Bon Secours Southside Medical Center

• 300-bed acute care hospital
• Medical center offers the latest technology in all major specialties
• Level III Trauma Center
• Primary stroke center 
• STEMI receiving center 
• CT scanners
• 2 digital x-ray
• MRI
• Ultrasound
• 24/7 in-house coverage for hospitalists, OB hospitalists, CRNAs, and tele-interpreters
• On-Call 24/7: interventional radiology, anesthesiology, OB/GYN, psychiatry, cardiology, nephrology, neurology, hematology/oncology, colorectal surgery
• Limited 24/7 call coverage: vascular surgery, urology, ENT
• Transfers out: inpatient pediatrics, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, thoracic surgery, ophthalmology, dermatology

The city of Petersburg, VA, located just 21 miles south of the historic capital city of Richmond, has a population of 33,000 and an affordable cost of living. Located between the historic and beautiful Appomattox and James rivers offering endless outdoor opportunities such as whitewater rafting, canoeing, fishing, boating and kayaking.

The Petersburg area boasts some of Virginia’s finest golf and is just minutes away from Virginia’s largest state park, Pocahontas.

• ED Volume: 46,000
• ED Beds: 42
• Staffing Model:
  • 8-10 hour physician shifts
  • 8-12 hour APP shifts
• EMR: Epic
• 6-10% of ED population is pediatrics
• 15-22% admission rate (combined true hospital admits and observation admits)
• Hospitalists admit 80% of the admitted patients in the hospital.
• Two Sonosite machines in ED
• GlideScope with pediatric/adult blades and flexible fiberoptic scope attachment
• Ultrasound-guided IVs done by physicians, RNs, and techs 

• Average Daily Encounters: 123
• Some procedures required
• Open ICU
• EMR: Epic
• 7 days on/off block scheduling
• The hospitalist team includes 6 full-time physicians, 6 full-time APPs, 2 full-time nocturnists
• Three physicians, 3 APPs round at a time, overnight in-house nocturnist is responsible for admissions, codes, rapid responses, tele-nocturnist covers floor pages