Pulmonology - Critical Care Physician

Emcareers; Loveland (CO); On-site; USD 220,000 - 331,000; Full time

Job summary

Emcareers seeks Pulmonary Critical Care Physicians for ongoing locum coverage across multiple Colorado hospitals. This high-acuity inpatient role spans Level I–III trauma facilities with about 30 shifts per month, 12-hour blocks, and each physician assigned to a single facility per shift.

Responsibilities include ICU rounding, ventilation management, bronchoscopy, chest tube and central line placements, and invasive/noninvasive support.

Qualifications

• Pulmonary Critical Care Physician with ICU management experience.
• Recent Level I trauma experience required.
• Ability to independently manage critically ill ICU patients.
• Proficiency with pulmonary procedures and Epic EMR.

Responsibilities

• Inpatient Pulmonary/Critical Care management and ICU rounding.
• Mechanical ventilation management and invasive procedures.
• Bronchoscopy, BAL, thoracentesis, and line placements as needed.
• Work across Level I–III trauma facilities.

Skills

Pulmonary Critical Care

ICU management

Level I trauma experience

Independent ICU management

Education

Pulmonary Critical Care board certification

Tools

Epic EMR

Job description

We are seeking Pulmonary Critical Care Physicians for ongoing locum coverage across multiple hospitals in Colorado. This is a high-acuity inpatient opportunity covering Level I, II, and III Trauma facilities, with approximately 30 shifts per month.

Assignment Details

• Pulmonary Critical Care / Intensivist coverage
• Each physician is assigned to only one facility per 12-hour shift
• Maximum of 7 consecutive coverage days

Schedule

• Day coverage: 7:00 AM 7:00 PM
• Day shifts include inpatient rounding
• Night coverage varies by location:

• Level I Trauma site: 7:00 PM 7:00 AM in-house
• Level II Trauma site: 7:00 PM 7:00 AM offsite pager call
• Level III Trauma site: 7:00 PM 7:00 AM offsite pager call

Practice Setting

• Inpatient Pulmonary Critical Care
• Level I, II, and III Trauma hospitals
• 48 ICU beds listed
• Epic EMR
• Onsite laboratory and X-ray

Clinical Responsibilities

• Inpatient Pulmonary and Critical Care management
• ICU rounding and management
• Mechanical ventilation management
• Invasive ventilation, including ETT/NT/tracheostomy
• Non-invasive ventilation, including BiPAP/CPAP
• Diagnostic bronchoscopy
• Bronchoscopy with BAL
• Chest tube insertion
• Central line insertion
• Arterial line insertion
• Thoracentesis
• Therapeutic bronchoscopy with foreign-body extraction

Critical Care Responsibilities

Physicians should be comfortable managing high-acuity medical ICU patients, including:

• Cardiac arrest/failure
• Respiratory arrest/failure
• Sepsis
• Metabolic disorders
• Renal failure
• Overdose/poisoning
• Other critically ill medical patients
• Pre- and postoperative surgical patients, including general, vascular, orthopedic, neurological, and cardiovascular/thoracic cases

Additional preferred procedures include PA catheter insertion, dialysis catheter placement, diagnostic/therapeutic taps, lumbar puncture, and paracentesis.

Team Structure

• Approximately 20 Pulmonologists in the group
• Approximately 10 APPs in the group
• Other Pulmonologists are onsite with the locum at the Level I and Level II locations
• No other Pulmonologist is onsite with the locum at the Level III location

Requirements

• Pulmonary Critical Care Physician
• Recent Level I Trauma experience required
• Must be comfortable independently managing ICU patients
• Critical Care/Intensivist experience required
• Proficiency with required pulmonary and Critical Care procedures
• Epic experience required

Ideal Candidate

A Pulmonary Critical Care physician with recent Level I Trauma experience who is comfortable managing high-acuity ICU patients and independently performing advanced pulmonary and Critical Care procedures. Physicians with strong Epic experience and the flexibility to rotate among multiple Colorado facilities are particularly desired.