Emergency Medicine PRN Attending Physician - M68203

Chief Purpose of this Position:  We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to join our dynamic academic Emergency Medicine team.  The candidate will contribute to our mission of providing exceptional patient care, innovative research, and high-quality education in Emergency Medicine.  This position supports the department mission by providing clinical experience in Emergency Medicine by virtue of residency training and/or Board Certification in Emergency Medicine.  

Position Responsibilities:

• Clinical - Provide direct patient care within the emergency department supervising all trainees, non-licensed providers, and non-physician credentialed providers in the clinical areas.  Clinical obligations will be individualized depending on faculty position assignment.  Provide efficient, high quality patient care that reflects current professional practice norms and skills and is consistent with accepted utilization guidelines.  Documents each patient encounter with a timely, comprehensive note.  Demonstrate professional and courteous behavior towards patients, department staff and members of the hospital community.  Fulfill billing and coding responsibilities as defined in the scope of practice.   Abide by department's operational manual, policies, and procedures.  Abide by hospital rules and regulations, medical staff bylaws, credentialing requirements, and MCVH's policies and procedures.  Demonstrate a willingness to fill uncovered shifts in addition to clinical commitment.  
• Teaching - Participate in providing core curriculum lectures to medical students, interns and resident level trainees.  As appropriate, participates in ACLS, PALS and ATLS courses.  Provides bedside clinical teaching to all trainees with the Emergency Department.  Participates in nursing, housestaff, medical student, advanced practice provider and paramedical educational programs.
• Research - Actively identify areas of interest and participate in Departmental research projects.
• Administrative - Attend department staff meetings unless on clinical duty.  Participate in and adhere to quality improvement and utilization review activities.  Participates in relevant marketing and public relations activities on behalf of the hospital and Emergency Department.  Participates in appropriate medical staff and hospital committees as assigned.  Completes, in a timely manner, all reports and requests for information from the Department Chair, Vice-Chair and the School of Medicine.  When required, participates as a representative of the VCU Health System.  Assignments could span a full spectrum of healthcare or be in a specific area of interest to the incumbent.

Required Qualifications: