Emergency Medicine Physician
Springfield, MA, 01101, USA
- Healthcare
- emergency medicine
- physician
- community hospital
An Emergency Medicine Physician will provide acute care in a community hospital emergency department, working day and night shifts with oversight responsibilities for advanced practice providers. The role involves rapid response to emergencies, coordination with specialists, and ability to manage high patient volumes in a 44-bed ED with supporting services like radiology and laboratory available 24/7. Credentialing takes approximately four weeks, and the position requires availability for on-call response within 30 minutes.
Location: Community Hospital Massachusetts
Start Date: July 1, 2025
Shifts: 8 12 shifts/month; Day and Night shifts available (Nights prioritized for July start)
July 1: 11p 8a
July 3, 5, 12: 7p 7a
Ongoing coverage beginning June 2025, with consistent shifts/month starting in July.
Facility Highlights:Annual Volume: 55,000
ED Beds: 44
Trauma Level: None (Community Hospital)
Fast Track: Yes staffed by APPs (handles 40% of ED volume)
EMR: Epic
ED Group: 11 physicians (5 departing open shifts)
Supervision Required: Yes oversight of APPs
ED Responds to House Codes: Yes (ED team manages airway)
Admission Orders Written By: Hospitalists
On-Call Response Time Requirement: 30 minutes or less
Deliveries: Sent directly to Labor & Delivery
Transfers: To a regional referral facility minutes away
Radiology (CT, MRI, X-ray)
Laboratory and AABB-certified blood bank
Operating Room and Anesthesia
Specialists: Radiology, Critical Care, Cardiology, Pulmonology, GI, Neurology, Urology, Hematology/Oncology, Psychiatry
Estimated Credentialing Timeframe: 4 weeks
Travel: Covered




