Emergency Medicine Physician

Provide safe, high-quality patient care as a full-time emergency medicine physician at Jackson Purchase Medical Center in Mayfield, Kentucky. Candidate must be boarded in emergency medicine, family medicine or internal medicine. ACLS, ATLS, and PALS required. For more than 40 years, our history and national footprint in emergency medicine allows us to achieve the highest standards in care, informed by decades of evidence-based data. To that end, we've created robust risk management programs to help our clinicians feel confident in their work. At TeamHealth, our purpose is to perfect the practice of medicine, every day, in everything we do. Join a community of thousands of emergency medicine professionals to share and shape best practices. We harness a nationwide collection of tools, clinical resources and collective knowledge for our emergency medicine clinicians who provide the best for their patients.

Job Benefits
- Flexible schedule - Independent contractor status - Paid malpractice insurance with tail coverage - Medium acuity level - Competitive pay rate - Association with a leading physician practice in the U.S. - Access to professional development tools,

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Beautiful Kentucky town

Community Description
Located in the western portion of Kentucky, just 20 minutes from the beautiful Land Between the Lakes, Mayfield is a family-focused community that's home to a 23-acre soccer complex, public and private pools, community park systems and libraries and a YMCA. The recent addition of the $35,000,000 Luther F Carson Center for the Performing Arts brings Broadway productions to the region. The nearby city of Paducah has an abundance of events, festivals, antique shops, art galleries, museums, good shopping and a beautiful Historic Riverfront. Outdoor recreation abounds in Graves County, with numerous golf courses, biking, hiking and horseback riding trails. Many of these are located in the Land Between the Lakes (LBL), the second largest area of forested public land east of the Mississippi River. LBL features 300 miles of shoreline, 170,000 acres of forest and 200 miles of trails for biking, hiking, wildlife viewing and camping. There are 26 lake access areas with boat ramps, five courtesy docks, four fishing piers, and six beaches. LBL facilities include a nature center, a living history farm, planetarium and observatory, a horseback riding campground, public horse stable and an off-road vehicle area.

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Quality care, close to home

Facility Description
Jackson Purchase Medical Center is a 107-bed facility providing comprehensive care to the greater western Kentucky region. The facility features an Accredited Chest Pain Center, Emergency Medicine, a New Beginnings Birthing Center, Diabetes Care, a Critical Care Unit, Cardiopulmonary Services and more. Jackson Purchase is a LifePoint Health Quality Affiliate committed to transforming and improving its culture of safety and providing the highest quality care.