Emergency Medicine Nurse Practitioner Needed for Locum Tenens Coverage at Facility in Baudette, Minnesota

Job description

About the facility

This non-profit rural healthcare campus operates as part of a larger health system and delivers a range of inpatient and emergency services to the regional patient population. The facility maintains established clinical protocols and the infrastructure necessary to support locum tenens coverage across inpatient and emergency department settings. Resources are in place to accommodate clinicians during all assigned coverage periods.

About the facility location

Baudette is known for some of its popular attractions, which include Lanes Restaurant and Lounge, Willy Walleye Statue, and Oak Harbor Golf Course.

About the clinician's workday

This combined Emergency Department and Hospitalist position involves caring for patients of all ages in a critical access hospital setting. The provider will manage ED patients, admit patients to the acute care unit, observation unit, and occasionally swing bed status, as well as coordinate transfers to higher levels of care and conduct physician-to-physician discussions when needed. Telemedicine support from an Avera hospitalist is available for consultation. When the Medical Director is unavailable, the provider will also round on, discharge, and transfer inpatient and observation patients as appropriate. The schedule includes approximately 10-12 hours onsite daily with unrestricted call coverage during off-hours. The facility averages 6-8 patients per day in the ED, approximately 6 swing bed patients, and 1-2 admissions daily. The patient population is primarily adult (95%) with a small pediatric volume (4%). This is a non-trauma designated critical access hospital with no consultative services available onsite.

Additional job details

• Case load/PPD: Variable
• Support staff: TBD
• Patient population: All Ages
• Call ratio/schedule: 10-12/hrs onsite per day
• Location type: On-Site
• Prescriptive authority required: Yes
• Shift time(s): 24-hour shifts (8:00 AM - 8:00 AM); 10-12 hours onsite per day; call required
• Certifications required: ACLS; ATLS; BLS; Board Certified; DEA; PALS; prescriptive authority required

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