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  • ICU Volume: 8
  • Closed ICU, admits by critical care intensivists 7 am - 5 pm and hospitalists 5 pm - 7 am
  • 10 hours per day inhouse intensivist 7 days per week
  • Night coverage by APPs, preferably with procedural experience
  • Mixed Medical-Surgical ICU
  • Respond to codes when on-site
  • Work collaboratively with the rest of the IAC team (ED, HM)

Benefits

Financial Benefits:

 

Intangible Benefits:

  • Location flexibility and career stability of a national group
  • National Clinical Governance Board (NCGB) of internally elected clinicians
  • Clinical Management Tools (CMTs)
  • 24/7/365 live physician support
  • USACS Orientation and Assemblies
  • Professional Development Programs including:
    • Scholars (Leadership Training)
    • Efficiency Academy
    • Engagement & Experience Academy
  • Internal USACS traveling physicians

Hospital

  • 124-bed facility
  • Named for local businessman Sid Peterson, this private hospital was named one of the “Top 20” Rural Community Hospitals in the nation—the only hospital in Texas on the list
  • Serves a primary service area of 45,000+ people
  • Hospitalists admit 85% of patients from the Emergency Department
  • Stroke patients who receive fibrinolytic or who meet criteria for arterial thrombectomy are transferred to San Antonio after consultation with a Tele-Neurologist
  • Specialty backup includes cardiology, ENT, OB/GYN

community

Medical professionals in Kerrville enjoy a lifestyle that blends all the best aspects of rural, suburban, and urban life. With excellent housing, real estate costs, and state- and nationally-distinguished schools, Kerrville is the perfect hometown for families. Outdoor recreational activities such as flying, hunting, fishing, hiking, biking, kayaking, triathlons, and photography abound in this beautiful area of the Texas Hill Country. Since both San Antonio and Austin are within a one- to two-hour drive, Kerrville is a perfect choice for physicians who want to practice in a smaller community with metropolitan amenities nearby.


Other USACS services at this location

Emergency Department

  • Trauma Designation: Level IV
  • ED Volume: 32,000
  • ED Beds: 20
  • ED Admission Rate: 21%
  • ED Transfer Rate: 4%
  • Staffing Model:
    • 27-33 hours of daily physician coverage
    • 9-12 hour physician shifts plus two overlapping APP shifts per day
  • EMR: Meditech 
  • BC (or BE) in Emergency Medicine (preferred) or BC in FP/IM with minimum five years ED experience 
  • Stroke certified; however, still transfer patients who require lytics and/or arterial thrombectomy 
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Hospitalist Service

  • Average Daily Encounters: 68
  • A cohesive team of 10 Hospitalist physicians and 4 Hospitalist APPs
  • The team is supported by an IAC RN and an administrative coordinator
  • Integrated Acute Care model where all providers are partners of one team covering Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine and Critical Care Medicine
  • Most patients admitted through the ED come under the Hospitalist service
  • Hospitalists also provide medical consultation to the inpatient rehab unit staffed by dedicated physiatrists
  • Hospitalists hand off patients to the Intensivist when requiring transfer to the ICU
  • Multispecialty support
  • Procedures not required

Rehabilitation Unit:

  • 26-bed unit
  • Average Daily Encounters: 14
  • Provides medical consultation services in coordination with dedicated physiatrists in the Acute Rehab Unit
  • Inpatient rehabilitation unit
  • Stroke Specialty program
  • Support of on-site hospitalist physicians and APPs
  • The team is supported by an IAC RN and Administrative Coordinator
  • 7 days on/7 days off schedule
  • Pre-operative clinic
  • Rehab APP provides clearance for elective orthopedic surgical candidates
  • Tuesday – Friday: 4 scheduled patients per day

Details

  • Signing Bonuses available at select locations! Be sure to ask your Recruiter.

Overview

As a Critical Care physician within USACS, you'll be part of a team unique in today's industry. USACS provides physicians with ownership, unparalleled benefits and the opportunity to practice within a evidence-based model emphasizing quality, long-term wealth building and a culture of shared ownership. USACS physicians enjoy the security and resources of a large, national group without sacrificing the advantages typically found in local groups.

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