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Emergency Department Employment

Sites

  • Danville Emergency Department

  • Brownsburg Emergency Department

Practice Description

  • A community-appropriate mix of adult and pediatric patients

  • Outstanding relationship with our Nursing, Ancillary Staff, and Hospital Administration

  • High medical acuity, less than 1% LWBS rate

  • ED / ED Physicians' Press Ganey rating at 95-99th percentile for 2021.

  • Certified Primary Stroke Hospital, Pre-Hospital TeleStroke Program

  • Chest Pain Center, Cardiac Cath lab on weekdays

  • ED Staffed with trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) nurses at both sites.

  • Multiple specialties including General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatric and AdultHospitalists, Infectious Disease, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Urology, Gastroenterology, OB/GYN, and Cardiology

  • Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Intensivists in-house at the main campus 24/7

  • Special Care Nursery at the main campus

  • Community Paramedic Program

  • Palliative Care Program at main campus

  • Excellent Radiology coverage with MRI, CT, and Ultrasound. Many procedures available(Paracentesis, Thoracentesis, LP) if requested. All studies during day hours reviewed in real-time by our Radiologists. Tele-radiology used for after hours/overnight imaging

  • Excellent Respiratory Therapy coverage with state of the art equipment, ventilators, CPAP/BiPAP,Vapotherm, Video Airway Devices

Education

  • Ongoing relationship with Marian University-College of Osteopathic Medicine. Opportunity to have 3rd/4th year medical students rotate with physicians.

  • Director of Medical Education for the hospital is an Emergency Physician.

  • Opportunities for EMS education through our Hospital's EMT and paramedic training programs.

Electronic Medical Record

  • EPIC at both sites

  • Dragon Dictation at both sites

Workload / Shifts

  • Work-life/Life-Work balance and family commitment are essential to our group culture.

  • Physicians: 8, 9, & 12-hour shifts. Split ~50% at each site. Shift requests are due 3 months in advance. We all work an equal share of holidays, weekends, and nights (unless more nights are requested).

  • Physician Assistants: 5, 10, & 14-hour shifts. Danville and Brownsburg ED. We all work an equal share of holidays, weekends, and evenings—no overnight shifts.

  • Dedicated Nocturnists at both sites.

  • Average 1.3-1.5 patients per hour.

  • Excellent, collegial relationship between our Physician Assistants and our Physicians.

  • Team attitude & work ethic.

Hospitals

Hendricks Regional Health Danville Hospital

  • 170 inpatient beds, 12 bed ICU, Pediatric Unit, Stroke Unit, Special Care Nursery

  • ED has 26 beds (6 fast track beds, 3 critical care beds). 2 patient decontamination shower in building, mass decontamination unit in ambulance bay (can do 20 patients at a time). In the department CT scan, radiology room, and ultrasound. Bedside ultrasound is available. Constructed in 2004. It is state of the art and has had at least 4 other EDs built on its design. CT scanner is 64 slice scanner. MRI in hospital 3 Tesla. Helicopter pad outside ED.

Hendricks Regional Health Brownsburg Hospital

  • 6 inpatient beds

  • ED has 12 beds (2 critical care beds). There is also a 4-bed observation unit in the ED. The facility opened in January 2018.

  • CT scan, radiology, ultrasound, and MRI are available.

  • Helicopter pad outside ED.

History and Indianapolis Area

  • Physician and Physician Assistant longevity

  • Providing Emergency Medical Care at Hendricks Regional Health since 1993

  • Independent Democratic Group 1993 - October 2020.

  • Hospital Employed November 1, 2020 - Present at Hendricks Regional Health

  • Great community with top-rated schools. Many of our staff live on the North and West sides of Indianapolis. Hendricks County is one of Indiana's fastest-growing counties.

  • Very low cost of living

  • Favorable Indiana legal environment with peer Medical Review Panel process.

Dr. Nossett standing next to medical truck at Indianapolis 500 race

Dr. Nossett serves as a track physician at the annual Indianapolis 500 race

EMS

  • HRH is an EMS training facility for EMTs and Paramedics

  • Two physicians provide EMS medical direction

  • Hendricks Regional Health serves as sponsoring Medical Control Hospital for multiple Fire/EMSagencies in Hendricks, Morgan, and Boone counties, including Brownsburg, Avon, Plainfield, Danville, Liberty, Mooresville, Pittsboro, Lizton, and North Salem.

  • We also provide EMS Medical Direction to Hendricks County 911 Communication Center and Hendricks County Tactical EMS Teams.

Stroke Care

  • HRH has Primary Stroke Center certification.

  • We have a state-of-the-art Pre-Hospital TeleStroke Program that allows the assessment of patients remotely via secure mobile technology.

Certified_Primary_Stroke_Care

Cardiac Care