Requirements & Benefits

Physician Requirements:

• BC/BE in Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, or Internal Medicine
• Current ATLS, ACLS, and PALS for non-BC-EM physicians
• Current unrestricted Louisiana state medical license and DEA

Physician Benefits:

• Partnership opportunities for full-time physicians
• Competitive hourly rates
• Independent Contractor status
• "A" rated professional liability insurance

Facility Information

Founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1969, Pointe Coupee General Hospital is a Joint Commission accredited critical access hospital that provides quality general medical and healthcare services. Pointe Coupee General is recognized by CMS as a National Top 10% hospital. Pointe Coupee General Hospital is a 25-bed critical access hospital that provides services for New Roads, Louisiana.

• 13-bed ED Dept
• Annual ED volume of 11,200
• Single physician coverage
• 12-hour shifts with shifts from 6a-6p and 6p-6a
• EMR is CMR

Community Information

Serving Pointe Coupee Health Services District No. 1, Pointe Coupee General Hospital is located in New Roads, Louisiana. Pointe Coupee Parish is best known for its agriculture, recreation, and tourism industries. Pointe Coupee is the top pecan-producing parish in the state with some of the best quality nuts grown anywhere. Located across the street from Pointe Coupee General Hospital, False River, designated as a Trophy Bass Lake, has held the state record for the largest bass caught although all water sports are enjoyed here. Pointe Coupee Parish is also blessed with Old River, a smaller oxbow-shaped lake with great fishing opportunities.

Company Information

About Professional Emergency Physician Associates (PEPA)

Headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, PEPA is a leading provider of emergency medicine and emergency department management services, across Louisiana. With a history of exceptional quality and clinical leadership excellence backed by comprehensive national support, our clinical operations currently include 7 hospitals, supported by 85 emergency medicine physicians, 55 advanced practice providers, and 70 scribes that, in aggregate, care for more than 175,000 patients annually. PEPA’s partner group proprietary customer analytics platform seamlessly interfaces with each hospital’s IT platform. Allowing to capture critical service quality and departmental efficiency metrics, our industrial engineers and data scientists work with clinical leadership to validates and ensure local service quality and consistent patient experience within each customers’ emergency department. In addition, PEPA’s unique physician equity partnership opportunity provides alignment with our national relationship and local quality benchmarks, helping to synergize the local clinical leaders, hospitals, and communities we serve.

Candidates considering a career within the Professional Emergency Physician Associates (PEPA) family of facilities and affiliated partners will find a variety of community types (from rural locations to major urban areas), practice settings (small critical access and free-standing hospitals to major academic health systems and trauma centers).