EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN

Your Profile: 
As an Emergency Room (ER) physician, you provide medical care to patients who visit the Emergency Room, as well as contribute to the management and administration of the ER department. You have broad interests and a willingness to work in a small team to perform your duties in a broad sense. For this position, we are seeking a physician who is willing to actively contribute to the daily operation of our hospital and enthusiastically participates in the improvements and developments for the future of our growing organization.

What we offer:
We offer you a full-time position in an open and professional organization. You will work in a dynamic team and will be offered many opportunities for growth and development within our hospital. 

Requirements:

• Registered as a Doctor with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree;
• Certification in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS);
• A specialty in Emergency Medicine and/or wide experience in emergency care;
• Patient-centered with a great bedside manner and a high level of flexibility;
• Ambitious and willing to ensure continuity and quality of care;
• Good command of the English language. The ability to speak and understand Dutch, Spanish, or French is considered a plus.

Tasks:

• Examines, diagnoses and treats patients, if necessary using information and data from other medical disciplines and in coordination and consultation with medical specialists and other care providers;
• Writes treatment plans and records relevant data; 
• Coordinates multidisciplinary patient care;
• Prescribes and administers medication, provides information to patients and performs medical procedures;
• Performs rounds, assesses the health status and stability of the patient in relation to the treatment plan and adjusts the plan if necessary.
• Contributes to the development and execution of quality management by developing protocols and procedures in cooperation with other medical specialists.

SMMC External Vacancy: ER Physician PDF

Interested?
For more information, contact the Head of our Medical Staff Bureau Ms. Hester Versleyen via medicalstaffbureau@smmc.sx or +1 (721) 543-1111 ext 2503 or 2512. Your motivation letter and resume can be submitted to the Medical Staff Bureau via medicalstaffbureau@smmc.sx

About our hospital:
St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) is an ambitious and growing hospital organization in St. Maarten. With more than 420 FTEs, 28 Specialties, and a capacity of 80 beds, we continuously strive to ensure safe, quality health care. Our primary service area of St. Maarten, Statia, and Saba, represents a total population of approximately 60.000
people, constituting a multi-cultural mix with more than 100 different nationalities. In addition, we also offer healthcare services to two million visitors annually.

SMMC has started the construction of the new St. Maarten General Hospital (SMGH) to expand its services to accommodate the increased care demand of the people of St. Maarten, its visitors, and neighboring islands. The new hospital is planned to be operational in 2026.