Physician (Emergency Medicine)

Defense Health Agency; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Physician specializing in Emergency Medicine at Joint Base San Antonio. The role involves comprehensive adult care, including diagnosing and treating a wide range of conditions. This position offers competitive compensation, medical benefits, and opportunities for professional development in a vibrant community known for its military ties and quality of life.

Benefits

Competitive Compensation Packages

Paid Time Off

Medical Benefits

Student Loan Repayments

Retirement Package

Qualifications

• Must have completed an approved Emergency Medicine residency.
• Must hold and maintain a full, unrestricted medical license.
• Maintain current certifications in BLS, ACLS, and PALS.

Responsibilities

• Provide all aspects of emergency medicine care.
• Perform invasive and noninvasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Direct the operation of Emergency Medical Services.

Skills

Emergency Medicine

Patient Care

Clinical Supervision

Diagnosis

Surgical Procedures

Education

Emergency Medicine Residency

Board Certification

Tools

BLS

ACLS

PALS

Job description

Overview

Physician (Emergency Medicine) Joint Base San Antonio

Time to invest in some new footwear because if you’re San Antonio-bound, you’d bettershow up in boots! The Alamo City is one of the military’s most envied postings and is often referred to as “Military City USA”. Low cost of living, affordable homes, and the lack of state tax on retirement income are a few financial perks to living and retiring in this Texas city. A robust job market that seems partial to government and defense/security contracting ensures employment opportunities for spouses or transitioning service members. San Antonio is the country’s seventh fastest growing city yet has somehow managed to retain a “small town feel.” Quality schools and friendly locals (most with military ties) are additional perks to living in San Antonio.

Some things you should know before you get here: trucks are the norm (the bigger, the better), love for The Spurs (NBA) runs deep, the H-E-B obsession is real (it’s a grocery store), rodeos are life, and don’t call it “San Antone”—that’s just wrong. The community boasts a vibrant Hispanic population, and enhances everything from the food, to the music, to community events. You don’t necessarily need to speak Spanish to get around, but you’d better know how to say barbacoa, tamales, and cascarones.

Name brand shopping (IKEA is the latest arrival of note), restaurants, and all variety of entertainment all add to San Antonio’s quality of life. SeaWorld, the San Antonio Zoo, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, and downtown museums are all fun outings for kids and families. Tube or kayak down a river, play or fish in the lakes, or relax by San Antonio’s famous downtown River Walk. Museums, art galleries, and historical landmarks—remember The Alamo?—round out San Antonio’s cultural offerings. Tex-mex cuisine arguably originated here, and some up and coming culinary trendsetters are making a name for themselves in the Pearl District downtown, alongside several notable breweries.

San Antonio has over 300 days of sunshine with some hot summers, mild winters and pleasant spring and fall seasons. San Antonio is in Bexar County (it’s pronounced “BEAR”) in south central Texas, and is just south of the gorgeous Hill Country. It’s only about two hours from Austin, the beach, or the desert.

Working for the Department of Defense comes with an abundance of benefits and perks to include competitive compensation packages, paid-time off, medical benefits, student loan repayments, and retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions.

Responsibilities

Purpose of Position and Organizational Location:
The primary purpose of this position is to provide all aspects of emergency medicine care in accordance with guidelines established by the American College of Physicians at a Military Treatment Facility (MTF).

Organizational Location: Family Emergency Clinic, 59 Medical Operations Squadron, 59 Medical Operations Group, 59 Medical Wing, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

Organizational Goals or Objectives:
Provide advanced comprehensive adult care encompassing a wide range of patient cases from wellness checks to those with the most complex, acute, and chronic diseases.

Perform a full range of emergency medicine services, including diagnosing and treating diseases and injuries. Provide care and clinical supervision for a variety of patient presentations, ages, and conditions, including emergent, urgent, and nonurgent complaints. Evaluate, examine, diagnose, and treat medical, pediatric, psychiatric, obstetric, surgical, and traumatic disorders. Perform invasive and noninvasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including lifesaving cardiac surgery and lesser procedures. Provide all services identified in the current Model of Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine as promulgated by specialty societies. Symptoms of presenting patients are often subtle, overlapping, or indicative of multiple conditions, requiring ingenuity in diagnosis and treatment planning.

Facilitate patient access to ongoing medical care through appropriate referrals and operate within hospital policies and regulations. Render consultative opinions to other healthcare providers. Maintain health and clinical records according to current standards. Direct the operation of Emergency Medical Services, including physicians, nurses, paramedics, paraprofessionals, administrative, and ambulance personnel. Responsible for the administration and teaching of emergency medical care to residents, interns, and other medical personnel in the ED.

Participate in activities that advance emergency medicine knowledge, join professional associations, and share clinical information with colleagues and trainees. Engage in continuing medical education, implement performance improvement processes, and participate in clinical research, advising residents on their research efforts.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Conditions of Employment & Notes:

1. This position is part of the 59 MDW Employee Health Program and the TB Surveillance Examination Program.
2. Must have completed an approved Emergency Medicine residency acceptable to the USAF Surgeon General and be board eligible/certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) or American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine.
3. Must hold and maintain a full, unrestricted medical license and meet credentialing requirements of the 59 MDW, JCAHO, HQ AETC, and HQ USAF.
4. Maintain current certifications in BLS, ACLS, and PALS.
5. This position is designated under the Air Force Drug Testing Plan and may be subject to random drug testing.
6. Travel by military or commercial aircraft may be required for temporary duty assignments.
7. This position may involve regular contact with children, requiring a State Criminal History Repository check.
8. This is a drug testing designated position with potential for random drug testing.

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