Emergency Medicine Physician

Job Description

Overview

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is recruiting for a Emergency Medicine Physician for Kings County Hospital. The Hospital is part of the NYC Health + Hospitals System (NYCHHC). Kings County Hospital operates a world-renowned Level 1 Trauma Center, one of only three in Brooklyn, which serves 2.6 million residents of Brooklyn and Staten Island.

The Emergency Medicine Department is a large department with over 140,000 patient visits yearly. The provider coverage includes attendings and APPs. We support a residency program that is the largest Emergency Medicine program in the country along with 7 fellowship programs. The operations of the Emergency Medicine Department include: pediatric unit, critical care/trauma unit, fast track, observation and a very busy main ED.

Responsibilities

Under the direction of the Chief or their designee of the department, the director will manage and provide clinical leadership, oversight and evaluation of all aspects and levels of medical staff performance and clinical services. In addition, the director will deliver accredited medical services including but not limited to physician performance, productivity and clinical outcomes, metrics and quality assurance measures and standards developed departmentally and by the NYC Health+ Hospitals. The director will perform full range of administrative/operational responsibilities to ensure the efficient achievement of departmental goals.

Work with appropriate medical leadership, and provide clinical direction to direct reports to set patient care standards, establish clinical goals and objects to ensure the strategic implementation of best practices and program development in their respective disciplines.

Provide clinical administrative guidance and consultative direction to medical staff within their respective division.

Engage in strategic planning with hospital executive and clinical leadership to develop programming within their respective discipline which aligns with overall hospital strategic plan.

Develop and collect performance metrics which the facility may utilize to plan, implement or quality patient care programs.

Ensure effective transparent communication with clinical and operational leadership to ensure effective delivery of services within the division.

Ensure the regular and appropriate assessment of physician competency and intervene and remediate as appropriate.

Prepare division staff schedules

Prepare, monitor and follow up on division Performance Indicators

Qualifications

Board Eligible/Board Certified in Emergency Medicine

Current and unrestricted New York State license

Current DEA Registration

Exceptional Benefits Include:

Competitive compensation package

10% 401K company contribution after one year of service, with 3% company contribution starting day one

Choice of a three tiered, starting at FREE medical plans starting day one

Excellent dental insurance including orthodontics coverage starting day one

Generous paid time off program

CME days and dollars

Eligibility for loan forgiveness through the National Student Debt Forgiveness Center

Visa candidates are considered

Occurrence-based Medical Malpractice policy coverage

Annual based salary: $253,063.00

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is one of the largest multi-disciplinary groups in the country whose main purpose is to nurture and embolden the healthcare providers who take care of the most fragile and vulnerable patients in New York City. PAGNY is comprised of over 4,000 physicians and healthcare professionals who provide services to NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H), the largest public health system in the United States. Our practitioners are highly skilled professionals with outstanding credentials who deliver the highest level of quality healthcare to patients throughout New York City.

Physician Affiliate Group of New York, P.C. (“PAGNY”) is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online.

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