What are the responsibilities and job description for the Emergency Medicine Physician position at Sound Physicians?
Transform patient care and the community as an Emergency Medicine Physician in Tucumcari, New Mexico.
Our mission in Columbus is to provide “better” in every sense—better healthcare, better teamwork, and a lasting impact on the community we proudly serve. Ready to grow your career in a place that values community and collaboration? Let’s talk.
Local Team Collaboration
Our mission in Columbus is to provide “better” in every sense—better healthcare, better teamwork, and a lasting impact on the community we proudly serve. Ready to grow your career in a place that values community and collaboration? Let’s talk.
Local Team Collaboration
- We take pride in our new partnership with an existing practice of 8 physicians and a practice coordinator at Presbyterian Dr. Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital.
- Work alongside a diverse group of professionals with backgrounds from all over the world. We are an integral part of our hospital community and a valued strategic partner, maintaining great relationships with hospital leadership and other physician groups.
- Our team actively participates in committees and leadership roles to support quality and process improvement.
- Outside of work, we come together for social events to celebrate special occasions and share common interests like food and sports.
- Board-certified/eligible in Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or General Surgery.
- ACLS, PALS, moderate sedation exam, required for non-ABEM/ABOEM physicians.
- ATLS required.
- Caselogs, including intubations, in the previous 12 months.
- Authorized to work in the United States.
- 24-hour or 48-hour shifts.
- Advanced scheduling 90 days out to plan for travel.
- Hourly rate includes cost for travel.
- Rapid Assessment and Stabilization of Patients
- Initiate life-saving interventions (airway management, resuscitation, IV access, medications, etc.) and decide which patients can be treated locally versus transferred. EM Physicians admin and round on inpatients on weekends.
- Provide immediate stabilization for critically ill or injured patients, often with limited resources.
- Coordination of Transfers and Consultations
- Identify patients requiring higher levels of care (e.g., trauma, cardiac, stroke, or complex medical conditions).
- Arrange safe and timely transfer to tertiary care centers, including communicating with EMS, regional hospitals, and specialists
- Broad Clinical Scope and Resource Management
- Manage a wide variety of medical, surgical, obstetric, and pediatric emergencies due to the limited on-site specialty coverage
- Tucumcari is a quiet, close-knit community with a population under 6,000. It has a nostalgic feel, famous for its vintage motels, neon signs, and murals along historic Route 66, attracting travelers and history enthusiasts.
- Dr. Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital has a dedicated sleep room for the physicians. They also provide all meals while working.
- Traveling to Tucumcari, NM: Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (AMA) in Amarillo, TX, roughly a 2-hour drive. The airport has regular service through Southwest, American Airlines, and United Airlines
- Rewarding compensation structure .