Emergency Medicine - System Medical Director
career
Emergency Department
Providers will work across three locations:
CHI Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga
- ED Volume: 35,000
- ED Admission Rate: 38%
- High-acuity
- 9-hour shifts
CHI Memorial Hospital - Hixson
- ED Volume: 26,000
- ED Admission Rate: 24%
- 12-hour shifts
CHI Memorial Hospital - Georgia
- ED Volume: 20,000
- Low-acuity
- 12-hour shifts
Benefits
Financial Benefits:
- Equity ownership for all full-time physicians
- Industry-leading 10% company funded 401(k)
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and Rx coverage
- Short- and long-term disability (own occupation)
- Annual CME/BEA (Business Expense Account)
- Medical Malpractice with tail and litigation support
- Pioneering Paid Military Leave
- Groundbreaking 100% Paid Parental Leave
- Student loan refinancing as low as 2.99%
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
- 400 private rooms between the three facilities
- Chest Pain accreditation. Primary (soon to be comprehensive) stroke center
- ED cited best of the best 13 out of the last 15 years
- 3,500 employees and 661 medical staff and 500 volunteers service the hospital
- EPIC EMR System
- Services include: Telepsychiatry, Teleneurology (after hours)
- Hospitalist coverage
- Thrombectomy capable stroke center
community
Chattanooga, a city in southeastern Tennessee, is set along the Tennessee River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The Incline Railway scales steep Lookout Mountain before reaching Ruby Falls waterfall and Rock City, featuring sweeping views, sandstone formations and gardens. Downtown Chattanooga has a wide variety of entertainment, dining, cultural and architectural attractions, including Tennessee Aquarium and the Creative Discovery Museum. Chattanooga and the surrounding area are well known for outdoor activities, including mountain biking, rock climbing, white water rafting, water sports, hunting, and hiking. Chattanooga was voted Best Town Ever by Outside Magazine; the only town to win that award twice.
Other USACS services at this location
Additional Details
- This position will cover CHI Memorial Chattanooga, Hixson, and Georgia Hospital.
Overview
As a system medical director, you will be responsible for collaborating with the hospital and nursing leadership while offering support to your physician staff. You will serve as a leader both within the emergency department, and as a leader within the organization. Through our model of shared ownership, you will influence on broad company decisions and help facilitate the development of new leaders.
With 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 values-based model emphasizing quality, long-term wealth building 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 EM groups.
Details
- Collaborate with nursing leadership and hospital administration
- Supervise the EM staff, per the bylaws, policies and procedures of the institution
- Represent the ED in the community and within the hospital medical staff
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