ER PHYSICIAN

Position Summary:
Provide and manage direct medical evaluation, diagnosis, procedures, and care for patients within the emergency room. Maintains confidentially of all privileged information.

This list of duties and responsibilities is illustrative only of the tasks performed by this position and is not all inclusive.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
• Provide triage and emergency lifesaving treatments including airway management (RSI – Endotracheal intubation), tube Thoracotomy, and all other procedures necessary to carry out protocol’s as outlined in ACLS, PALS, ATLS.
• Provide and manage direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses and treatment for patients in the emergency room.
• Provide direct patient care in emergency room settings.
• Prescribe pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.
• Admit patients to hospital as appropriate.
• Train and supervise medical students and residents engaged in specialty activities and procedures, as appropriate.
• May manage the daily operations of a specific medical clinic or patient care unit.
• Direct and coordinate the patient care activities of nursing and support staff as required.
• Follow established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
• Participate in policy and procedure manual review and update.
• Participate in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.
• Ensure strict confidentiality of records.
• Contribute to a team effort and accomplishes related results as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.