Full-Time EM APP opportunity in Houston, Texas

NES Health seeks a Full-Time Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join our practice at Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center located in Houston, Texas. 

About the Hospital 

• 473 Bed Veteran’s Affairs Hospital 
• EPIC EMR 

Coverage includes:? 

• Radiology during the day and telerad at night? 
• Interventional Radiology?? 
• Psychiatry?? 
• Anesthesiology?? 
• Ultrasound?? 
• Hospitalist? 
• ENT? 
• Cardiology? 
• Neurology?? 
• ICU (9 Critical Care, 9 MICU, and 15 SICU beds) 
• Teaching Hospital? 

About the Program and Hours 

• 30 Bed ED (16 main beds, 8 hallway beds, 6 fast track beds) 
• 48,000 Annual ED visits 
• 25% admission rate from the ED 
• NES Health only staffs weekday nights, weekends (days and nights), and holidays (days and nights) 
• 12-hours Physician shifts (nights, weekends, and holidays) 
• 8-hour APP shifts (nights, weekends, and holidays in the Fast Track) 

Qualifications 

• Any Active State license in the state or ability to attain unrestricted state license 
• Candidate Must be PA or FNP/ANP BE/BC 
• BLS, and ACLS 

About the Community  

Houston is a large metropolis in Texas, extending to Galveston Bay. It’s closely linked with the Space Center Houston, the coastal visitor center at NASA’s astronaut training and flight control complex. The city’s relatively compact Downtown includes the Theater District, home to the renowned Houston Grand Opera, and the Historic District, with 19th-century architecture and upscale restaurants. 

NES Health, Transforming Patient Care, Together. 

Physician owned and managed for almost 50 years, NES Health works relentlessly to attract and retain outstanding clinical talent, nurturing our providers with support and resources that foster professional success. 

The Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center is the largest VA hospital in the US, and is located in downtown Houston.  The Emergency Room treats an average of 2400 patients per month, with double and triple coverage during peak hours.  NES provides coverage during nights, weekends and holidays for the Emergency Room and Fast Track.

NES Health offers competitive compensation, comprehensive malpractice insurance and flexible scheduling as an independent contractor.

For over 38 years, NES Health has provided the finest patient care resulting from a culture of accountability and high performance. Our partnerships with hospitals in the United States is vast and growing in many areas of the care spectrum, with Emergency Department Management, a specialty.