At US Acute Care Solutions, Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners have the opportunity to practice quality care with a group that invests in your growth. As the nation's premier physician-owned acute care group, we provide comprehensive APP leadership support at local, regional, and national levels, enabling you to concentrate on what truly matters: quality patient care.
About Valley Baptist Medical Center
- ED Volume: 46,000
- Trauma Designation: Level I
- ED Beds: 36
- ED Admission Rate: 24%
- Staffing Model: 40 hour physician coverage
- Scribe coverage optional, not provided
- Provides emergency cardiac catheterization and stroke neuro-endovascular care
- Cardiac Center of Excellence
- Documentation: Cerner FirstNet with Dynadoc
- Provides emergency cardiac catheterization
- ED physicians operate with an efficient "split-flow" ED process and enjoy a simple "one call" system for admissions and transfers
- APPs practice independently in the ED, meaning physicians have no APP charts to sign
- Valley Baptist Medical Center has served South Texas with a faith-based mission for nearly 100 years.
- 586-bed teaching hospital
- Lead trauma center in the region
- Only hospital in the area offering comprehensive stroke services, including advanced endovascular neurology procedures
- VBMC's expanded relationship with the Veterans Administration allows veterans to stay in the Valley, rather than travel to San Antonio, for most of their health care needs.
Benefits
Financial Benefits:
- Industry-leading 10% company funded 401(k)
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and Rx coverage
- Short- and long-term disability (own occupation)
- Annual CME/BEA (Business Expense Account)
- Medical Malpractice with tail and litigation support
- Pioneering Paid Military Leave
- Groundbreaking 100% Paid Parental Leave
Intangible Benefits:
- Location flexibility and career stability of a national group
- National Clinical Governance Board (NCGB) of internally elected clinicians
- Clinical Management Tools (CMTs)
- 24/7/365 live physician support
- USACS Orientation and Assemblies
- Professional Development Programs including: Scholars (Leadership Training), Efficiency Academy, and Engagement & Experience Academy
The Area
Harlingen, TX, is located just 30 miles from the Texas Gulf Coast and the popular beaches of South Padre Island. Harlingen is renowned for its larger-than-life-size murals that brighten the streets of downtown Harlingen and decorate the walls inside local businesses. Picturesque, palm-lined Jackson Street has served as Harlingen's "main street" for more than a century. In addition to birding, hunting, and fishing, outdoor activities include world-class golf at local country clubs and public golf courses - including but not limited to two 18-hole championship courses at Rancho Viejo Resort and a picturesque 18 hole course along the Laguna Madre Bay at the South Padre Island Golf Club.