Physician Emergency and Acute Care Medicine

Colorado Permanente Medical Group•Lonetree, CO

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Colorado Permanente Medical Group is seeking a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician to join their team. This role involves delivering high-quality, efficient medical care for patients with a wide range of acute, non-life-threatening conditions in an Urgent Care setting. The physician will perform focused physical exams, order and interpret diagnostic tests, manage minor procedures, and determine when escalation to emergency services is necessary. Collaboration with advanced practice providers, nurses, and support staff is essential. The position requires strong clinical judgment, adaptability, and the ability to balance efficiency with compassionate communication. The physician will also be responsible for staffing new venues such as Hospital Emergency Departments, additional Urgent Care locations, Clinical Decision Units, or other venues as needed. Additionally, the role includes staffing the Telephone Medicine Center.

Requirements

Board-certified Emergency Medicine physician
Experience in clinic, hospital or urgent care setting
Available to float to all locations
Strong clinical judgment
Adaptability
Ability to balance efficiency with compassionate communication
Ability to work effectively as a team member
Ability to make sound clinical decisions under pressure, often with incomplete information
Excellent multitasking abilities, managing multiple patients and priorities in a fast-paced, high-volume setting
Emotional resilience and stress tolerance, maintaining professionalism and composure during urgent or emotionally charged situations
Clear and effective communication skills, both verbal and written, for interacting with patients, families, and clinical staff
Attention to detail for accurate documentation, medication management, and adherence to clinical protocols
Adaptability and flexibility, adjusting to fluctuating patient volumes, unexpected emergencies, and evolving clinical guidelines
Commitment to continuous learning, staying current with best practices, emerging treatments, and regulatory requirements
Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have established a qualified medical or religious exemption by September 17, 2021.

Nice To Haves

Telephonic Medicine may also be a part of the position.

Responsibilities

Deliver high-quality, efficient medical care for patients presenting with a wide range of acute, non-life-threatening conditions.
Perform focused physical exams, order and interpret diagnostic tests, manage minor procedures, and determine when escalation to emergency services is necessary.
Collaborate closely with advanced practice providers, nurses, radiology staff, and support personnel to ensure safe, timely, and patient-centered care.
Maintain smooth clinic operations while upholding the highest standards of evidence-based practice.
Staff new venues as required, which may include Hospital Emergency Departments, additional UC locations, Clinical Decision Units (CDU) or other venues.
Staff the Telephone Medicine Center (TMC).
Provide continuous in-person coverage to see higher acuity cases than typically seen in a traditional/community urgent care clinic at all UC locations for all hours of operation.
Identify and stabilize for transfer, perform low risk procedures, and advance workups that could obviate the need for an otherwise unnecessary ED or hospital stay.
Provide on-scene EM consultation and support to FM trained physicians and APPs.
Provide accurate and rapid assessment of a wide variety of low-medium acuity conditions.
Assist in medical education of both the patients and clinic staff.
Participate in the development of clinic protocols and formulary.
Make recommendations, suggestions, and highlight potential efficiencies in the EHR.
Complete medical records within 24 hours.
Perform clinical procedures for patient's benefit which are within scope and skill of practitioner.
Provide direction and leadership to the clinic's medical support staff, regarding the administering of a patient's care.
Provide supervision in case assignment to physician assistant, including sign off on charts.
Support and advise nurse triage process with ‘Second Level Triage’ decisions.
Demonstrate consistent and reliable diagnostic and therapeutic judgment.
Assess ED level patients telephonically for stability and appropriateness for repatriation/transfer or discharge home.
Provide accurate telephonic triage consultations that are in line with KP safety and utilization objectives.
Support Urgent care, clinic-based, and ASC providers for Emergency Medicine consultation on patients who may need ED level of care.
Support RN and LPN’s working in NAL and Message Management for high acuity complaints.
Provide RN consultations for real-time assessment and treatment for self-limited illness.
Support clinical initiatives.
Actively work to continually learn and apply new skills.
Practice in accordance with KP approved procedures, guidelines, and protocols.
Use and understand evidence-based clinical guidelines at designated and non-designated facilities.
Demonstrate knowledge of the EMTALA regulations as they pertain to transfers of KP patients.
Use and understand the resources available at various KP facilities and become familiar with the level of care available at designated hospitals.
Become familiar with locations of designated facilities and understand how KP service delivery plans integrate with health care facilities located throughout the state of Colorado.
Demonstrate knowledge of the different methods of patient transfers available and be able to coordinate the timely and safe transfer of patients from non-core Emergency Departments to designated KP facilities.
Use and maintain electronic medical records in a manner that protects the confidentiality of the patient and ensures the security of medical information.
Provide medical information to the treating physician and help with an appropriate care plan.
Ensure an optimal clinical experience for the patients.
Ensure patient referrals are appropriate for their medical condition.
Provide appropriate consultation and review of physician assistant work in the TMC.
Provide support for after-hours critical lab and radiology results.
Provide after hours Home Health and Hospice RN consults and orders.
Recommend and utilize Dispatch Health services where appropriate.
Provide on call services for primary care after hours and on weekends and days.
Demonstrate knowledge of and participate in KP business initiatives.
Understand the EMS systems for Colorado.
Demonstrate flexibility and ability to work effectively as a team member.
Regularly attend and participate in team meetings.
Support goals of the department.
Participate with colleagues in the staffing/working of all shifts.
Communicate effectively with patients, clinicians, families, nursing, and all levels of clinical staff.
Participate in problem solving of consumer complaints.
Actively participate in initiatives to increase patient access.
Partner with patients in management of care.
Demonstrate that patients come first.
Seek and offer appropriate and timely consultations consistent with protocols.
Order medication within prescriptive authority and promote the use of the KP formulary.
Order referrals, lab, pharmacy, and radiology tests appropriately.
Work with the delivery system to ensure understanding of the referral and clinical review process and its’ relationship to the clinical review criteria.