Core Responsibilities

• Immediate Assessment: Quickly triage and assess arriving patients of all ages to identify critical or unstable conditions.
• Resuscitation & Stabilization: Perform life-saving procedures, manage trauma, and stabilize patients suffering from heart attacks, strokes, severe bleeding, or respiratory failure.
• Diagnostics & Treatment: Order and interpret diagnostic tests (such as blood work, X-rays, CT scans, and EKGs) to form rapid clinical decisions.
• Care Coordination: Determine whether to admit patients to the hospital/ICU, discharge them with instructions, or transfer them to a specialist or another facility.

Standards of Behavior  

William Newton Hospital’s Standards of Behavior allow a mechanism for holding each employee accountable and encourages us to "raise the bar". 

All employees are expected to familiarize themselves with the Standards and practice them daily.

i - Integrity

We act with unwavering moral principle, transparency, and sincerity in every interaction.

P - Patient-Centered

We meet patients where they are, ensuring the are active participants in their care journey. We prioritize the patient's physical and emotional well-being over all else.

A - Accountability

We own our actions. We set clear expectations and hold all team members to the same high standards.

C - Compassion

We treat every patient, family member, and colleague with kindness, empathy, and dignity.

E - Excellence

We approach every task, large or small, with enthusiasm. We continually pursue mastery and best practices in our field.

 Requirements and Qualifications

• Education: Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree.
• Training: Completion of an accredited 3- to 4-year emergency medicine residency program.
• Licensure & Certification: Active state medical license and board certification or eligibility through the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) or American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM).
• Skills: High-pressure decision-making, rapid stress management, strong communication, and teamwork.

Benefits

Paid Time Off - PTO

PTO is an employee benefit for full time and part time employees to use for a vacation, holiday, illness, or to meet personal and family needs. PTO allows the employee to utilize paid time off in a manner that best suits their individual needs. PTO is earned based on employment status, hours worked and length of service. Eligibility to use PTO occurs after completion of ninety days of employment. WNH's PTO benefit also includes an annual sell back option. The amount of hours an employee may sell back is based on the individual's length of service.

Earned Illness Benefit - EIB

EIB is a benefit available to regular full time employees to help protect income that may be lost due to illness, injury or hospitalization of the employee. EIB begins accruing from date of hire and can be used after the completion of ninety days of employment.

Education

Education programs, on the WNH campus, are offered to all employees and physicians free of charge. Most programs provide CNE and/or CME credit. Off-site education is available to employees, however approval must be obtained prior to attendance. Independent study is also offered through the education department free of charge.

Health Insurance

WNH offers three comprehensive major medical to full and part time employees. Employees receive a Summary of Benefits and Coverage at time of hire and annually thereafter. Legal Notice click here: Medicare Part D Notice

The Department of Health and Human Services’, Transparency in Coverage Rule, requires health plans to create a member-facing price comparison tool and post publicly available machine-readable files. These files must be updated monthly and include in-network negotiated payment rates and historical out-of-network charges for covered items and services, including prescription drugs. The purpose of this Rule is to help you know the cost of your healthcare before receiving the care. 

Employee Discounts

Employee discounts are given to those eligible employees and their dependents who use our facility for their healthcare needs. After any health insurance has paid, 100% of the remaining charges are covered up to $750 per individual or $1,500 per family per calendar year. Drugs and over the counter may be purchased at the hospital's pharmacy at hospital cost plus 10%.

Retirement

Full and part time employees are covered by the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System commonly referred to as KPERS. Membership begins the first day of employment. KPERS is a three-fold plan providing retirement benefits, long term disability and life insurance coverage. For more information about KPERS click here: KPERS.

Additional Benefits

• Shift, weekend and holiday differentials
• Bereavement
• Direct deposit
• Exercise programs
• Tuition reimbursement
• Annual health assessment including lab work at no charge
• Voluntary Benefits

WNH offers the following voluntary benefits:

• Tax-deferred annuities (403(b) & 457)
• IRA
• Vision plan
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health Savings Account
• Aflac Cancer plan
• Aflac Short Term Disability
• Aflac Accident plan
• Aflac Critical Illness plan

This information is intended to be a brief overview of the WNH benefit package. For a more through explanation please contact Human Resources at 620-222-6217 or 620-222-6253.

William Newton Hospital requires background and drug screen checks on all new hires.  William Newton Hospital is a healthy work zone and requires annual flu vaccination on all staff of our organization.

William Newton Hospital is a Tobacco-Free organization.