EMT Medical Director

Job Summary

Are you searching for a job that allows you to coordinate health care for patients and manage health problems according to federal and state rules and regulations? We would love for you to become a respected member of our team! You will use compassion, dedication, and your expertise to foster treatment team unity, build trust, and nurture rapport with our patients. As a valued provider, you will have the opportunity to meet all aspects of patient care challenges with enthusiasm to develop positive patient relationships, because one of the primary goals of our company is keeping our patients happy and healthy. If you are flexible, dedicated, enjoy working in high-energy environments, and want to enhance your already top-notch skills, then consider working for us.

Job Responsibilities

• Function autonomously to conduct patient histories and physicals for complex critical, chronically ill, and acute patients.
• Order, perform, and analyze diagnostic and therapeutic tests concerning the needs of the patient, and follow up on a regular basis to ensure their needs are being adequately met.
• Prescribe appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities to ensure the health and comfort of all patients.
• Implement measures to assist patients in regaining and sustaining physiologic endurance to include serving in the first assisting role.
• Develop treatment plans based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals and monitoring the effectiveness of all interventions.
• Facilitate the staff and the patient as well as the family decision-making process by providing educational tools for self-management of acute or chronic illnesses.
• Job Skills & Qualifications

Locums, Inc. needs you! We are seeking an Emergency Medicine Physician for the role of Medical Director for the Salem, OR Fire Department EMT service.  We seek to place the best!   

Job Responsibilities:

- Provide medical control and oversight for EMT protocols including equipment & pharmaceuticals, best-practice medical care, EMS policy, medical case review community-oriented training programs such as CERT, CPS and AED programs

- Routinely perform ride-alongs with EMT staff on pre-hospital emergency response calls

- Indirectly observe EMT care through reports, communications, technical skill knowledge patient & physician reviews

- Design, evaluation, and administer a continuous quality improvement (CQI) and a

comprehensive quality assurance program (CQA)

- Develop, review, or revise written operational and medial protocol procedures

- Work with EMT training officer to help develop, plan, and deliver CME for EMT staff

- Provide quarterly reports outlining the Services provided in the preceding quarter

- Partner with Salem’s ambulance provider as Supervising Physician

Qualifications:

- Active and unrestricted Oregon state M.D. license

- Active medical staff privileges at a hospital in Oregon

- Current Certification by the American Board of Emergency Medicine

- Possess thorough knowledge of Oregon laws and rules for EMS providers

Position Particulars:

- Malpractice, General Liability, and Workman’s Comp Insurance provided

- Contract term is for two years with option to extend to five years

- EMT Medical Director is expected to provide a minimum of 8 hours weekly toward the position

- EMT Medical Director must be willing to attend the National Association of EMS Physicians EMS Medical Directors Course and Practicum classes in January 2021 (or show evidence of previous attendance)

Locums, Inc. Is a nationwide talented staffing industry leader in Locum Tenens Physician Services. The owners Scot and Michelle Gray have been in the physician recruiting platform since 1989. Our relationships with clients and providers have been one of mutual respect for many years, so we understand the environment, the value of experience and hard work required in today’s medical climate. 

We dedicate a caring, compassionate and personalized approach to every single client and provider, without multiple points of contacts, and we are available for our clients and providers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Locums, Inc. Physician Services include, but are not limited to, Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Hospitalist, Occupational Medicine, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and Urgent Care Facilities.