Emergency Medicine

As an Echo Locum Tenens clinician, you have the freedom to choose what assignments you cover. You will also receive competitive pay with related travel and lodging provided, malpractice insurance with tail coverage and full-service support staff, which includes credentialing, logistics, payroll and licensing assistance.

Ascension Via Christi Hospital , Manhattan, KS   

• Hospital Beds: 94 (staffed)
• ICU Beds: 24
• Cath Labs: 1
• Trauma Designation: None
• ED Volume: 24,000
• Stroke Center Classification: None
• ED Beds: 18
• Fast Track: No
• EMR: Meditech Magic (POE only)
• Documentation: Paper T-Sheet
• Total Admission 16%
• Pediatric 5%
• Floor Codes: EM physicians attend floor codes

EM Physician Procedures

Airway Management (Intubation)

• Conscious Sedation (Physicians use Propofol)
• Central Lines
• Chest Tube

Back Up

• General Surgery
• Internal Medicine
• Anesthesiology
• Hospital Medicine Program
• Cardiology (Diagnostic only)
• Nephrology (In-House Dialysis)
• Pulmonology
• Critical Care
• Neurology
• Ophthalmology (not on call schedule but one in the community is very helpful)
• OB/GYN
• Pediatrics
• Orthopedics
• GI
• Credentialing Requirements

• BE/BC Emergency Medicine (ABEM, ABOEM), BC FP with experience

For more information or to apply, contact Michelle Hargrove | mhargrove@soundphysicians.com |214-605-8186