Emergency Medicine APP; Physician Assistant​/Nurse Practitioner

Highlands Medical Center is a non‑profit arm of Jackson County Health Care Authority (JCHCA). They are the only hospital in Jackson County serving approximately 54,000 residents.

• Trauma Designation:
  Level III
• 170 licensed beds
• 92 staffed beds; including 10 specialty care

• Imaging
• Surgery
• OB-GYN
• Therapy
• Sleep Lab

18,000

• ED Beds: 16
• ED Admission Rate: 9.4%
• Staffing Model:
  • 24‑hour Physician, 12‑hour APP
• EMR:
  Meditech
• Qualifications:
  
  BC/BE EM, BC FM/IM with ED experience

When you get ready to play, it’s all here in Scottsboro, Alabama. Hunting, fishing, golfing, hiking, boating, skiing, sailing, spelunking, camping, biking, and swimming are just minutes away from your front door. The marinas, boat launches and parks in Scottsboro offer the boater or fisher plenty of places to launch their boats. Lake Guntersville provides a peaceful setting for a leisure cruise or to set sail.

Bass fishing is at its finest on the lake, known as one of the top bass fishing lakes in the country.

At USACS, you will have the opportunity to practice compassionate, attentive, and quality care with a group that invests in your growth, while valuing and rewarding your expertise.

Our Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners work side by side with our Physicians as clinical colleagues, with support through their own local, regional, and national APP leadership. That’s because, as the country’s leading Physician‑owned acute care group, we understand how important it is to be supported in leadership by your APP colleagues to focus on what’s important: quality patient care.

$33,000 Incentive Units after 2 years of employment and completion of the USACS APP Academy

Industry‑leading, practice‑funded 401(k)

$2,500 annual tax‑free CME/BEA ($4,500 during your first year with USACS)

Groundbreaking 100% paid parental leave for all new parents

Pioneering paid leave for deployments

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and Rx coverage

Short- and long‑term disability (own occupation)

Unmatched medical malpractice, including tail and free litigation support. USACS malpractice claims are less than 1/2 the national average!

Careers nationwide, from New York to Hawaii. Internal USACS STAT Traveling Physicians.

National Clinical Governance Board (NCGB) of internally elected USACS Physicians.

Evidence‑based Clinical Management Tools (CMTs) and experienced Physicians available 24/7/365 to assist you.

Dedicated Clinician Advocates for a personalized concierge‑style service and the USACS Annual Assembly, open for all Clinicians to attend.

Scholars (leadership training), Efficiency Academy, plus more.

US Acute Care Solutions provides acute care to health care systems across the U.S. We’re Physician owned and outcome oriented. We seek the best talent to staff clinical teams delivering hospital management solutions.