Job Postings

Emergency Medicine - Manchester, New Hampshire

The Department of Emergency Medicine at Elliot Hospital is growing and seeking additional board certified/board eligible Emergency Medicine trained physicians. There is an opportunity for Physicians interested in full-time, part-time or moonlighting positions.

Elliot Hospital is a 295-bed, JCAHO-accredited acute care facility and Level II Trauma Center. In addition to the main Emergency Department at Elliot Hospital, the department also staffs the pediatric emergency department at New Hampshire’s Hospital for Children as well as Elliot’s Urgent Care Centers in Londonderry and the Elliot at River’s Edge in Manchester where they see a combined volume of over 90,000 visits annually.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a premier group of 28 physicians and 21 mid-level providers dedicated to caring, quality patient care for the adult and pediatric patients they see. Elliot offers an outstanding compensation and benefits package as well as sign-on bonus potential.

Elliot Health System invites you to explore the rich heritage, breathtaking beauty and four-season attractions of (tax-free) New Hampshire’s beautiful Seacoast, Lakes Region and the panoramic White Mountains as well as Boston, Massachusetts.

For additional information, please contact Molly Alderson at 800-678-7858 x64507 or malderson@elliotphysicianjobs.org

Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orange Bracelet Program
Information, the required paperwork and orange plastic DNR Bracelets are available by contacting the NHACEP Office. NHACEP has been involved with this program for many years enabling patients who have signed DNR’s to have them acknowledged and if Emergency Medical Services are called to make sure comfort care is provided. These bracelets are distributed to visiting nurse agencies, hospice agencies and primary care physicians. They are not given to individuals.

The bracelets are intended for terminally ill patients in the home or nursing home setting who have less than 6 months’ life expectancy. They have a hand raised in the stop signal to alert emergency medical providers that the patient wishes to have comfort care measures only, and that the patient wishes for no heroic efforts. The bracelets are intended to be a step beyond the Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare — a visible sign that states the patient’s wishes.

Scholarships offered by NHACEP
NHACEP is offering two scholarships to show its support for quality medical education. All the necessary information to apply is below. Good luck!

Nursing Scholarship
Sponsored by the New Hampshire Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians
to show its support for quality education in nursing studies in New Hampshire.
Amount: $500.00 award

Criteria for application:

• You must be enrolled in a fully accredited New Hampshire degree program as a nursing student full-time or part-time (six or more credit hours per semester)
• NH resident for 3 years
• High school or current(freshman) transcript
• Two letters of recommendation
• Active class participation
• Completed application

Due date: June 1st preceding the academic year requested

Please send to:
Joy Potter
NHACEP
7 North State St.
Concord, NH 03301 
Download Nursing Scholarship Application here (Word)

Paramedic Scholarship
Sponsored by the New Hampshire Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians to show its support for quality education in paramedic studies and pre-hospital education in New Hampshire.
Amount: $500.00 award

Criteria for application:

• You must be enrolled in a fully accredited New Hampshire Associates degree program as a paramedic student full-time or part-time (six or more credit hours per semester)
• NH resident for 3 year (military service excepted)
• Grade point average of 3.2 or higher (enclose transcript)
• Two letters of recommendation
• Active class participation, exhibiting compassion, respect, leadership and solid interpersonal skills
• Completed application

Due date: April 15th preceding the academic year requested

Please send to:
Joy Potter
NHACEP
7 North State St.
Concord, NH 03301
Download Paramedic Application here (Word)

Educational Opportunities
LLSA

Nov. 3, 2011

Concord

Emergency Medicine Action Fund Announced

New grassroots effort aims to influence health care reform’s regulatory implementation.

By Nancy Calaway

ACEP Communications Manager

With changes in the health care system already underway, a new initiative is looking to positively impact the regulations that will be written and implemented under this sweeping reform.

The Emergency Medicine Action Fund, launched by ACEP in February, will pool contributions from individual emergency physicians and groups, chapters, and anyone else interested in advancing emergency care to provide financial support for advocacy activities in the regulatory arena.

“This is probably the most important, defining moment for emergency medicine in our lifetime,” said ACEP President Dr. Sandra Schneider. “The decisions that are made now will set the course for us for years to come and we must positively influence the regulatory agenda. This Action Fund will help us do that and create a practice environment we can thrive in.”

The Emergency Medicine Action Fund will pursue a regulatory agenda that supports emergency physicians and quality emergency care.  For example, evolving practice models and demonstration projects, such as accountable care organizations and bundled payments, are two areas of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act where the Action Fund might be able to wield some influence.

“We need to be out there with the rule writers, working to ensure that emergency medicine’s perspective is valued,” said Dr. Angela Gardner, ACEP Past President who first proposed a national grassroots initiative focused on federal regulatory affairs. “It is critical that we be involved in these decisions regarding the formation of the future of health care delivery. This is our opportunity to be part of it.”

The following organizations have been invited to designate representatives to the initial Board of Governors – American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM), Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM), American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP), Emergency Department Practice Management Association (EDPMA), Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA), and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM).

One of the unique features of the Emergency Medicine Action Fund is that chapters can band together to form coalitions that would be eligible to have a seat on the Board of Governors.  Or chapters can organize individuals and groups in their states for collective representation. The first 10 groups of contributors at $100,000 will be granted seats on the Action Fund’s Board of Governors.

“We are encouraging chapters and small to mid-sized groups to combine their resources,” Dr. Schneider said. “This is intended to be an inclusive effort, and everyone’s contributions are needed.”

The Emergency Medicine Action Fund is modeled on a successful initiative sponsored by CAL/ACEP, CAL/AAEM, EDPMA, and rural emergency physicians in California that has raised several million dollars for state advocacy since 2004.

Wes Fields, chair of the California Emergency Medicine Advocacy Fund, said their program doubled the size of the CAL/ACEP advocacy staff, increased the number of lobbyists and consultants, and engaged in legal activities related to physician payment practices.  He has been appointed by Dr. Schneider as the founding chair of the new national Action Fund.

“I view this as the best form of free speech on behalf of emergency physicians and our patients,” Dr. Fields said. “It is not partisan. It is not political.

“The rule writers and the policy makers will hear emergency medicine speaking with one voice, with one set of goals, one approach,” he added. “We need wide and deep support, even from those who are not members of the College.”

CEP America, the nation’s largest emergency medical partnership, will be the inaugural donor to the Emergency Medicine Action Fund, pledging $100,000.

Activities planned by the Emergency Medicine Action Fund are intended to enable participants to make contributions that would be tax-deductible business expenses (tax deductibility can be determined only by participants’ tax advisors).

NEMPAC, the National Emergency Medicine Political Action Committee of the ACEP, gives contributions to candidates who have listened to the needs of emergency medicine and made a positive change. However, NEMPAC may be used only to support candidates.

The Action Fund can enhance regulatory advocacy with policy makers to ensure emergency physicians receive fair payment for their services. It can also fund numerous meetings with regulators to help guarantee that patients receive the best care, and provide funding for studies to demonstrate the value of emergency medicine.

“With the new Congressional session upon us, it is as important as ever to be active on both the legislative and regulatory fronts,” Dr. Schneider said. “We will depend on all of these funds to make our case. This will be the year we ask everyone to dig a little deeper. In these challenging times, we need contributions to both the Action Fund and NEMPAC.”

Find out more about the Emergency Medicine Action Fund at www.acep.org/EMActionFund.