Physician – Emergency Medicine / Critical Access Hospital

Job description

Facility & Clinical Overview

Practice Setting: Critical Access Hospital featuring a 3-bed Emergency Department and a 20-bed Medical-Surgical unit.

Dual Clinical Scope: Emergency Department coverage combined with inpatient rounding/attending duties for observation, acute, and swingbed patients.

Patient Volume: Low-volume, low-acuity rural setting averaging 4 ED visits per day and an average daily inpatient census of 4 patients.

Staffing & Support: 2 RNs providing house-wide clinical coverage, 1 CNA, 4 APPs (no supervision required), with full medical imaging, laboratory, pharmacy, infusion, and rehab support.

EMR System: Epic (TogetherCare).

Accommodations: In-house physician sleep room available for 24-hour shift coverage.

Candidate Submission & Qualification Requirements

Licensure & Board Certification:

Board Status: ABEM Board Certified, or Family Medicine / Internal Medicine Board Certified with strong, recent Emergency Medicine experience [REQUIRED].

State Licensure: Active, unencumbered Iowa Medical License [REQUIRED].

Background & Logistics:

Locality & Travel: Candidates MUST be local drive-in (must note drive-in status at time of name clear) [REQUIRED].

Shift Availability: Must specify monthly shift availability upon name clear (~3 shifts/month requested) [REQUIRED].

Background History: Clean background and clean malpractice history [REQUIRED].

NPDB Report: Active Self-Query NPDB Report pulled within the last 30 days [REQUIRED AT PRESENTATION].

• Schedule: 24-Hour Shifts (7:00 AM – 7:00 AM) or Occasional 12-Hour Shifts