Emergency Medicine NP/PA

Bassett Healthcare Network • Cooperstown, NY

2d

About The Position

The BHN has six Emergency Departments and three Convenient Care locations and offers three employment tracks. The combination track provides care at four emergency departments and two urgent/convenient care clinics, with shifts scheduled at nearby regional locations and the ability to work at all sites. The Convenient Care Only track evaluates and treats non-emergent medical conditions, performs minor procedures, and interprets ancillary tests. Practitioners must treat urgent conditions and recognize emergencies requiring referral to a higher level of care. Prior Emergency Department experience is required, or practitioners may transition to this track after working in the combination track. The Independent Practice track involves working independently at a Critical Access Hospital ED, with attending physician consultation as needed. Practitioners assess patients, provide quality care and appropriate disposition, stabilize patients using necessary lifesaving procedures, and handle medical workups and radiology interpretations. They must be comfortable transferring patients, discharging them, or admitting them to the critical access hospital. Independent Practice requires a post-graduate emergency medicine fellowship or prior experience working independently in an emergency department.

The role is part of an established group of physicians and Advanced Practice Clinicians. Candidates may change tracks as they gain experience or if their schedule preferences change. Previous experience in Emergency Medicine and/or Fast Track/Urgent Care is preferred.

Requirements

• National certification as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner.
• New York State licensure.
• BLS certification.
• DEA registration.
• For Convenient Care Only, prior Emergency Department experience or prior work in the combination track.
• For Independent Practice, a post-graduate fellowship in emergency medicine or prior experience working independently in an emergency department.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in Emergency Medicine and/or Fast Track/Urgent Care.

Responsibilities

• Provide care at emergency departments and convenient care clinics under the combination track.
• Evaluate and treat a wide range of non-emergent medical conditions in Convenient Care.
• Perform minor procedures, including suturing, splinting, and incision and drainage.
• Interpret ancillary tests, including labs, urinalysis, x-rays, and EKGs.
• Recognize emergencies and refer patients to a higher level of care when appropriate.
• In the Independent Practice track, assess patients and provide appropriate disposition at a Critical Access Hospital ED.
• Stabilize patients with necessary lifesaving procedures, which may include endotracheal intubation, central line or IO placement, surgical cricothyrotomy, chest tube placement, and emergent childbirth or delivery.
• Conduct medical workups, including laboratory testing and result interpretation, and interpret radiology.
• Transfer patients to appropriate facilities, discharge them home, or admit them to the critical access hospital.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus up to $50,000.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance and disability protection.
• Paid malpractice.
• Tax-advantaged retirement contribution through a 403(b) with Fidelity Net Benefits.
• CME allowance.
• Supportive transition bonus of $5,000.
• Full onboarding program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed