Bon Secours Southside Medical Center

  • 200 Medical Park Boulevard | Petersburg, VA 23805
  • | Bon Secours Southside Medical Center

Hospital

  • 300-bed acute care hospital
  • Medical center offers the latest technology in all major specialties
  • Trauma level III 
  • Primary Stroke Center 
  • STEMI Receiving Center 
  • CT Scanners
  • 2 digital Xray
  • 3 MRI
  • 24/7 in-house coverage for hospitalist, anesthesiology, radiology, tele-Interpreters
  • On-Call 24/7: trauma surgery, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, thoracic surgery, etc

Emergency Department

  • ED Volume: 46,000
  • ED Beds: 42
  • Staffing Model:
    • 8-10 hour physician shifts
    • 8-12 hour APP shifts
  • EMR: Epic
  • 6-10% of the ED population is pediatrics
  • 15-22% admission rate (combined true hospital admits and observation admits)
  • USACS hospitalists admit 80% of the admitted patients in the hospital
  • Two Sonosite machines in ED
  • GlideScope with pediatric/adult blades and flexible fiberoptic scope attachment
  • Ultrasound-guided IVs and splints done by RNs and techs
 

Hospitalist Services

  • Average Daily Encounters: 126
  • Some procedures required
  • Open ICU
  • EMR: Epic
  • 7 days on/off block scheduling
  • The hospitalist team includes 6 full-time physicians, 6 full-time APPs, 2 full-time nocturnists
  • Three physicians, 3 APPs round at a time, overnight in-house nocturnist is responsible for admissions, codes, rapid responses, tele-nocturnist covers floor pages

Benefits

Financial Benefits

  • Equity ownership for all full-time physicians
  • 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
  • Student loan refinancing as low as 2.99%

Intangible Benefits

  • Location flexibility and career stability of a national group
  • National Clinical Governance Board (NCGB) of internally elected clinicians
  • Clinical Management Tools (CMTs)
  • Center for Emergency Medical Education (CEME)
  • 24/7/365 live physician support
  • USACS Orientation and Assemblies
  • Professional Development Programs including:
    • Scholars (Leadership Training)
    • Efficiency Academy
    • Engagement & Experience Academy
  • Internal USACS traveling physicians

Community

The city of Petersburg, VA, located just 21 miles south of the historic capital city of Richmond, has a population of 33,000 and an affordable cost of living. Located between the historic and beautiful Appomattox and James rivers offering endless outdoor opportunities such as whitewater rafting, canoeing, fishing, boating and kayaking.

The Petersburg area boasts some of Virginia’s finest golf and is just minutes away from Virginia’s largest state park, Pocahontas.

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