Physician / Cardiology / Pennsylvania / Locum Tenens / Internal Medicine-Cardiology Locum job in West Reading, PA Job
ProLocums,LLC
West Reading, PA, 19611, USA
West Reading, PA, 19611, USA
- Healthcare
- Internship
- locum tenens cardiology
- cardiology job Pennsylvania
- inpatient cardiology rounds
This locum tenens cardiology position involves weekend inpatient rounding and consults in a large hospital in Pennsylvania, averaging 10-20 patient encounters per shift. Responsibilities include reading echos, stresses, and ECGs, with 24-hour pager call coverage from Saturday morning to Sunday evening. The role supports adult patients exclusively, with a response time expectation for calls within 15 minutes and collaboration with nursing and advanced practice staff.
2 Locums. Saturday and Sunday rounding , pager call 24 hours from 800 Saturday to 800 Sunday. Expectation commonly 10-20 patients seeing both follow up and consults rarely extending to 25 total encounters. Echos, stresses and ecgs reading split among 2 Locums.Saturday/Sunday 24 hoursWhat support staff is available -RNs, APPsAge of patients -18+ (no PEDs)Inpatient /Outpatient -Inpatient/HospitalRoundingYesAverage Number of Admissions per shift -10-20 consults per shift (mix of follow and consults).Beds in the Department700+ of beds in hospital (rounding in multiple depts/floors)Admissions RequiredYes (1 or less weekly. Predominently consult service.)Call will be for assigned, unassigned, or both assigned and unassigned patientsAssigned (Fellow takes 1st Call)Call response time required? 15 min? 20 min?15 mins call back. 30 mins for hospital return.Call Ratio Call Back %Less than 10%Average Phone consults0-3 per shiftAverage patients seen while on call0-1 per shift




