EM positions available in this central NC city. Salary is $160-$180/hour plus comprehensive benefits and $10,000.00 sign on bonus for 130hrs/month minimum...This position is well covered each - physician sees approximately 1.7-1.9 patients per hour. 27% admission rate, you will not write admitting orders because they have full-time Hospitalists and one that is 24/7 in the ED. Employed by the Hospital. Minimum number of hours to receive full-time benefits is 1560 hours annually. (This is work plus PTO.) Malpractice is $5mil/$20mil occurrence policy; provided by the Hospital professional liability captive. Regular Hospital benefits: Medical, Dental, Disability (Long term and Short term), Life Insurance and many others provided. Three retirement plans: 403b, 457b and Pension Plan. Additional physician benefits: $2000 for CME expenses, $500 for Association Fees, 40 hours CME time off, 35 days PTO’s equaling 280 hours PTO per year. Can cash in PTO after accumulating 200 hours. Relocation expense maximum of $10,000. Medical staff privileges application fee waived (benefits for each physician equals about $70,000). Information on the ED: This facility has 45 beds in the Adult ED and they see 70,000 patients annually (the employed physicians would only work in the Adult ED). The Pediatric ED is run by a separate group and they see 25,000 patients annually. They have 10 hours shifts and 6 shifts per day. They are adding an additional 24 hours of physician coverage in the main ED which will have a second track of physician coverage. They have two areas of the ED: main ED with Psych observation as well as Fast Track and Trauma ED with Chest Pain area. The main ED will have 51 hours of physician coverage, the Fast Track is covered by physician assistants 12 hours a day and the Trauma is covered with 27 hours physician coverage plus 24 hours of physician Assistant coverage.
