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The academic hospitalist will be responsible for providing high-quality inpatient care, clinical and didactic teaching, and clinical leadership within an academic medical setting.
Job Responsibility:
Provide best practice using evidence based inpatient care for patients across a wide variety of medical conditions
Conduct daily rounds, including the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of hospitalized patients
Provide inpatient services in such a manner to assure that professional standards are being met on a consistent and regular basis
Manage patient's care throughout the entire inpatient stay
Ensure effective communication with patients and their families and their primary care physician regarding diagnoses, treatment plans, and progress
Coordinate care across specialties and collaborate with consultants and other healthcare professionals to optimize patient outcomes
Participate in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives
Interact in a positive and constructive manner with all team members, patients, resident physicians, students and medical staff members
Use best efforts to schedule all Healthcare System ancillary testing to be completed as early as the next day if possible
Use best efforts to provide professional services to patients in a timely basis in order to minimize delay of discharges beyond 11:00 am
Serve on medical staff committees as reasonably requested
Assist in formulating a report on inpatient services to administration on a regular basis
Participate in problem solving, budget preparation, strategic planning, preparation for state and Joint Commission surveys and other administrative matters
Follow established departmental policies, procedures, objectives, continuous quality improvement and safety objectives, environmental and infection control standards
Follow established Beebe standards, departmental policies, and Medical Staff Bylaws
Provide input in a mutually agreed fashion to administration regarding non-physician staff and the performance and duties related to inpatient services
Supervise, teach, and mentor medical students, resident physician and fellows during their clinical rotations
Deliver bedside teaching, case presentations, and didactic learning
Foster an environment of learning and professional development, encouraging critical thinking and evidence-based decision making
Participate in the development and delivery of educational curriculum for medical students, resident physicians and fellows
Provide timely and appropriate feedback to learners on a regular basis and assist in their career development
Formal written evaluations must be completed via the approved residency management suite
Actively participates in institutional and program level scheduled meetings, including but not limited to Faculty Meetings, the Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) and Program Evaluation Committee (PEC) in collaboration with residency Program Director(s)
Attends didactics regularly and presents lectures throughout the year
May assist in the recruiting, interviewing, selection and ranking of prospective residents during recruitment season
Participates in academic meetings, conferences and workshops to stay current with emerging trends in hospital medicine and academic medicine
Participates in scholarly activity projects with medical students, resident physicians and/or fellows
Participates in faculty development activities as sponsored by the Office of Medical Education
Communicates regularly with residency Program Director(s) on resident physician academic progress
Communicates regularly with Medical Education leadership and Medical Director of hospitalist on the workflow/operations of the academic service
Requirements:
MD or DO medical degree from an accredited medical school
Board certified or board eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
Medical licensure in the state of DE or the ability to obtain licensure in the state of DE with appropriate medical staff appointment
At least one year's experience in teaching and mentoring of medical students, resident physicians, and/or fellows is strongly preferred
Evidence of scholarly activity, including research publications, or presentations is preferred
Strong clinical skills and a commitment to high-quality patient care
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a collaborative, team-oriented environment
Strong organizational and time management skills
Nice to have:
At least one year's experience in teaching and mentoring of medical students, resident physicians, and/or fellows is strongly preferred
Evidence of scholarly activity, including research publications, or presentations is preferred