Pulmonary Critical Care Physician Needed for Locum Tenens Coverage in Georgia

Job description

About the facility

This inpatient facility maintains 64 beds, including a dedicated ICU, and operates a full-service emergency department to support the regional patient population. The facility is staffed with in-house hospitalists, emergency medicine physicians, respiratory therapy, and ICU nursing to support clinical operations. The facility seeks locum tenens coverage to ensure continuity of pulmonary critical care services on an ongoing basis.

About the facility location

The Gwinnett area of Georgia offers clinicians on assignment access to a range of activities and attractions. Options include live performances, wine tours and tastings, art exhibitions, food truck events, brewery gatherings, and minor league baseball. Outdoor pursuits such as hiking, fishing, and rafting are also available in the surrounding region.

About the clinician's workday

The clinician will provide inpatient pulmonary critical care coverage during day shifts, with responsibilities encompassing admissions, cross coverage, and pulmonary consults. Call coverage is required as part of this assignment. Coverage is on-site and is needed beginning in January on an ongoing basis.

Additional job details

• Case load/PPD: Variable
• Support staff: In-house hospitalists, ER MD, respiratory therapy, ICU nursing
• Patient population: Adults
• Call ratio/schedule: TBD
• Location type: On-Site
• Prescriptive authority required: No
• Shift time(s): Day shift with call coverage
• Procedures required: Not applicable
• Certifications required: Board certification in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine required

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