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Highlands Medical Center

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Hospital

Highlands Medical Center is a non-profit arm of Jackson County Health Care Authority (JCHCA). They are the only hospital in Jackson County serving approximately 54,000 residents.

  • 170 licensed beds
  • 92 staffed beds; including 10 specialty care

Specialties represented:

  • Imaging
  • Surgery
  • OBGYN
  • Therapy
  • Sleep Lab

community

When you get ready to play, it’s all here in Scottsboro, Alabama.

Hunting, fishing, golfing, hiking, boating, skiing, sailing, spelunking, camping, biking, and swimming are just minutes away from your front door.  The marinas, boat launches and parks in Scottsboro offer the boater or fisher plenty of places to launch their boats. Lake Guntersville provides a peaceful setting for a leisure cruise or to set sail. Bass fishing is at its finest on the lake, known as one of the top bass fishing lakes in the country.

Emergency Department

  • ED Volume: 17,000
  • ED Beds: 16
  • ED Admission Rate: 9.4%
  • Staffing Model:
    • 24-hour physician, 12-hour APP
  • EMR: Meditech
  • Qualifications: BC/BE EM, BC FM/IM with ED experience
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Hospitalist Service

  • ICU Beds: 10
  • Staffing Model:
    • Physician and APP team
    • 12-hour physician day-shift, telemedicine for night coverage
  • EMR: Meditech
  • 18-20 average daily census 
  • Procedural experience preferred
  • Strong hospital leadership and collaborative Integrated Acute Care team (emergency and hospital medicine service lines also managed by USACS)
  • J1 visa eligible facility; access to in-house visa specialists; all required filing fees for the visa are paid and filing services are covered
     

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