Emergency Medicine Job In Paducah, Kentucky
Emergency Medicine Physician in Paducah, Kentucky
Company:
TeamHealth
Profession/Specialty:
Emergency Medicine
Location:
2501 Kentucky Ave
Paducah, Kentucky 42003
Paducah, Kentucky 42003
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With easy access to Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee, you'll love calling Paducah home. We are actively seeking emergency medicine (EM) physicians to join our team at Baptist Health Paducah on a full-time basis. Are you the right candidate for this role? Apply today!
- Excellent compensation model with enhanced sign-on bonus or student loan repayment program
- Historic, walkable downtown area
- Leadership and growth opportunities for career development
- Stability of a respected industry leader
EOE
- Annual volume is 37,500
- 36 hours of physician coverage
- 24 hours of advanced practice clinician (APC) coverage
- Clinician sees 2.1 patients per hour
- EMR is EPIC
- Admission rate is 22%
- Excellent compensation model with enhanced sign-on bonus or student loan repayment program
- Historic, walkable downtown area
- Leadership and growth opportunities for career development
- Stability of a respected industry leader
Community Information
Paducah serves as the micropolitan hub for more than 60,000 residents of western Kentucky. It is the largest city in the region located on the confluence of the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers. This revitalized city offers daytime charm with the tree-lined brick streets of the Historic Downtown that transforms to a vibrant nightlife scene with live music and engaging events such as theatre, visual art, and the Paducah Symphony Orchestra. This area boasts two large recreational lakes, numerous golf courses, an abundance of shopping and more. Blending a rich history with outstanding schools and neighborhoods, Paducah is an excellent place to call home!
About TeamHealth Baptist Health Paducah
Baptist Health Paducah is a regional medical and referral center, serving about 200,000 patients a year from four states. The hospital provides a full range of services, including cardiac and cancer care, diagnostic imaging, women’s and children’s services, surgery, emergency treatment, rehabilitation, transitional care, weight management and wound care. The main campus covers eight square blocks, plus off-site outpatient rehab, occupational medicine, primary care, school clinics, imaging and lab. Overall, Baptist Hospital Paducah offers 20 points of care to make healthcare more convenient for area residents.
Baptist Health Paducah has about 2,000 employees, making it one of the region’s largest employers; and about 260 physicians representing more than 40 medical specialties. The Baptist Health Foundation Paducah supports needed services, facilities and other areas of growth. The hospital opened in 1953 as Western Baptist Hospital and changed its name in early 2013, along with other facilities in Baptist Health, one of the largest not-for-profit healthcare systems in Kentucky.
The hospital has earned Pathway to Excellence designation for excellence in nursing services by the American Nursing Credentialing Center