Responsibilities:

• Perform the full range of medical services within the scope of Emergency Medicine.
• Meet or exceed the minimum workload standards for the Emergency Department as established by the Medical Treatment Facility.
• The Emergency Department Physician is expected to see 2.2 patients per hour, or the patient per hour average of the other collective providers in the Emergency Department, whichever is lesser.
• Be fully prepared to provide all of the emergency services required without assistance or supplementation by other physicians.
• Adequately diagnose and treat diseases/injuries.
• Perform medical procedures and tasks.
• Provide immediate evaluation and management of emergency patients as they present themselves for care.
• Provide definitive medical care to reduce the emergency situation and enable patient to safely continue care as an outpatient with follow-up as required.
• Provide emergency medical care to inpatients and outpatients.
• Dispatch and provide medical control for ambulances.

Requirements: 

• Texas Medical License
• Residency Trained/Board Certified or Residency Trained/Board Eligible in Emergency Medicine.
• Meet annual CME requirements in topics related to the practice of Emergency Medicine.
• Board Certified/Prepared Emergency Medicine
• DEA License with Texas registration
• BCLS Certification
• ACLS Certification
• PALS Certification
• BLS Certification from the American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers.
• Must have taken and passed ATLS at least once
• Foreign medical graduate physicians must have a valid certificate from the Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates.
• At least 2 years of experience within the last two years working as an Emergency Room Physician. Residency training counts as experience.