UP Health System-Portage, part of regional UP Health System in Hancock, Michigan (UP, the gateway to the Keweenaw Peninsula) is growing with the addition of an employed, full time BC/BE Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to strengthen our established team. Those who are currently practicing or are currently in training can be considered.
Position Detail:
• Single specialty, Emergency Medicine
• Full-time, 15 shifts per month, 11:00 am to 9:00 pm, every other weekend
• 5 employed physicians
• ACS verified Level III trauma center
• Emergency Physician provides basic admission orders for hospitalists 5 pm -7a
• Psych patients are handled by a 24-hour on-call Psych counselor/ social worker (no inpatient psych unit)
• Rapid triage system, 3-5 minutes
• Meditech EMR
• Digital radiology
• Additional ancillary services on site: Lab, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Cardio-Pulmonary Rehab
• 11 ED beds, including 8 private rooms (one behavioral health), and a 3 bay trauma room