Ascension Seton Hays

Seton Medical Center Hays is the largest medical campus in Hays County, serving a fast-growing region that includes Kyle, Buda, far south Austin, and surrounding areas.

• 112 beds
• Newer, state-of-the-art facility designed to grow to nearly 300 beds
• On-site support for all major specialties
• Level II Trauma Center
• Certified Stroke, Chest Pain, and STEMI Center
• Cardiac Care services (including Open Heart Surgery and a 24/7 Cardiac Catheterization Lab)

Located just a few miles south of Austin, the small but growing cities of Kyle and Buda are attracting many families. Just to the south, San Marcos is home to Texas State University; popular San Antonio also is just an hour away. Hays County is one of the fastest growing counties in country and the region is becoming more commonly referred to as "Silicon Valley 2.0 Texas Annex" as numerous large corporations relocate and/or expand their footprint into Texas.

• ED Volume: 53,000

• Trauma Designation: Level II
• ED Beds: 30
• ED Admission Rate: 17%
• Staffing Model:
  • 8-9 hour Physician shifts with 48-51 hours of coverage
  • APP coverage of 22-32 hours per day seeing an average of 1.8 patients/hr
• EMR: Cerner
• Patients/Hour: 2.0
• Certified Stroke, Chest Pain, and STEMI Center
• Certified pediatric readiness
• Qualifications: BC/BP in Emergency Medicine

• Average Daily Encounters: 27

• ICU Beds: 32
• EMR: Cerner
• Medical, Surgical, Trauma, Neurosurgery, Primary Stroke Center, Heart Program
• 24-hour advanced Nurse Practitioners capable of performing all ICU procedures
• Excellent teamwork with USACS ED colleagues in the same facility
• State-of-the-art ICU fully equipped with all devices needed for procedures including dedicated Ultrasound, GlideScope with a Bronchoscope, Vigileo, Arctic Sun, etc.

• Obs Daily Encounters: 3

• Brand-new, 17-bed unit 

• Daily Encounters: 149

• 8 Physicians/APP daily Hospitalist team
• Dedicated Nocturnist
• 7 on / 7 off schedule
• 12-hour APP shifts
• Semi-closed ICU