Critical Care/Trauma Physician

Company: CommonSpirit Health
Location: Tacoma
Posted on: April 28, 2025

Job Description:

Overview
In 2020, united in a commitment to deliver the highest quality care and exceptional patient experience, Virginia Mason and CHI Franciscan Health came together as natural partners to build a new health system centered around the patient: Virginia Mason Franciscan Health . Our combined system builds upon the scale and expertise of our nearly 300 sites of care including 10 hospitals and nearly 5000 physicians and providers. Together we are empowered to make an even greater impact on the health and well-being of our communities.
Responsibilities
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in Washington State is recruiting for an experienced Intensivist to join our regional team. We are looking for physicians who thrive in a highly collaborative environment, have a passion for resident and staff education, and have an interest in quality improvement. Virginia Mason Franciscan Health's Critical Care and Intensive Care units are fully equipped and ready to take care of our community's most seriously ill patients as they begin their road to recovery. Our staff are specially trained to care for the most complex conditions. Patients who visit us include those who have just completed complex surgeries, such as open-heart surgery or vascular procedures, or those who have suffered multiple injuries. These units provide 24-hour monitoring by critical care nurses trained to meet the high demands of this special patient care. Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has eight critical and intensive care units located throughout Washington state, including:

• St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma
• St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way
• St. Clare Hospital in Lakewood
• St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor
• St. Elizabeth Hospital in Enumclaw
• St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale
• St. Anne Hospital in Burien
• Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities will include direct patient care and involvement in unit operations. Positions are available to work at a single site or at multiple sites. The successful candidate will have a genuine desire to be part of a collaborative, quality driven team with a commitment to providing evidence-based care to the patients we serve.
  • Provide hospital-based critical care, as the attending physician or as a subspecialty consultant as requested by members of the medical staff
  • Medical management of patients with advanced cardiopulmonary disease, including patients requiring mechanical circulatory support and ECMO, with some limited cross-coverage on cardiothoracic surgery patients
  • Primary admitting service for neurocritical care patients, with cross-coverage on neurointerventional patients
  • Supervise internal medicine house staff caring for patients on our medical, surgical and neurointensive care services
  • Work collaboratively with critical care advanced practice providers
  • Combination of in-house and Virtual ICU duties if also Pulmonary-trained.
    Qualifications
    
    • Graduate of a four-year accredited U.S. Medical School or the equivalent.
    • Satisfactory completion of an accredited residency in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Anesthesia and fellowship training in Critical Care Medicine.
    • ABA or ABIM Board-Certified/Board-Eligible in Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine
    • Ability to obtain a medical professional license in the State of WA
    • Ability to obtain a DEA with full prescriptive authority needed for specific practice
    • Authorized to work in the United States. We are not offering Visa support assistance for this position.
    • Current ACLS certification
      Pay Range
      $182.69 - $226.00 /hour

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