Physician, eICU, Miami, FL, Per Diem

Baptist Health is the region's largest not-for-profit healthcare organization, with 12 hospitals, over 29,000 employees, 4,500 physicians and 200 outpatient centers, urgent care facilities and physician practices across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach counties. With internationally renowned centers of excellence in cancer, cardiovascular care, orthopedics and sports medicine, and neurosciences, Baptist Health is supported by philanthropy and driven by its faith-based mission of medical excellence. For 26 years, we've been named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, and in the 2025-2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital Rankings, Baptist Health was the most awarded healthcare system in South Florida, earning 63 high-performing honors.

What truly sets us apart is our people. At Baptist Health, we create personal connections with our colleagues that go beyond the workplace, and we form meaningful relationships with patients and their families that extend beyond delivering care. Many of us have walked in our patients' shoes ourselves and that shared experience fuels our commitment to compassion and quality. Our culture is rooted in purpose, and every team member plays a part in making a positive impact – because when it comes to caring for people, we're all in.

At Baptist Health, we're committed to supporting our employees at every stage of their journey, both personally and professionally. Our approach is rooted in a "grow our own" philosophy, designed to help our team members build meaningful, long-term careers with us, supported by benefits that make a real difference, including:

• Career growth and development opportunities, with clear pathways and ongoing support
• Comprehensive health and wellness resources that go beyond traditional benefits
• A wellness program that can help employees eliminate their medical plan deductible, reducing out-of-pocket healthcare costs
• Tuition reimbursement to support continued learning and advancement
• And so much more

Together, these benefits and others reflect our commitment to caring for our people, so they can build fulfilling careers with us while making a meaningful impact every day.

Description:

The eICU physician is expected to provide continuous vigilance, early intervention and ongoing care with the goal of decreasing ICU related morbidity and mortality. The eICU physician is expected to exercise the highest level of medical and communications expertise to optimize the quality of ICU care. The eICU physician provides remote Critical Care Physician services to all ICU patients in coordination with the bedside physicians and nurses. This includes the management of clinically unstable patients who require ventilators, high risk vasopressors, sedation and paralytic medications and remote direction of Code Blue and near Code Blue events. The eICU physician serves as the immediately available Medical Physician for the BHSF Transfer Center to provide physician input, support for the Transfer Center nurses and patient management as needed for any patient transfers coordinated by the Transfer Center.

Qualifications:

Degrees:

• Doctor of Medicine / DO.

Licenses & Certifications:

• Drug Enforcement Administration.
• Medical Doctor.
• Basic Life Support.
• Osteopathic Physician.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support.

Additional Qualifications:

• Current active federal Drug Enforcement Agency license.
• At least 3 years experience in critical care (>30% of practice).
• Demonstrate activity in medical professional organizations focusing on the care of critically ill patients (membership, meeting attendance, committee activity, leadership, other).
• High level computer skills.
• Good communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work under stress and handle complex problems in multiple patients simultaneously.
• Credentialing must be obtained by application to the BHSF Credentialing Verification Services (CVS) for eICU delineation of privileges at all BHSF facilities.
• The BHSF contract must be signed and Board approved prior to employment.
• BLS/ACLS certification.
• Board certified either in (a) critical care medicine or anesthesiology, or (b) internal medicine with subspecialty certification in pulmonology, cardiology, or nephrology.
• BLS Basic Life Support requirement based on departmental needs.

Minimum Required Experience:
5 Years

EOE, including disability/vets