Northeast Tennessee Emergency Physicians
Emergency Boarded or Board Eligible Physician Job Overview/Benefits
Hours/Shifts
- 9 – 10 hours per shift
- Average shifts per month 15
- Additional shifts available, if desired
- Overlapping coverage for beginning/ending of shifts
- Flexible schedule
- Rotating distribution of shifts/off time requests, regardless of seniority
- Rotating holiday coverage
- Vacation request system with preference given to earliest date of request
Group Membership/Leadership
- Employee status with eligibility to participate in 401(k), profit sharing and health insurance
- Eligibility to elevate to partnership at the end of 2 years
- Presently 18 of 21 physicians are group members with the remaining 3 on track toward membership in the main ER
- Democratic and open style of leadership/decision making
- Three principle officers
- Group owned contract with hospitals
Malpractice/Retirement/Benefits
- Group paid claims made/ slot policy with EMPAC
- $1,000,000/$3,000,000
- No tail obligation upon departure
- Members who opt for employee status participate in retirement plan
- CME reimbursement
- Health Insurance and HSA available
Hospital Association
- Positive and cooperative relationship with administration
- Participation in executive, medical and hospital committees
- 20 year history of contractual practice with Wellmont
- Opportunities to mentor medical and allied health students and residents
Hospital Practice
- Level I and Level 2 ER status
- Strong representation of sub specialists
- Hospitalist services
- Pediatric hospitalist and Intensivist
- Ortho and facial tramatologist, plastics service
- Neurosurgery
- Cardiology with 24 hr cath and STEMI code paging system
- Active EMS
- Air transport via Wellmont owned helicopter
- CAT scan in ER/MRI available
Work Load
- Average 2 – 2.5 patients per practitioner per hour
- Holston Valley Medical Center
- 41 hours of physician coverage + 24 hours of midlevel coverage in the main ER with 32,000 volume per year
- 19 hours of physician coverage + 24 hours of midlevel coverage in the Ambulatory Service Area with a 48,000 volume per year
- Bristol Regional Medical Center
- 47 hours of physician coverage + 24 hours of midlevel coverage
- 70,000 volume per year
- 150,000 combined volume per year
Job Qualifications
- Successful completion of Emergency Medicine Residency
- Board eligible/Board certified in Emergency Medicine