Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant

At US Acute Care Solutions, Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners have the opportunity to practice quality care with a group that invests in your growth. As the nation's premier physician-owned acute care group, we provide comprehensive APP leadership support at local, regional, and national levels, enabling you to concentrate on what truly matters: quality patient care.

About Valley Baptist Medical Center

• ED Volume: 46,000
• Trauma Designation: Level I
• ED Beds: 36
• ED Admission Rate: 24%
• Staffing Model: 40 hour physician coverage
• Scribe coverage optional, not provided
• Provides emergency cardiac catheterization and stroke neuro-endovascular care
• Cardiac Center of Excellence
• Documentation: Cerner FirstNet with Dynadoc
• Provides emergency cardiac catheterization
• ED physicians operate with an efficient "split-flow" ED process and enjoy a simple "one call" system for admissions and transfers
• APPs practice independently in the ED, meaning physicians have no APP charts to sign
• Valley Baptist Medical Center has served South Texas with a faith-based mission for nearly 100 years.
• 586-bed teaching hospital
• Lead trauma center in the region
• Only hospital in the area offering comprehensive stroke services, including advanced endovascular neurology procedures
• VBMC's expanded relationship with the Veterans Administration allows veterans to stay in the Valley, rather than travel to San Antonio, for most of their health care needs.

Benefits

Financial Benefits:

• Industry-leading 10% company funded 401(k)
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and Rx coverage
• Short- and long-term disability (own occupation)
• Annual CME/BEA (Business Expense Account)
• Medical Malpractice with tail and litigation support
• Pioneering Paid Military Leave
• Groundbreaking 100% Paid Parental Leave

Intangible Benefits:

• Location flexibility and career stability of a national group
• National Clinical Governance Board (NCGB) of internally elected clinicians
• Clinical Management Tools (CMTs)
• 24/7/365 live physician support
• USACS Orientation and Assemblies
• Professional Development Programs including: Scholars (Leadership Training), Efficiency Academy, and Engagement & Experience Academy

The Area

Harlingen, TX, is located just 30 miles from the Texas Gulf Coast and the popular beaches of South Padre Island. Harlingen is renowned for its larger-than-life-size murals that brighten the streets of downtown Harlingen and decorate the walls inside local businesses. Picturesque, palm-lined Jackson Street has served as Harlingen's "main street" for more than a century. In addition to birding, hunting, and fishing, outdoor activities include world-class golf at local country clubs and public golf courses - including but not limited to two 18-hole championship courses at Rancho Viejo Resort and a picturesque 18 hole course along the Laguna Madre Bay at the South Padre Island Golf Club.