Emergency Medicine Medical Director
Join the next generation of physician leaders!
Adventist Health of Bakersfield, a 254-bed hospital in Kern County, is a health system devoted to serving and building a healthier community by investing in people, innovation, and technology. Adventist Health has invested more than 200 million dollars in facilities, technology, and services to expand in the community. As the only A-rated hospital in the county with numerous awards for Clinical Excellence With 3000 dedicated healthcare professionals, AHB is taking its mission to every corner of the county.
- 78,000 volume ED
- 32-bed ED (22 main, 10 South): state-of-the-art patient rooms complete with the latest life-saving technology
- Ambulatory and helipad facilities for receiving patients throughout the county
- Zoll AutoPulse machines to provide safe and efficient CPR
- 50 daily hours of physician coverage
- 60 hours of APP coverage
- Scribes
- Cerner EMR
- Excellent Independent contractor compensation range, $450-$500k + $50k commencement and liability/malpractice coverage provided
- Physicians must be EM-trained and Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Location and Lifestyle
This ideal location offers the best of both worlds: Affordable living and proximity to Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, and the Sierra Nevada mountains. The location is highly desirable for home buyers due to affordability and low cost of living while offering close access to Central California wine country, central valley, beach communities, and all the amenities in Los Angeles. Enjoy a variety of restaurants, shopping, and a diverse economy with many locally owned businesses. Furthermore, enjoy access to many options for recreational fun: skiing, hiking, camping, fly fishing, white water rafting. If you are looking for an excellent hospital to practice in, a focus on quality and manageable workloads, top-notch hospital leadership with integrity, competitive compensation, a path to partnership, great benefits, and abundant support, this is your job in California.
Success Happens When you Start With your People
Do you have big ideas and even bigger ambitions? We are looking for an emergency medicine physician passionate about embracing innovation. Sound Physicians brings leadership, organization, technology, and process to confront the pain points that every emergency department must contend with today including reducing avoidable readmissions, managing patients who make frequent ED visits, implementing efficient workflows, and a commitment to delivering a positive clinician and patient experience.
- Commitment to our front-line clinicians
- Contributions are valued and rewarded
- Clinician-specific performance feedback
Hospital emergency departments have become the source of the majority of hospital admissions, so continually striving to improve outcomes in the emergency department is key to a hospital’s success. To always improve patient care and experience, our processes streamline transitions from the emergency department to inpatient admissions. Clinical integration between emergency medicine and hospital medicine teams is imperative. Using our proven processes, our clinical teams align to streamline inter-department handoffs and improve clinical performance and patient experience.
When you join Sound, you join an organization that strives to be the unmatched leader in improving quality and reducing the cost of healthcare in the communities we serve. You will feel empowered to be creative and utilize your leadership skills to problem-solve and drive improvement.