Clinical Component

Clinically, this position is Monday through Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm with no nights or weekends! This is a 100% Occupational Medicine position, where Urgent Care services are separate, and they handle overflow patients on nights and weekends.

Clinic Component

Again, this is a 100% Occupational Medicine opportunity that gives you a great quality of life with no call, no nights, no weekends and observed holidays. You are not seeing any Medicare or Medicaid patients, only private and commercial payors. 50% of patients are work-related injuries and 50% are employer directed services. If anyone shows up with trauma, they are directed to the ER. They only see ages 18+. Most patients are scheduled with some walk-ins, if you have the capacity. Physicals are 60 minutes, DOT exams are longer, and patient follow ups are typically 30 minutes.

There are 20 exam rooms across the two clinics. They just renovated Cathedral City and are in the process of updating La Quinta. Dr. Christiansen also noted that they have a lot of support from leadership and have always gotten equipment and supplies that they’ve asked for.

EMR: They are currently using SYSTOC but are moving to Epic, with the rest of the hospital. They do still have the ability to view Epic charts. You also have the ability to dictate, if desired.

In addition to healthcare and hotels/hospitality, there is a big presence in construction, solar turbine, manufacturing, agriculture, and chip manufacturing. 

There is no other competition for Occupational Medicine in the entire Coachella Valley!

Desert Regional, JFK hospital, Desert Oasis, Kaiser, all school districts, TSA, and border patrol all go to Eisenhower. Eisenhower has 270+ employed physicians that would also do to you for physicals or employer directed services.

For support, they have PA’s, LVN’s and MA’s, along with full office staff. They do lab draws onsite, hearing, EKG testing, and Pulmonary visual testing. They also have an account manager to assist with marketing, but Dr. Christiansen says you can be busy from Day 1.

If you’re interested in the Medical Director role, you’d have .7-.8 FTE (full-time equivalent) of clinical and .2-.3 FTE administrative time. You’d be managing a standard form of protocol, managing the schedule, promoting health in the workplace, and teaching residents from time to time. You will also be working closely with the two referral coordinators, Tammy and Estella. 

Occupational Health

Eisenhower Occupational Health Services (EOHS) is a comprehensive workplace health and safety program established by Eisenhower Health to serve the Coachella Valley business community.
Staffed by EMA physicians and health care providers with extensive experience in occupational medicine, EOHS understands the importance of an aggressive return to work program and its effect on reducing worker’s compensation costs. 

Services We Offer

Eisenhower Occupational Health Services (EOHS) offers multi-faceted programs to help you manage workplace health and safety. From treatment of injuries and physicals to industrial rehabilitation and education, EOHS offers the most comprehensive program in the Valley to care for your employees.

Services include

  • Injury treatment
  • Industrial rehabilitation
  • Substance abuse screening
  • Physicals
  • Educational services

Injury Treatment

Quality, cost effective injury treatment is available through Eisenhower Occupational Health Services, which is based at the Eisenhower Urgent Care in Cathedral City and La Quinta. Walk-in appointments for injuries will be accommodated between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. seven days a week.

Benefits include

  • Occupational Medicine specialists
  • A partnership approach to workplace health and safety
  • Convenient locations in the Valley
  • An aggressive return to work program
  • Convenient Urgent Care hours
  • 24-hour care coordination

Industrial Rehabilitation

The Eisenhower Industrial Rehabilitation Centers provide injury rehabilitation and prevention services. A department of Eisenhower Medical Center, this team of highly qualified physical and occupational therapists work with your injured employee to restore strength, function and physical abilities, while educating the employee to prevent re-injury.

Services provided by the Industrial Rehabilitation Centers include

  • Job site analysis
  • Pre-placement job screening
  • Injury prevention education
  • Work hardening
  • Ergonomic assessments
  • Physical therapy
  • Work tolerance screen
  • Functional capacity

Substance Abuse Screening

Our comprehensive Substance Abuse Screening program offers the following services at our Eisenhower Express Clinics by appointment or on-site at your company:

  • DOT drug testing by trained staff
  • Collection services
  • MRO services
  • Breath alcohol testing
  • PUC drug testing
  • Supervisor education
  • Non-DOT drug testing
  • Assistance with policy development

Occupational Physicals

A wide variety of occupational physicals are available to meet your company's needs. Our physicians specialize in occupational medicine and are familiar with regulatory and compliance issues. Our services include:

  • Basic physical: history and physical exam, vision and hearing testing and range of motion.
  • Comprehensive physical: comprehensive history and physical exam, vision with color, range of motion, audiometry, urinalysis.
  • Executive physical: comprehensive history and physical exam, vision, audiometry, spirometry, comprehensive blood panel, occult blood, body fat, EKG, stress EKG. Optional: PSA, mammogram, PAP smear.
  • DMV: California Department of Motor Vehicles standard physical with DMV certificate if qualified.
  • Police/Fire: Comprehensive history and physical exam, including vision with color, spirometry, EKG, stress EKG, urinalysis, back X-ray.
  • Hazmat: Comprehensive history and physical exam, blood panel, vision, chest X-ray, audiometry, spirometry, stress EKG
  • Respirator: For individuals wearing respirators, physicals meeting OSHA standards are available to determine employee's ability to wear a respirator or to determine respirator fit.

Educational Services

Educational services are vital to workplace health and safety, and Eisenhower Occupational Health Services can play a valued role in helping employees understand injury prevention and attain optimum health. All educational programs are available in your work place or on the Eisenhower Medical Center campus. Programs include training in:

  • CPR
  • Substance abuse awareness
  • Blood borne pathogens
  • Ergonomics in the workplace
  • Cumulative trauma
  • Back injury prevention
  • Nutrition education
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • First aid
  • Diabetes education
  • Heat exhaustion

Our Program is a Partnership

We continue to enhance our Occupational Health Program with an integrated approach to workplace health and safety. The Eisenhower Occupational Health Partnership is a partnership between:

  • Employer
  • Employee
  • Worker’s Compensation Insurance/MPN
  • Eisenhower Occupational Health Services

The Eisenhower Occupational Health Partnership is custom-designed to meet the needs of each individual employer. The partnership provides valuable services to assist in minimizing the impact of workplace injuries, including:

  • Pre-employment, executive, hazmat, and DMV physicals
  • Respiratory, return to work physicals
  • DOT/Non-DOT drug screening, breath alcohol screening
  • On-site safety training
  • Wellness events
  • Workplace assessments

Working as a team, we can help improve workplace health and safety.

Schedule an Appointment

  • Please schedule an appointment for all DMV and other pre-employment or employment exams.
  • Drug screens are scheduled between 8:15 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. and between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Eisenhower Occupational Health Services in Cathedral City and in La Quinta are open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Reduce your waiting time by scheduling an appointment. Walk-in exceptions can only be made based upon clinic volumes.

Please note: Eisenhower Urgent Care locations can see after hours injuries and are open seven days a week for acute work-related injuries, but not for drug screens or other pre-employment exams. 

Locations & Directions

Eisenhower Occupational Health Locations

Cathedral City
Eisenhower Health Center at Cathedral City - South

La Quinta
Eisenhower Physical and Occupational Therapy 

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