Emergency Medicine Physician
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Job Description
- Job Id: Y-MD-3448631
- Profession: Physician
- Specialty: Emergency Medicine
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: La Grange, KY
- Service Setting: Hospital
- Coverage Type: Clinical Only
- Coverage Period: Nov 23, 2026 – May 24, 2027
- Clinical Shift Schedule: Nights
- Travel, Lodging, and Malpractice Insurance: Covered
Patient Information
Patient Volume/Census: 14,000 annually
Facility Information
- No. of Beds in Department: 14
- EMR System: Epic with Dax Copilot
Specialty Backup Available: All subspecialties except FERN, ophthalmology, ENT, PEDs, Neurosurgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Dialysis
Privileges & Compliance
Job Requirements
- Licenses: Active Kentucky Medical License
- Board: Board Certified ABEM or AOBEM
- DEA: Kentucky DEA
- Experience: 2 years of recent Emergency Medicine experience
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide emergency medicine coverage for 24-hour physician coverage
- Supervise APC coverage for 8 hours, 6 days per week
- Manage annual patient volume of 14,000 in a 14-bed ED
- Utilize Epic with Dax Copilot for documentation
- Collaborate with subspecialty backup services
Key Responsibilities
Provide 24-hour emergency medicine coverage and manage an annual patient volume of 14,000 in a 14-bed department. Supervise APC coverage for 8 hours, 6 days per week while utilizing Epic and Dax Copilot for documentation.
Requirements
Requires an active Kentucky medical license, Kentucky DEA, and board certification in ABEM or AOBEM. Candidates must have at least 2 years of recent emergency medicine experience.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 45 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 87% have no call, 64% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in La Grange
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $359k
- Typical market rent
- $1,963/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 26 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 93.1
- State income tax
- Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.