Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant

At US Acute Care Solutions, Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners have the opportunity to practice quality care with a group that invests in your growth. As the nation's premier physician-owned acute care group, we provide comprehensive APP leadership support at local, regional, and national levels, enabling you to concentrate on what truly matters : quality patient care.

About Valley Baptist Medical Center

• ED Volume : 46,000
• Trauma Designation : Level I
• ED Beds : 36
• ED Admission Rate : 24%
• Staffing Model : 40 hour physician coverage
• Scribe coverage optional, not provided
• Provides emergency cardiac catheterization and stroke neuro-endovascular care
• Cardiac Center of Excellence
• Documentation : Cerner FirstNet with Dynadoc
• Provides emergency cardiac catheterization
• ED physicians operate with an efficient "split-flow" ED process and enjoy a simple "one call" system for admissions and transfers
• APPs practice independently in the ED, meaning physicians have no APP charts to sign
• Valley Baptist Medical Center has served South Texas with a faith-based mission for nearly 100 years.
• 586-bed teaching hospital
• Lead trauma center in the region
• Only hospital in the area offering comprehensive stroke services, including advanced endovascular neurology procedures
• VBMC's expanded relationship with the Veterans Administration allows veterans to stay in the Valley, rather than travel to San Antonio, for most of their health care needs.

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The Area

Harlingen, TX, is located just 30 miles from the Texas Gulf Coast and the popular beaches of South Padre Island. Harlingen is renowned for its larger-than-life-size murals that brighten the streets of downtown Harlingen and decorate the walls inside local businesses. Picturesque, palm-lined Jackson Street has served as Harlingen's "main street" for more than a century. In addition to birding, hunting, and fishing, outdoor activities include world-class golf at local country clubs and public golf courses - including but not limited to two 18-hole championship courses at Rancho Viejo Resort and a picturesque 18 hole course along the Laguna Madre Bay at the South Padre Island Golf Club.