Seeking a Medical Director for a Emnergency Department in Northern California

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VALLEY EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS MEDICAL GROUP, INC.

Opportunity Profile

 

FAIRCHILD MEDICAL CENTER

 

Fairchild Medical Center is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Fairchild Medical Center offers primary and specialty services such as medical, surgical, orthopedic, urology, emergency, obstetrical and pediatric care.

 

THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

 

Volume          

Average Annual Patient- 13,382 patients

 

Admission Rate- 8.4%

 

# of ED Beds- 7

 

Department Status- Office/Lounge- Room is down the hall from ED with TV, bathroom and shower.

 

Dictation- Standard, rapid turn-around standard

 

Floor Code- Covered by ER/ Anesthesia

 

Admitting Orders       - May be written by ER physician

 

Valley Emergency Physicians (VEP) provides emergency medicine services to 26 hospitals throughout Northern and Central California. VEP is a physician owned and managed, democratic, egalitarian group. Physicians are eligible to buy stock after just one year. VEP has a fast-track to ownership and offers independent contractor status, competitive remuneration, paid malpractice, 401K/ profit sharing plan.

 

For additional information about this job or any or our 26 sites located along the Pacific Coast, in the mountains, Sierra Foothills and the San Joaquin Valley, please contact:

 

Sarah Hamilton

Valley Emergency Physicians

sarahhamilton@valleyemergency.com

(510) 436-9000; Ext. 229

Facility:                                                             Fairchild Medical Center is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Fairchild Medical Center offers primary and specialty services such as medical, surgical, orthopedic, urology, emergency, obstetrical and pediatric care.

 

# of Beds                                                         25

 

Ownership                                                        Owned by Siskiyou County

 

Med. /Surg. Occupancy                                    80%

 

Strengths                                                          Fairchild Medical Center named by Solucient as one of the 2004 and 2005 Top 100 hospitals in the nation in a small community. In 1995, rated 48 in America’s top 100 small communities.

 

Website Links

Hospital:                                                           www.fairchildmed.org/

 

Chamber of Commerce                                    www.yrekachamber.com/

 

School District                                      www.sisnet.ssku.k12.ca.us  

                                                                       

Parks & Recreation:                                                       www.fs.fed.us/r5/klamath/         

 

Local Realtor                                                    www.yrekacalifornia.net/

                                               

 

THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

 

Volume          

            Average Annual Patients                                   13,382 patients

 

Admission Rate                                                8.4%

 

# of ED Beds                                                   7

 

Department Status                                            24 hour a day, 7 days a week coverage

 

Office/Lounge                                                   Room is down the hall from ED with TV, bathroom and shower.

 

Dictation                                                           Standard, rapid turn-around standard

 

Floor Codes                                                     Covered by ER/ Anesthesia

 

Admitting Orders                                              May be written by ER physician

 

 

 

 

 

Backup

Pharmacy                                                         In-house pharmacy

 

Radiology                                                         Multi-Slice CT Scan, Fluoroscopy, Low Dose Digital Mammography with Computer aided Detection, MRI Services, Nuclear Medicine, Osteoporosis Bone Density Analysis, Ultrasound

 

Laboratory                                                       Full Service Lab and Pathology Unit     

 

Cardio-Pulmonary:                                           Cardiac Stress Testing, EKG/EEG, Pulmonary Function Tests, Sleep Lab

 

ED Strengths                                                    Fairchild Medical Center is a state-of-the-art healthcare facility.

 

The Staff

 

RN Staff                                                           Excellent floor and ICU nurses.            

 

MD Backup                                                     Medical, Surgical, Orthopedic, Urology, Emergency, Obstetrical and Pediatric care.

 

Shift Lengths                                                     12 and 24 hours          

 

Shift Hours                                                       8a-8p, 8p-8a and 8am to 8am

 

ED Leadership Team

 

Medical Director                                              Steve Maron, MD

 

Administrator                                                   Mr. Dwayne Jones

           

Medical Staff Office                                          Judi Rowland

 

                                                           

The Patient Population

           

Payor Mix                                                        MediCare, MediCal, Private

 

Compensation                                                            Physicians are independent contractors with Valley Emergency Physicians.

The Community         

Population                                                        7,502

 

County                                                             Siskiyou County

 

Schools                                                            11 schools

 

Colleges/Universities                                         College of the Siskiyou and SOU, Ashland

 

Major Business Base                                        Retail and Government

 

 

 

 

Sports                                                              Yreka is abundant in its intrinsic beauty and enjoys the diversity of all four seasons. Close at hand are recreational opportunities featuring; golf, tennis, fishing, white water rafting, gliding, hiking/backpacking, camping, hunting, water skiing, bowling, snowmobiling, snow skiing (at two nearby ski parks), racquetball, bicycling & motorcycling.

 

Airports                                                            Redding, CA and Medford, OR and 2 local airports in Yreka.

 

Description                                                       Yreka, California (pronounced Y-Reeka) has been designated as 48th in the top one-hundred small communities in the U.S. Yreka is a quiet little city located in an area rich in history and generous in natural resources nestled in the northern most corner of the Shasta Valley, 22 miles from the Oregon border.

 

Serving as the county seat of Siskiyou County, geographically the fifth largest county in the state, Yreka is the largest full service community situated along Interstate 5, from the Oregon border to 120 miles south. The population base provides support for professional services, medical facilities, all governmental offices and a full range of retail businesses which make Yreka the trade center for the county.  Yreka is home to several retail shopping areas, many restaurants, auto service stores and 13 motels.

 

                                   

           

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