Emergency Medicine Physician

Sound Physicians is seeking a PRN Emergency Medicine Physician to join their team in Tucumcari, New Mexico. This role involves transforming patient care and contributing to the community within a physician-founded and led medical group. The position emphasizes clinical judgment, professional growth, and making a tangible difference in patient outcomes.

Practice Info

• 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 from all over the world.
• Team actively participates in committees and leadership roles to support quality and process improvement.
• Accountable, on-site leadership with a local medical director.
• Stable, well-staffed teams aligned on a patient-first culture of excellence.
• Dedicated sleep room for physicians and all meals provided while working at Dr. Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital.

Responsibilities

• Initiate life-saving interventions (airway management, resuscitation, IV access, medications, etc.) and decide which patients can be treated locally versus transferred.
• Provide immediate stabilization for critically ill or injured patients, often with limited resources.
• Administer and round on inpatients on weekends.
• 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.
• Manage a wide variety of medical, surgical, obstetric, and pediatric emergencies due to the limited on-site specialty coverage.

Compensation

• Rewarding compensation structure.
• Hourly rate includes the cost for travel.

Benefits

• Dedicated sleep room for the physicians.
• All meals provided while working.

Shift & Schedule

• 24-hour or 48-hour shifts.
• Advanced scheduling 90 days out to plan for travel.

Requirements

• 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.
• No visa sponsorship available.