We have a new opening for a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist - CRNA at Nellis Air Force Base in North Las Vegas, NV.
Duties:
Independently (without physician supervision) manage patient anesthesia experience, perform preoperative evaluations and preparations, administer monitored anesthesia care, regional, general and neuraxial anesthesia, monitor and manage patient reactions anesthesia and surgery, manage fluid therapy, perform and manage invasive monitoring, and perform post-operative evaluations as privileged by the facility Credentials Committee.Perform a pre-anesthetic assessment and evaluation of the This includes obtaining an informed consent from the patient, requesting consultations and/or diagnostic studies and ordering pre-anesthetic medications.Perform an assessment immediately prior to induction of anesthesia of the patient. This shall include a review of the medical record with regard to completeness, pertinent laboratory data, time of administration and dosage of pre-anesthesia medication, together with an appraisal of any changes in the patient's condition from that noted on previous visits. This note shall include any previous anesthetic experiences and complications thereof noted in the medical record.Maintain the patient's physiologic homeostasis and corrects abnormal responses to the anesthesia and/or surgery.Collect and interpret patient physiological data by selecting, applying or inserting noninvasive monitoring modalities.Manage the patient's airway and pulmonary Manage the patient's emergence and recovery from anesthesia by maintaining homeostasis, providing relief from pain and anesthesia side effects and preventing and managing complications through selecting, obtaining, ordering, and administrating medications, fluids or ventilator support.Record all pertinent events taking place during the introduction of, maintenance of and emergence from anesthesia, including the dosage and duration of all anesthetic agents, other drugs, intravenous fluids and blood or blood components on all patients that have received anesthesia care.Record post-anesthetic visits, including at least one note describing the presence or absence of anesthesia related complications of the procedure.All licensed health care providers shall provide patients with the utmost care and attention. All patients shall be assured of their privacy and personal dignity. Employee shall present a professional, conservative, and neat appearance. Contractor personnel shall report for duty in a professional manner, in appropriate attire befitting a health care setting, and having complied with socially acceptable standards of personal hygiene expected of health care workers. The employee will arrive to the start of the duty day earlier enough to prepare for the 1st case start to be on time (ex. in the OR room at 7:30am); and be flexible to be relieved or complete with the duty day within 15 mins before or after 3:00pm (or 5:00pm if on a 4-day /10-hour shift schedule). The employee shall ensure that all contract employees participate in the facility orientation procedures for newly assigned medical employees to include regulations specific to their professional specialty, hospital and facility policy and procedures. Contract employee training will include any in-processing and out processing, MHS Genesis, Joint Legacy Viewer, or job specific data training as required by the 99th Medical Group.The employee will abide by medical staff bylaws upon acceptance of of privileges.Schedule:
The medical center is a 24-hour 7-day a week, inpatient treatment facility.
Shift Structure: Daily shifts will begin at 6:30am and will be assigned as 8, 10, or 12-hour durations to meet variable surgical and patient care demands. All shifts include a minimum of a 30-minute uncompensated lunch break.
Schedule Management: The specific shift assignment is determined by the Government supervisor.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
Degree: Possess a Masters or Doctorate degree in nursing. Graduate from an academic program approved by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Programs (COA).
Experience: As required to meet clinical competency requirements specified in the CRNA/Anesthesia-specific credentialing instructions, minimum 2 years of active practice as a CRNA, current within the last 6 months of application; practice must have included cases specifically in General Anesthesia and Obstetric (Neuraxial) Anesthesia.
Licensure: Current, full, active and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse and CRNA license from any state.
Board Certification: Current Registered Nurse Anesthetist from the National Board for Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA), AND a current state (any state in the U.S.) Registered Nursing (RN) License and CRNA License.
Life Support Certification: Possess current BLS/ACLS/ALS/PALS certifications through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross. Must also possess a current Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), and Advance Trauma Life Support (ATLS) certificates.
Security: Must possess ability to pass a Government background check/security clearance.
We are an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. All applicants selected for employment are required to submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test.
Benefits
Excellent Compensation & Exceptional Comprehensive Benefits:
Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time, Plus 11 Paid Federal HolidaysMedical/Dental/Vision, STD/LTD/Life, Health Savings Account available, and moreAnnual CME Stipend and License/Certification ReimbursementMatching 401KBase salary: $105.00 - $115.00/hr W2 with full benefits, depending on experience; or $155.00/Hr as a 1099 contractor
Sign-on Bonus: $10,000 paid with first paycheck!
Read LessWe have a new opening for a Registered Nurse - Discharge Planner at Nellis AFB in North Las Vegas, NV.
Duties:
Provides discharge planning services to all individuals admitted to the medical treatment facility as inpatients, same day surgery, and emergency department patients.Triages discharge planning needs to permit DP to meet the most urgent, unusual needs. Develops template for repetitive DP processes/procedures to maximize efficient delivery of services when DP is overtasked.Accurately predict discharge/transfer needs to avert unnecessary delay in discharge, or extended Lengths of Stay (LOS) yet achieving a safe/timely discharge.Facilitates the smooth transition from an inpatient setting to the next appropriate level of care through effective professional coordination with the patient, the patient’s family/caregiver, and the multidisciplinary healthcare team. This coordination includes patients needing consideration for, but is not limited to, acute, chronic, multiple, complex, catastrophic, or life-threatening illnesses; patients having experienced combat stress, residuals of traumatic brain injury; persons experiencing community adjustment problems; addictions; psychiatric illnesses and other health problems.Collaborates with utilization management, case management, Medical Discharge Planning Social worker and other members of the healthcare team to achieve a timely, appropriate, safe discharge that meets the patient’s needs and is IAW local facility/ Department of Defense/War (DoD/W) as well as local and national discharge Assesses, plans, monitors, and evaluates patient care through discharge planning Applies Interqual (McKesson)/Milliman or other facility endorsed in- and out-patient evidence-based programs to monitor Length of Stay (LOS) as well as admission and discharge criteria.Actively participates in arranging transfers both into the Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center (MOMMC) and to other medical facilities either for care not available at the MOMMC or to a higher level of care. This includes assisting in obtaining authorizations from the primary insurer as well as identifying suitable transport mechanism (ambulance, helicopter, etc.).Surveys the continuum of care for quality of care concerns and reports them to supervisor, physician advisor, Chief Nurse Executive or other interested parties as Participates in committee meetings, working groups, process action teams and other groups as indicated/directed.Coordinates and contacts clinical units responsible for patient care prior to the discharge of the patient from the hospital to ensure that discharge planning requirements have been met, i.e., requirements for durable medical equipment (DME), such as walkers, wheelchairs, oxygen, referral to Case Management, Diabetes Educator, Social Work Service agencies, family counseling, Home Health Care (HHC) and Community Health Monitors trends in LOS to identify processes which extend LOS beyond community standards, to ensure facility is aware of trends and to repair processes, when possible, to expedite safe timely discharges.Coordinates with third party payers, as well as TRICARE Managed Care Support Contractor (MCSC), to provide requisite clinical information to accomplish authorization for post-discharge needs, within the plan’s benefit.Validates the beneficiary’s insurance plan/benefit allowance and when possible, ensures the insurance plan is considered by the provider when making referrals for DME/medications/inpatient transfers etc.Provides on-going education to patients, providers, and staff related to discharge planning/inpatient transfers.Ensures the facility staff provides instructions to patient/significant other and/or family members for post-discharge care, self-care/maintaining healthy lifestyles, appropriate use of medical services and other needs, as indicated.Designs services to meet educational needs of the targeted Emphasizes the preventive, curative, and restorative aspects of instructions.Educates patient/family on topics beyond the benefit, but appropriate for specific circumstances, such as nursing home placement, group home placement and the Teaches medical students, Residents, Hospital Attending Physicians, novice nurses and other health and allied health personnel about the considerations impacting the discharge planning/inpatient transfer processes. Participates in the orientation and training of newly assigned personnel, as Establishes and maintains good interpersonal relationships with co- workers, families, peers, and other health team members.Effectively communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization.Effectively uses appropriate communication format in addressing professionalPerform accurate documentation, both written and electronic, of all activity in accordance with requirements.Contributes to professional environment using appropriate leadershipMay be required to work various shifts or augment clinical nursing support within the Medical Management Department during the absence of other team nurses due to illness, leave or deployment.Ensures a safe work environment, employee safe work habits and patient safety IAW regulatory agencies, infection control policies, and process improvement initiatives. Maintain productivity and perform with minimal supervisory directionSchedule:
Monday - Friday between the hours of 7:00am and 5:00pm, 9 hour shift to include a 1 hour lunch break. Not to exceed 40 hours per week.
Shift Structure: Daily shifts will be assigned as 8, 10, or 12-hour durations to meet mission needs. All shifts include a minimum 30-minute uncompensated lunch break.
Schedule Management: The specific work schedule is determined by the Government supervisor.
No Holidays/Possible Weekends/No Call
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
Degree: Possess a Bachelors degree in Nursing from a college or university accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Experience:
Must have minimum of 5 years’ total nursing experience with the last 36 months working in a direct patient care hospital or acute care discharge planningMust have majority of experience in discharge planning for 24 recent consecutive Must have an extensive range of nursing care theories, principles, practices, and procedures, medical practice, TRICARE concepts, principles, and priorities, and extended clinical training and experience, or education, to analyze the full scope of problems associated with providing the best possible care to patients in the most economical manner, and to solve both administrative and professional health care problems.Must understand the concept of what constitutes “a safe discharge.” Must understand and be able to apply Interqual/Milliman as well as other evidence based guidelines addressing entitlements and LOD.Must have knowledge of relevant laws such as EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act) and COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act), being able to step in to coach providers to avoid violations of national in- and out-patient emergency transfer standards.Must have extensive professional knowledge and skills of advanced concepts, principles, and practices to perform highly specialized nurse consultant assignments to manage the Discharge Planning Program, provide technical advice to the admissions office, medical clinics, and physicians in providing the best possible care to patients in the most economical manner, and to solve both administrative and professional health care problems.Must have extensive knowledge of physiological/psychological norms as well as deviations from normative functions.Licensure: Current, full, active and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse from any state.
Life Support Certification: Possess a current AHA OR ARC BLS and current Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Healthcare Provider certification.
Security: Must possess ability to pass a Government background check/security clearance.
We are an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. All applicants selected for employment are required to submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test.
Benefits
Excellent Compensation & Exceptional Comprehensive Benefits:
Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time, Plus 11 Paid Federal HolidaysMedical/Dental/Vision, STD/LTD/Life, Health Savings Account available, and moreAnnual CME Stipend and License/Certification ReimbursementMatching 401KBase salary: $34.00 - $59.00/hr depending on experience
Sign-on Bonus: $2,000 paid with first paycheck!
Read LessWe have a new opening for a Registered Nurse - Lactation Consultant at Nellis AFB in North Las Vegas, NV.
Duties:
Collaborate with other healthcare professionals in the provision of patient Facilitate the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to clinical care, quality and cost effectiveness.Ensure compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used in the facility.Perform physical exam and healthProvide health promotions, counseling, andAdminister medications, wound care, and numerous other personalized Care provided in coordination with other healthcareAccountable for meeting with all patients based on the unit to assess their needs and document form of feeding/risks/benefits.Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and quickly react in emergency Communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization.Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care as Conduct research in support of improved practice and patient Performs comprehensive lactation assessment of the mother and her infant within the hospital setting in accordance with the policy and guidelines of postpartum and newborn nursery care required for Government beneficiaries.Provides comprehensive care to the perinatal mother desiring to Assesses mothers and newborns for normal/abnormal anatomy to determine ability to Creates a social environment that promotes learning for staff and Conducts bedside lactation roundsIntegrates cultural, psychosocial, nutritional, and pharmacological aspects of breastfeeding into lactation consultant practice.Acts as an advocate for breastfeeding in the community, workplace, and within the health care professions.Maintains comprehensive clientConsults with mothers having breastfeedingParticipates appropriately in communication and decision-making activities within the Birthing Center and Pediatric Clinic.Appropriately refers breastfeeding mothers for breast pump rentals and Plans, teaches and conducts in-service education for maternity nursing Plans, organizes and delivers lactation management services to all breastfeeding patients, both in-patient and out-patient.Possesses excellent oral and written communication Conducts quality assurance programs to monitor the caliber of the Effectively communicates and collaborates with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization. Effectively uses appropriate communication format in addressing professional issuesUses excellent written communication skills to perform accurate documentation, both written and electronic, of all activity in accordance with requirements.Upon arrival receive inpatient report from charge nurse to review pts that need lactation consultation from deliveries during the night and if there where difficulties during the night with breastfeeding. Will also be reachable throughout the shift via assigned cell Will lead the facility's Breastfeeding Task Force (including breastfeeding week).Will round on every inpatient breast mother at least once a Will respond to staff and patient needs throughout the shift for lactation consultations.Acts as an advocate for breastfeeding in the Nellis AFB community, Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center, and it's health care While the base has an active LaLeche League if Lactation Consult would like to be involved this will be on a voluntary basis and not interfere with patient care nor work hours.Document in patient's comprehensive medical records electronic; to ensure continuity of care easily reviewed by providers and nursing staff. This will include both inpatient and outpatient record systems.Consults with mothers and infants having breastfeeding difficulties both inpatient and Ensures patients receive a prescription from providers for breast pump reimbursement as Conducts chart audits on inpatient and outpatient charts to monitor breastfeeding statistics. Will keep a running spread sheet for tracking and report monthly to the Breastfeeding Task Force.Schedule:
Monday - Friday between the hours of 7:00am and 5:00pm, 9 hour shift to include a 1 hour lunch break. Not to exceed 40 hours per week.
No Holidays/Possible Weekends/No Call
Schedule Flexibility: To accommodate duties such as staff meetings and teaching classes, daily start and end times are flexible and will be set with the approval of the Government supervisor.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
Degree: Possess a Bachelors degree in Nursing from a college or university accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Experience: A minimum of 3-years of post-grad releant experience as a registered nurse.
Certification: Possess current Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Healthcare Provider certifications.
Licensure: Current, full, active and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse from any state.
Life Support Certification: Possess a current AHA OR ARC BLS Healthcare Provider certification.
Security: Must possess ability to pass a Government background check/security clearance.
We are an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. All applicants selected for employment are required to submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test.
Benefits
Excellent Compensation & Exceptional Comprehensive Benefits:
Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time, Plus 11 Paid Federal HolidaysMedical/Dental/Vision, STD/LTD/Life, Health Savings Account available, and moreAnnual CME Stipend and License/Certification ReimbursementMatching 401KBase salary: $34.00 - $61.00/hr depending on experience
Sign-on Bonus: $2,500 paid with first paycheck!
Read LessWe have a new opening for a Registered Nurse - Internal Medicine at Nellis AFB in North Las Vegas, NV.
Duties:
• Knowledge of professional care theories, principles, practices, and procedures to perform nursing assignments of moderate difficulty and experience in assessing adult and geriatric patients, as appropriate. Utilizes the nursing process as a basis for professional practice.
• Knowledge of a wide range of medical disorders/conditions, diagnostic studies and treatments, as appropriate.
• Knowledge of preventive health schedules, disease management and population health principles, and education methods.
• Strongly preferred working knowledge of the military health care system including TRICARE health benefits or a working knowledge of the principles of fee-for-services, preferred provider network and managed care/HMO organizations is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of a variety of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment, the desired effects, side effects, and complications of their use to include knowledge of the administrative requirements for proper documentation of patients condition including disease progress, acknowledgement of teaching, and follow up care.
• Ability to synthesize data from a variety of sources and make appropriate clinical decisions.
• Coordinates patient care through a continuum and facilitates the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to clinical care, quality and cost effectiveness.
• Ensures compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used in the medical treatment facility. Provides care within ethical and legal boundaries.
• Assesses patients, including the ability to assess/evaluate telephonically.
• Perform physical exam and health histories.
• Provide health promotions, counseling, and education.
• Administer medications, wound care, and numerous other personalized interventions.
• Ability to recognize adverse signs and symptoms and quickly react in emergency situations.
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family, and for the organization.
• Excellent oral communication skills for patient/family education. Prescribes and communicates treatment plans in accordance with established cardiac clinic protocols. Telephone and in-person assessment/evaluation includes the determination of optimal time and location for patient management (ER, clinic, homecare) and follow-up care as required. Collects and assesses significant patient history information and performs all necessary patient teaching.
• Excellent written communication skills to perform accurate documentation, both written and electronic, of all activity, including telephone contacts.
• Arranges for procedures and performs telephone follow-up, as appropriate.
• Skilled in setting up, operating, and monitoring specialized medical equipment such as IV infusion pumps, cardiac monitoring devices, EKG units, oxygen analyzers, nebulizers and other clinic specific equipment.
• Ensure medication/supplies are replenished.
• Performs/assists with procedures such as bladder catheterizations, pulse oximetry, oxygen administration, nebulizer treatments, EKGs, phlebotomy and other clinic specific procedures, in accordance with established protocols. Provides clinical oversight of all paraprofessionals involved in the provision of therapeutic treatments.
• Ensures for proper documentation and coding of procedures and treatments.
• Completes orientation and competency verification programs in accordance with (IAW) unit guidelines.
• Serves and participates in committees, functions and other meetings as directed. Provides relevant and timely information to these groups, and assists with decision-making and process improvement. Participates in customer service initiatives, quality projects, and medical readiness activities, designed to enhance health services.
Schedule:
Monday - Friday between the hours of 7:00am and 5:00pm, 9 hour shift to include a 1 hour lunch break. Not to exceed 40 hours per week.
No Call, No Weekends, No Holidays!
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
Degree: Possess a Bachelors degree in Nursing from a college or university accredited by National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Experience: A minimum of 3-years of recent post-grad clinical experience as a registered nurse.
Licensure: Current, full, active and unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse
Life Support Certification: Possess a current AHA OR ARC BLS Healthcare Provider certification.
Security: Must possess ability to pass a Government background check/security clearance.
We are an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. All applicants selected for employment are required to submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test.
Benefits
Excellent Compensation & Exceptional Comprehensive Benefits:
Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time, Plus 11 Paid Federal HolidaysMedical/Dental/Vision, STD/LTD/Life, Health Savings Account available, and moreAnnual CME Stipend and License/Certification ReimbursementMatching 401KBase salary: $34.26- $41.50/hr depending on experience
Sign-on Bonus: $2,000 paid with first paycheck!
Read LessWe have a new need for a LPN/LVN at Minot AFB in Minot, ND.
Sign-on Bonus: $2,000 payable with first paycheck!
Duties may include the following:
• Monitors and records age-appropriate physiological measurements.
• Orients new patients to the clinic/hospital environment.
• Assists with patient check-ins, admissions, discharges, and transfers as directed.
• Provides individualized patient teaching on appropriate topics to include preventative healthcare and health maintenance.
• Prepares and positions patients for diagnostic testing, examinations, treatments, and clinical procedures.
• Performs appropriate portions of medical examinations, treatment, diagnostic, and clinical procedures.
• Records treatment, procedure rendered, and observed effects.
• Identifies and records patient problems and appropriately notifies provider/nursing team of observations.
• Prepares and administers medications in accordance with scope of practice and training.
• Recognizes and responds to emergencies and performs basic life support measures.
• Performs appropriate portions of physical examinations including age-appropriate physical measurements.
• Adheres to infection control procedures including use of personal protective equipment, disposal of waste, and aseptic technique.
• Performs central sterile supply duties.
• Ensures all equipment is properly assembled, operates, cleaned and stored at the end of each work shift. Ensures preventive maintenance and routine cleaning are performed as directed.
• Performs medical records reviews and applies appropriate protocols and guidelines to determine administrative or medical needs.
• Maintains patient medical records in electronic format as well as hard copy as required.
• Prepares and submits administrative reports.
• Participates in training and continuing education programs for new procedures, techniques, and equipment.
• Ensures a safe work environment and employee safe work habits.
• Establishes and maintains appropriate, professional, interpersonal relationships with co-workers, families, peers, and other team members.
Schedule:
Monday - Friday, 9 hours between 7:30am and 4:30pm, to include a one-hour lunch
No weekends or holidays!
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Be a graduate from an accredited community college, junior college, college, university, or vocational nursing program approved by the appropriate State agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Experience: Must have at least 1-year of recent post-grad clinical experience as a LVN/LPN.
License: Active, unrestricted license to practice as a LVN/LPN from any state.
Life Support Certification: Current AHA or ARC BLS Healthcare Provider certification.
Security: Must possess ability to pass a Government background check/security clearance.
We are an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. All applicants selected for employment are required to submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test.
Benefits
Excellent Compensation & Exceptional Comprehensive Benefits:
Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time, Plus 11 Paid Federal HolidaysMedical/Dental/Vision, STD/LTD/Life, Health Savings Account available, and moreAnnual CME Stipend and License/Certification ReimbursementMatching 401KBase salary: $26.51 - $29.50/Hr
Sign-on Bonus: $2,000 payable with first paycheck!
Read LessWe have a new opening for a full-time Emergency Medicine Physician at the Nellis AFB, North Las Vegas, NV...
CORE Duties:
Specific Details and Tasks:
• The quality of Emergency Services Physician service shall meet or exceed reasonable community standards of professional practice for the health care concerned as determined by the authority that governs military medical professionals in the same discipline.
• Be capable of performing the full range of emergency medicine services to include the ability and experience to adequately diagnose and treat diseases and injuries.
• Be able to adequately perform medical procedures to include, but not limited to, the following:
o Incision and drainage
o Nail Trephination
o Sling or swath of injuries
o Bandage
o Reduce dislocations and fractures when appropriate.
o Stabilize and evaluate cervical spine injuries as appropriate.
o Lumbar puncture
o Pericardiocentesis
o Removal of foreign bodies as appropriate
o Deliver newborn/perform emergency vaginal deliveries.
o Perform venous punctures for lab studies and interpret results.
o Draw arterial blood gases for evaluation and interpret results.
o Suture or staple simple and multilayered lacerations
o Remove sutures, surgical staples.
o Tube thoracostomy
o Open thoracotomy
o Secure and maintain an adequate airway, by such means as:
o oral airways; oral tracheal intubation; nasal/tracheal intubation; crico-thyrotomy
o (Needle and surgical)
o Splint and stabilize traumatic injuries to extremities.
o Administer intravenous, intramuscular and subcutaneous injections.
o Prescribe and administer medications as appropriate.
o Secure and maintain adequate intravenous access by peripheral and by central.
o routes
o Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage (DPL)
o Bladder catheterization
o NG/OG tubes
o Local anesthesia
o Restraints
o Procedural sedation
o Selected screening ultrasound exams
• Be able to perform tasks to include, but not limited to, the following:
o Coordinate with transfer/accepting facility & other Emergency Departments
o Request consults appropriately
o Complete all required paperwork
o Obtain an adequate history, physical, assessment and plan in a timely and appropriate manner on each patient and develop treatment plan
o Utilize paraprofessional staff as appropriate, including non-physician providers
o Respond to cardiopulmonary arrest as appropriate
o Interpret electrocardiograms and laboratory tests
o Preliminary interpretation of imaging studies to include CAT scans
o Direct medical care through radio communication with an ambulance
o Provide discharge instructions
• Examine patients, render a medical assessment of their condition, and take appropriate action.
• Provide immediate evaluation and management of emergency patients.
• Provide definitive medical care to reduce the emergency medical condition and enable the patient to safely pursue follow-up care as an outpatient as required. Follow-up of abnormal laboratory and/or imaging study, reports is the responsibility of the ordering physician. Review each report in accordance with established facility procedures.
• Respond to "Code Blue" (cardiac or respiratory arrest) medical emergency alerts within the hospital and provide resuscitation treatment until more specialized treatment arrives. Should resuscitation efforts be unsuccessful, the physician shall pronounce the patient dead and notify the next-of-kin, if the next-of-kin is physically present. Although completion of the death certificate is primarily the responsibility of the patient’s primary physician, the Emergency Services physician can complete this document if all the appropriate information is available.
• Reassure and treat non-acute conditions in priority as established by medical triage.
• Prepare appropriate patient profile changes.
• Prepare and document appropriate history, physical examinations, and preoperative diagnosis. Maintain documentation of all treatment provided in accordance with facility directives.
• Dispatch and provide medical control for ambulances in accordance with facility procedures.
• Accompany emergency services technicians on ambulance runs when indicated by the nature of the emergency and in accordance with facility leadership guidance and facility procedures.
• Perform emergency room procedures compatible with the facility operations capacity, supplies and equipment.
• As workload permits during scheduled duty, attend the Emergency Service's monthly staff
meetings and any additional committee meetings as required by the individual facility. The physician may also attend such meetings scheduled during other than their assigned duty shift.
Work Schedule:
Sunday - Saturday, 10 hour shifts, days, swings, and nights as needed.
Pick up 5-8 shifts per month as needed.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Shall have successfully completed an approved Emergency Medicine (EM) residency acceptable to the USAF Surgeon General and be board eligible/certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) or American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine.Experience: Minimum of 3 years experience, training, and certification requirements for the appropriate level of emergency medical staff physician in accordance with regulations.Licensure: Current, unrestricted Nevada medical licenseBoard Certification: Board eligible/certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) or American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine.Life Support Certification: Possess current BLS, ACLS & PALS certificationsSecurity: Must possess ability to pass a Government background check/security clearance.We are an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace. All applicants selected for employment are required to submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test.
Benefits
Excellent Compensation & Exceptional Comprehensive Benefits:
Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time, Plus 11 Paid Federal HolidaysMedical/Dental/Vision, STD/LTD/Life, Health Savings Account available, and moreAnnual CME Stipend and License/Certification ReimbursementMatching 401KBase salary: $340,000 as W2 w/benefits, or $230.00/ hr. as 1099 contractor
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