RPG- APP Emergency Department: Durand, WI

Travel

Nearest Major Airport/distance: MSP 90 miles

Other travel nuances? Nothing out of the ordinary

Limited flight availability in and out. Typically no.

Drive from airport difficult? Typically no.

Is weather a factor? In Winter, yes, Summer, road construction.

Start Date: November 2024

Credentialing: 30-120 days

Schedule: 7 to 10 shifts/month (1 Shift = 24 hours)

Call: 24/7 call coverage

Details: 25 bed Critical Access Hospital

Average ED Census: 4-8 per 24-hours

Annual ED Volume: 1800 per year

Inpatient weekly- 12

Ancillary Support?

RT: M-F

Imaging: M-F and on call

Lab: M-F and on call

Mobile imaging weekly or as needed

2 clinics with physicians and NP’s

Services:

RT/CT: Monday-Friday

M-F 7:30a – 5p: ultrasound on call

Interdisciplinary Team Meeting every morning.

Duties:

Emergency Department Coverage

Examining and treating all persons who present themselves at the Hospital's emergency department for care or treatment regardless of their ability to pay or economic status;

Providing timely and appropriate care to emergency department patients;

Responding in a timely manner to requests for needed assistance initiated within the Hospital by an authorized person in life and/or limb threatening emergencies of hospitalized patients;

Responding to inpatient cardiac and/or respiratory arrests as emergently needed as per ACLS protocol;

*Communicating any Hospital admission to the patient's primary care physician;

*Attending to persons injured in the Hospital and Hospital personnel with job related injuries, illness or exposure; and

*Providing all ED Coverage in compliance with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act and all related regulations, and Hospital and Medical Staff policies and procedures

Admitting patients from the ED

Rounding and caring for the entirety of the inpatient service

Responding to all codes and rapid responses

Attending meetings while on shift

Leading interdisciplinary team meetings

Understanding utility of Swing Bed program and champion this program for hospital

Staying within town limits while on-shift (Maximum response time to hospital is 20 minutes)

Acuity: Without ICU, so acuity is limited to patients able to be stabilized in the ED and managed on med/surg nursing floor

Subspecialty Support: No specialty support in the hospital.

EMR: Epic

Experience + Qualifications

Willing to accept new grads

Training and experience in the inpatient setting

Ability to perform all procedures

Active ID License or the ability to obtain

Compensation & Benefits

Independent Contractor (1099)

Malpractice Insurance Covered by RPG

Provider accommodations: furnished by the hospital in-house. Room or suite with standardized contents

Full-Time