Emergency Medicine Opportunity in Albany, New York!

FACILITY INFORMATION

Albany Memorial Hospital, part of St. Peter’s Health Partners, is celebrating 150 years as a healing presence in the Capital Region. Awards and accolades include accreditation as a Chest Pain Center by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care, for the second time; Designated Stroke Center by the New York State Department of Health; Center for Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine accreditation; and is the recipient of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s ‘Get With The Guidelines (GWTG)’ – Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award.

Hospital Profile

• 30-bed community hospital with ambulatory surgical services
• Renovated, state-of-the-art-facility
• 24/7 Hospitalist service covers Medical/Surgical/Tele Unit and responds to in-house codes
• Top notch radiology program is well staffed, has Tele-radiography for cases after hours, and PAC for digital radiology viewing
• Wound Care Center, hand rehabilitation

Emergency Department Profile

• 40,000 annual volume
• Broad community pathology that includes minor trauma and moderate medical acuity
• 20 room ED with hard wired monitors and 8 bed fast-track
• 27 hours per day of physician coverage
• 28 hours per day of APP coverage
• 24 hours per day of scribe coverage
• 5.3% admission rate. Higher Acuity patients are transferred to tertiary centers in town including St. Peter's Hospital
• Meditech EMR moving to EPIC July 2020
• Able to work at all 3 St. Peter's Health Partners Emergency Departments
• Academic affiliation with Albany Medical Center provides rotations for fourth year medical students and PA students affording academic involvement and adjunct faculty appointments for interested EM physicians
• Active EMS program provides medical direction for 9 local squads and conducts ACLS training.

COMMUNITY INFORMATION

Albany, NY is among the best-kept secrets in the Northeast. This picturesque region is located at the convergence of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, and is a short drive from the Adirondack, Berkshire and Heldeberg Mountains. Residents enjoy abundant local culture including museums and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Tanglewood - the summer home for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops - is only an hour away. The amenities of NYC, Boston and Montreal are also within a 2½ - 3½ hour drive. Forbes Magazine lists Albany as one of “America’s Best Places for Business and Careers” in 2018, and U.S. News & World Report ranks Albany as one of its “Best Places to Live” in the nation for 2018.

Sports and recreation abound in this thriving community that also boasts the region’s most desirable suburbs and schools. Emergency Physicians ski for free at Windham Mountain, about 1-hour south of Albany. Several outstanding colleges and universities are located in the Capital District area. The new beautiful Albany International Airport is close by and offers direct connections to all major hubs.