Locum Tenens Critical Care: Intensivist Job in California

• Position Type: Locum Tenens
• Recruited Specialty: Critical Care: Intensivist
• Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
• State License Required: Yes
• Terms of Locums Assignment: Long Term (More than 2 months)
• How soon does the position need to be filled: Immediately

Critical Care Physician

Our client in Northern California is currently seeking locums Critical Care Physician to join their facility.

Requirements:

• Must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Critical Care Medicine
• CA license required

Practice Details:

• Shift Schedule: 6a- 6p
• Average Patient Encounters per day:
  • 24-30 total patients per day (24-hour period)
  • 4-8 night encounters on average
• Number of Intensivist in program: 6 Full Time, 3 Part Time, no mid levels
• ICU's Represented: Medical ICU, Cardiothoracic ICU, Neuro ICU, Trauma ICU is seen by Trauma Surgeon.
• Intensivist will not see patients in all the ICU's. Intensivists see about 90% of medical/neuro patients.
• Program does not have a call. They are 24/7 in-house coverage.
• There is a hospitalist group in-house.
• Intensivists do not participate in Rapid Response but they are involved in Code Blues.
• Intensivists respond to codes on the floor.
• Common Procedures: Intubation, Bronchoscopy, Thoracentesis, chest tubes, central lines, A Lines, lumbar punctures, paracentesis, ECMO management, Neurocritical Care experience, (standard ICU procedures required:  vents, intubations, para and thoracentesis)
• Intensivists accept inpatient transfers with conditions that case is discussed with the specialist who also agrees to manage.  ER-ER transfers are accepted by the ER physician.  Patients are transferred out once stable for continuation of care. Intensivist determines when they are stable.
  

• Hourly Pay Rate: Open

• Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
• Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
• Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
• Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card

• Facility Type: Hospital
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