PHYSICIAN - Emergency Department
William Newton Hospital•Winfield, KS
•Onsite
About The Position
William Newton Hospital is seeking a Physician for the Emergency Department. This role involves immediate assessment, resuscitation, stabilization, diagnostics, treatment, and care coordination for patients of all ages. The physician will be responsible for triaging patients, performing life-saving procedures, managing trauma, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, and making critical decisions regarding patient care, including admission, discharge, or transfer.
Requirements
- Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree.
- Completion of an accredited 3- to 4-year emergency medicine residency program.
- Active state medical license and board certification or eligibility through the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) or American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM).
- High-pressure decision-making skills.
- Rapid stress management skills.
- Strong communication skills.
- Teamwork skills.
Responsibilities
- Quickly triage and assess arriving patients of all ages to identify critical or unstable conditions.
- Perform life-saving procedures, manage trauma, and stabilize patients suffering from heart attacks, strokes, severe bleeding, or respiratory failure.
- Order and interpret diagnostic tests (such as blood work, X-rays, CT scans, and EKGs) to form rapid clinical decisions.
- Determine whether to admit patients to the hospital/ICU, discharge them with instructions, or transfer them to a specialist or another facility.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off - PTO
- Earned Illness Benefit - EIB
- Education programs (CNE and/or CME credit)
- Off-site education approval
- Independent study through the education department
- Health Insurance (three comprehensive major medical plans)
- Employee discounts for healthcare needs
- Hospital pharmacy discounts
- Retirement benefits through KPERS (retirement, long term disability, life insurance)
- Shift, weekend and holiday differentials
- Bereavement leave
- Direct deposit
- Exercise programs
- Tuition reimbursement
- Annual health assessment including lab work
- Voluntary benefits: Tax-deferred annuities (403(b) & 457), IRA, Vision plan, Flexible spending accounts, Health Savings Account, Aflac Cancer plan, Aflac Short Term Disability, Aflac Accident plan, Aflac Critical Illness plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
