formulate a plan of care.

Provide pediatric, adult and geriatric patients with skillful advanced life support, pain management, resuscitation, wound care and medication administration when emergent care is required.

Provide consultative opinions to other physicians and auxiliary health personnel when requested.

Assist the supervisor with shift scheduling, hospital meeting attendance, policy and procedure development/revision and/or process improvement projects as needed.

Participate in the graduate medical education of emergency medicine residents, off-service residents, Physician Assistant residents, medical students and other medical trainees.

Participate in or leads quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient care, reduce errors and/or optimize departmental efficiency.

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