ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM

JOB DESCRIPTION

TITLE: SCMG Physician – Acute Care and Trauma Surgery

REPORTS TO POSITION:  SCMG Chief Medical Officer, Director of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery, Trauma Medical Director

DEPARTMENT:  St. Charles Trauma & Acute Care Surgical Services

DATE LAST REVIEWED:  April 4, 2022

OUR VISION: Creating America’s healthiest community, together

OUR MISSION: In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value

OUR VALUES: Accountability, Caring and Teamwork

DEPARTMENTAL SUMMARY: St. Charles Trauma & Acute Care Surgical Services currently employs surgeons board certified in surgical critical care with varying levels of experience as well as physician assistants and nurse practitioners. The current full-time commitment includes 156 clinical shifts. Surgeons are expected to comply with all Oregon State Trauma program requirements and expected to actively participate in quality improvement projects and community outreach education.

POSITION OVERVIEW: Surgeon is responsible for providing medical, surgical treatment, and follow up for patients treated with severe and life-threatening traumatic injuries, critical illness or emergency general surgery conditions. Surgeon will work with providers in other specialties, as needed, to stabilize and treat patients. Surgeon assesses and manages patients following established standards and practices.

Work schedule: Varied shift work in the hospital and in clinics that equates to 156 shifts per year for full time.

Shifts are comprised of day shifts and night shifts in the hospital or a day shift in the clinic. Currently, a hospital day shift is 7am-7pm and a hospital night shift is 6pm-7am providing an hour of overlap. Clinic shift hours vary with patient volume demands but do not exceed 8 am to 8 pm.

Back-up shifts, either day or night in the hospital follow the same hours but are only reimbursed and counted toward the annual shift requirement if the surgeon is called in and works more than 6 hours. A surge shift occurs when the surgeon is called in and works less than six hours, which does not count toward the annual shift requirement.

Call expectation: Primary night call and back up call is evenly distributed and typically includes 2-4 primary night shifts per month.

Work location: St. Charles Bend, Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Clinic

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES: (May perform additional duties of similar complexity within SCHS as required or assigned)

Clinical Duties:

• Examines, diagnoses, and surgically treats critically injured patients and patients with emergency general surgery conditions.
• May perform emergency procedures including endotracheal tube intubation, tube thoracostomy, resuscitative thoracotomy, pericardiocentesis, ultrasonographic evaluation, peritoneal lavage, and massive transfusion.
• Performs patient examinations, obtains and records pertinent medical history, subjective, and objective
• findings.
• Orders and interprets appropriate laboratory, imaging, and other diagnostic procedures. Interprets and integrates data to determine diagnosis, and therapeutic plan.
• Administers and prescribes medications in compliance with state law and practice guidelines.
• Orders and performs appropriate medical and surgical procedures in accordance with State law and practice guidelines.
• Instructs patient and family regarding medications and treatments.
• Educates patients regarding health, illness and injury prevention, and healing. Recommends community resources to meet patient and family needs.
• Maintains and reviews patient records, charts, and other pertinent information, documenting clearly and concisely.
• Triages patient telephone calls, providing consultation as needed.
• Communicates effectively with colleagues, patients, physicians, and administration. Maintains quality of clinical practice by selecting appropriate avenues for professional growth. Maintains CME requirements and certifications per trauma center and State requirements.
• Participates in and supports quality and performance improvement activities; identifies areas and functions where patients, staff, and physicians need information.
• Medical performance issues will be directed to the medical director of the service.
• May perform additional duties of similar complexity within the organization, as required or assigned.

Non-Clinical Responsibilities:

• Acts as a leader and supports departmental goals and the vision, mission and values of the St. Charles Health System in all respects.
• Provides customer service in a manner that promotes goodwill, is timely, efficient and accurate.
• Creates a healing environment that supports all aspects of care, respects the wholeness of the individual, and demonstrates therapeutic presence through attitudes and behaviors that enhance the safety and care experience for patients, caregivers and guests.
• Supports Value Improvement Practice (VIP- Lean) principles of continuous improvement with energy and enthusiasm, functioning as a champion of change; Contribute as necessary to assist in policy formation for the organization.
• Participates in creating intentional relationships and puts a high level of focus on attitudes and behaviors that enhance the care experience.
• Is familiar with the organization structure, communications systems and billing process, completing billing and coding documentation within time assigned.