Hospitalist Physician Opportunities with Duke Health (3 Campuses)

Duties and Responsibilities

Hospitalists will engage in direct patient care activities and medical/clinical practice as the principal component of his/her overall professional responsibility within the Department. Patient care activities will include, but are not be limited to the following:

• Assessment, evaluation, diagnostic determination, on-going treatment and clinical management of patients When necessary make referral for consultation Direct care planning Order medications and therapeutic treatments when warranted Authorize transfers Conduct risk assessment When appropriate, make determination of readiness and planning for discharge for inpatients in your care.
• Direct contact and consultation with patient family members, friends, advocates, and others to ensure effective communication of patient status and care plans, and to encourage/ support an open visitor-friendly environment within the hospital environment.
• Extensive and on-going communications with community primary care physicians who routinely manage the care of patients currently in your care within the hospital Day-to-day patient contact/rounding/care management that actively encourages and includes professional input from all members of the patient care team Completes all clinical and professional records and documentation accurately and in a timely manner to assure compliance with local, state and federal regulatory, licensure and accreditation requirements.
• Work to create a positive work culture within cross-departmental teams Align your work with other Hospital Medicine initiatives.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Job Eligibility Requirements Education

MD or DO graduate from an accredited medical school program and completion Internal Medicine Residency.

Licensure

Unrestricted medical license issued by NCMB. Federal and State DEA with unrestricted prescriptive authority

Certification: ABIM (ABIM board eligible recent or pending graduates may also apply)

Experience

Training experiences as mandated by the ABIM for board eligibility are required. Clinical and teaching experience in an inpatient healthcare environment including experience in both large academic medical center and community hospital environments is preferred but will consider new graduate.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Technical - Clinical training and skills as mandated by the American Board of Internal Medicine for General Internal Medicine physicians Non-Technical - Ability to work with others i n a cooperative, collaborative manner. Strong written and oral communication skills For clinician educators - strong clinical teaching skills.

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