UnityPoint Health is actively recruiting for a PRN Emergency Medicine Physician to join our team in Sioux City, Iowa
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UnityPoint Health - Sioux City provides coordinated clinic, hospital and home-based care for patients in Sioux City and the surrounding Siouxland area. St. Lukes offers a full range of services and programs that includes a state-of-the-art surgical center, Siouxlands premier birth center, 24/7 cardiovascular care, and Level III emergency department. In addition, UnityPoint Health - Sioux City is also home to St. Lukes College which provides high-quality, health system-based education to individuals looking for careers in health care.
OVERVIEW
- Experienced team of physicians, APPs and support staff with low turnover and excellent patient outcomes
PRN, hospital employed position with the opportunity to increase FTE in the future
- Well supported by all specialties except peds psychiatry, cardiothoracic surgery & interventional neurology
- 24/7 hospitalist program responsible for adult and pediatric inpatients
- Schedule managed locally - flexible scheduling team trades amongst themselves
- Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on Epic EMR to improve care coordination
- St. Lukes Regional Medical Center serves 175,00 people in a three-state region of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Annual visit volume = 31,000
- Average # of patients per day = 89
- Average 1.5-1.9 patients per hour
- 40 hours of physician coverage & 27 hours of APP coverage per day
- Ten hour shifts
- Level 3 Trauma Center
- 22 bed ED + 12 bed Clinical Decision Unit (managed by APPs) + 10 bed fast track + 2 trauma bays
- Scribes available
- No call, good work/life balance
- Ability to work as a team member to improve the health of the people and communities we serve
- Evaluates, interprets and coordinates information to make decisions and recommendations regarding patient care
- Patient-focused, friendly and willing to collaborate in a team environment
- Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical and problem-solving skills
QUALIFICATIONS
- MD or DO
- BE/BC in Emergency Medicine
- Ability to obtain and hold an unrestricted license to practice in the state of Iowa
- Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the physicians field of practice
- Eligible to work in the United States (H1-B cap exempt)
WE OFFER
- $240.00 per hour + travel stipend
- A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
- A culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing whats right for the people we serve.
COMMUNITY DETAILS
Sioux City has grown to be one of Iowas largest cities and its meteoric rise isnt showing any signs of slowing down. Sioux City is now one of northwest Iowas hubs for food production, healthcare, education, tourism and retail. Residents enjoy some of the most affordable housing in the nation, and theres always something going on whether its Saturday in the Park, one of the largest music festivals in the region, or any number of indoor and outdoor attractions such as Cone Park, the award-winning Art Center or the Sioux City Symphony. Whatever your tastes and whatever your career path, theres something for everyone in Sioux City.