Position: ER – PhysicianReports To: ED Medical DirectorSchedule: Full timePosition Location/Department: Sheridan Community HospitalAbout Us:Sheridan Community Hospital is a vital healthcare resource in our rural community, providing compassionate, patient-centered care in a Critical Access Hospital setting. Our dedicated staff take pride in delivering high-quality services with a personal touch, ensuring our patients receive the care they need close to home.Job Summary: Sheridan Community Hospital is a Critical Access Hospital dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality healthcare to our close-knit rural community. Our team values personalized care, teamwork, and a commitment to excellence. We are seeking a caring, dependable ER Physician to join our patient-centered team. This is a crucial component of the practice. Emergency Department Physician triages, assesses, plans, and provides patient care to patients in an emergency unit. Assesses patient, performs comprehensive physical examinations, and compiles patient medical data, including health history and results of physical examination. Orders and interprets appropriate laboratory and radiographic tests. Conducts patient education, writes prescriptions, and prepares discharge summaries and maintains clinical records in line with regulations and standards. .Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Provides medical treatment to patients with emergency and critical conditions. Instructs and counsel patients, perform physical examinations, conduct and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic studies, and laboratory tests.Resuscitates and stabilizes patients and transitions care to an appropriate endpoint whether that be ICU, general inpatient bed, another provider, another hospital, or home.Obtains health histories and assesses the state of patient health in order to determine health care needs and documents findings in the medical recordsPerforms, orders and interprets routine laboratory tests; notifies patients of results.Refers patients to appropriate specialists for follow up care.May routinely perform such therapeutic procedures as (but is not limited too): Laceration repair, wound care, cast and splint application, abscess incision and drainage, procedural sedation, regional block anesthesia, arthrocentesis, lumbar puncture, thoracentesis, urethral catheterization, establishing venous access, arterial puncture and blood gas sampling.Interprets and integrates data to determine appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures as needed.Administers medications and injections; sutures minor lacerations.Performs other related duties as assigned.Documents appropriately in the medical record by accurately recording and reporting patient conditions; assures medical records are completed as required, when patients are transferred participates in any scheduled review for quality and completeness of documentation.Instructs patients and family regarding medications and treatment instructions. Provides necessary patient information.Manages medical and surgical emergenciesAttends required meetings; participate in committees as required.Participates in professional development activities and maintain professional affiliationsMaintains and ensures confidentiality of Protected Health Information (PHI).Performs other related work as required.Participate in quality improvement projects. Attend training and meetings as requiredMaintains awareness of current quality and safety measures on the unit and follows guidelines or reporting measures to ensure safety of patients, visitors, and staff.Knowledge and skills in quality improvement and research methodologies.Education, Experience and Other Requirements:Medical Degree from accredited medical institution or programAt least 3 years of residency program completedLicense to practice medicine in state of MichiganCompletion of Emergency Medicine Board Certification preferred or in process to complete.Excellent written and oral communication skillsAbility to work and think quickly in high stress environmentPhysical Demands: The job requires fifty percent (50%) of the time standing and/or walking, frequent lifting, pushing, and/or pulling loads up to 25 pounds.Accident/Health Hazards: The tasks performed on the job produce exposure to injuries (cuts, fractures, strains, burns, etc.) obtained in use of equipment, hazardous material or health hazards (based on contact with communicable diseases) that could result in permanent or long-term illness or injury.Working Conditions: Emergency Department#J-18808-Ljbffr