Emergency Medicine Physician Job at Mad River Community Hospital in Arcata, CA

Mad River Community Hospital is looking for 1-2 Emergency Medicine professionals to complete the team.   Prefer ER training but open to an FP with heavy ER experience.   The volume is about 35-45 patients per 24-hour period  with the bulk coming during the day.   Shifts are 12 hours.   Most providers do 10-16 shifts a month.  

Compensation based on experience, housing and health insurance stipend is negotiable.      

  More details about the hospital and community:

Humboldt County Northern California Redwood Coast

The friendly university city of Arcata, CA is home to Mad River Community Hospital, a privately owned hospital nestled between the redwoods and the Pacific Ocean, just minutes away from a river, bay, beaches and forests. Arcata is an open-minded and welcoming small city, valuing diversity, culture, art, entrepreneurship, and the protection of its beautiful natural environment. Arcata is just 80 miles south of the Oregon border and 275 miles north of San Francisco, known for clean ocean air, moderate temperatures and beautiful landscapes with giant redwoods, flowing rivers and farmlands.

Our Community

Humboldt County is home to a vibrant community and culture, with beautifully preserved Victorian-era historic towns and more artists per capita than any other county in California. Arcata offers a mild climate year-round, with many amenities of larger cities but with a small-town feel and strong sense of community. Our community is rich in the arts: music, theater, and dance performances, art galleries, and hand-crafted woodwork, textiles, and visual artwork in all mediums.

Arcata is just minutes away from pristine mountains, clean, uncrowded Pacific beaches and six mountain-fed rivers. There are endless outdoor adventures: cycling, fishing, kayaking, rafting, rock climbing, agate hunting, beachcombing, camping, hiking, backpacking, surfing, golfing and more.  With more old-growth redwoods and stretches of undeveloped coast than anywhere else in California, Humboldt County easily earns its rank among the top US destinations and one of the most beautiful counties in the U.S.

Arcata is known for a variety of locally owned specialty farm-to-table cafes and restaurants, serving exquisite, award-winning foods, wines, microbrews, and spirits, many of which are also available in our local markets. Community farms sell their fresh organic produce and flowers at the weekly farmer s market, where you can also find many more locally made goods and sundries.

Arcata is home to California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt - one of only three Polytechnic universities in California. Cal Poly Humboldt offers bachelors, masters and credential programs in an extensive variety of disciplines, including a STEM program. Our K-12 school system is outstanding and offers options of public, charter, and private schools that provide a variety of programs and initiatives for youth of all ages.

The local airport is serviced by United Airlines/Skywest and Avelo Airlines, with daily flights to major airport hubs in California and Colorado.

With all this going for it, it s easy to see why so many call the North Coast home!

Mad River Community Hospital: A Unique Acute Care Facility

Mad River Community Hospital is locally owned, independently operated, and committed to providing the best care for our patients. Our hospital is in a class by itself in its horizontal approach to management, with few layers between staff and executive leadership. We believe in Work-Life integration for all individuals. We are dedicated to the community we serve.

Our hospital is a Level IV ER trauma center, an award-winning Level 1 Birth Center, and operates several outpatient clinics, including: surgery, orthopedic, occupational health, pain management, wound care, four primary care clinics, and three physical therapy/sports rehabilitation clinics in Arcata, McKinleyville, and Willow Creek. Mad River Home Health Care provides a wide range of services throughout the community and county. We are proud to boast a 2-acre on-site farm that provides our cafeteria with fresh, pesticide-free produce for serving patients and staff.

Mad River Community Hospital offers a friendly, family-oriented and welcoming workplace with excellent benefits. Come join our family of dedicated professional staff, where you can take pride in being a part of an exceptional team!        

Mad River Community Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Mad River Community Hospital provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Mad River Community Hospital complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.