Hospital needs a Pulm/Critical Care locum ASAP! Job

Company: Atlas Physicians
Location: Waterbury
Posted on: August 7, 2022

Job Description:

St. Mary's Hospital needs a Pulm/Critical Care locum ASAP!

*Licensed only

*BC Pulmonology and Critical Care required

*Looking for coverage 1-2 weeks/month (must be the full 7 days, Monday to Sunday). Will consider hiring 2 LT's to split the coverage.



Details:

-Reason for coverage: Need is because of sudden surge. Permanent hire doesn't start until 07/2021.

-Start Date / Dates of Coverage: ASAP

-Length of assignment/need: 3 months+, however long the surge lasts. 1-2 weeks/month.

-Schedule: 12 hour shifts depending on volume. LT is responsible 24/7.

-Inpatient only: 1-2 weeks of ICU coverage (Monday to Sunday), 5 residents who work with the LT, 16 bed med surge closed ICU.

-Any Call: Residents and interns take first call - they will call LT with new admissions.

-Average Number of ICU Patients Per Day: 15 ICU patients with 5 residents working with them (that's what we did in the Spring).

-Average Number of Admissions per Physician per Day: Average 4-5 during the day time. Hard to determine, it can sometimes be totally silent or upwards of 6-7.

-Adult only or all ages? All adults.

-Trauma Level/Designation: Level 2 - No trauma patients, the surgery residents take care of that.

-# of ICU beds: 16 med surgical ICU normally. Up to 15 patients/day, plus or minus 2.

-All normal Pulm CC procedures required? Regular ICU procedures, residents mainly do them.

-APP support? No, just the residents.

Start date depending on credentialing and may change. Could be sooner if possible!

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