General Medicine Hospitalist

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC); Las Vegas (NV); Vor Ort; USD 250.000 - 320.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) seeks a Hospitalist to provide direct clinical care to acutely ill, hospitalized patients as part of an interdisciplinary team. You will manage medical problems from admission through discharge, including general medicine consults and comorbidity management.

Members must have an MD/DO with a 3-year internal medicine residency, and be board certified or eligible in hospital medicine.

Qualifikationen

• Doctoral degree in medicine and residency completed.
• Board certification/eligibility in hospital medicine.
• Nevada license to practice medicine; DEA registration required.

Aufgaben

• Provide direct patient clinical care for acutely ill hospitalized patients.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to optimize care from admission to discharge.
• Manage general medicine consults and comorbid conditions as part of care plan.

Kenntnisse

Clinical judgment

Leadership

Decision making under stress

Team collaboration

Communication with diverse populations

Problem solving

QI/Quality improvement

Patient care planning

Infection control awareness

Equipment use

Ausbildung

MD/DO degree

Internal medicine residency (3 years)

Board certified/eligible in hospital medicine

Tools

EMR software

Jobbeschreibung

• This position is considered At-Will and will serve at the pleasure of the CEO.**
• OPEN TO CURRENT UMC EMPLOYEES ONLY**

Position Summary

• This position is considered At-Will and will serve at the pleasure of the CEO.**
• OPEN TO CURRENT UMC EMPLOYEES ONLY**

THIS POSITION MAY CLOSE WITHOUT NOTICE ONCE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF QUALIFIED APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED.

As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada’s highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients.

UMC is home to Nevada's ONLY Nonprofit Level I Trauma Center, Verified Burn Center, and Multi-Organ Transplant Center. In 2026, we became the FIRST and ONLY Magnet®-Recognized hospital in the state, reflecting UMC's nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care.

Position Summary:

Responsible for providing direct patient clinical care and managing medical problems of acutely ill, hospitalized, patients. The Hospitalist is a part of the interdisciplinary team to improve efficiency and facilitate continuum of care for patients from admission to discharge. This continuum of care includes general medicine, consults as requested, and management of patients with various comorbidities.

Job Requirement

Education/Experience:

Graduation from an accredited school of medicine and the completion of a three (3) year general internal medicine residency program. Board certified or board eligible in hospital medicine.

Licensing/Certification Requirements:

Valid License by State of Nevada to practice medicine. State of Nevada Pharmacy Board License to Prescribe Medications and DEA Controlled Substance Registration Certificate.

Knowledge Of:

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements

Equipment, supplies and practices; federal, state, local and accreditation laws, regulations and standards; related outside agencies, their services, roles and responsibilities to contact them to appropriate needed information for patient referrals; principles and practices of medical care; quality assurance and performance improvement principles and methods; department and hospital safety practice and procedures; patient rights; age specific patient care practices; infection control policies and practices; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures.

Skill In:

Effective provision of medical care; assessing and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of medical care provided through the use of hospital QI program; ensuring that services are appropriate for meeting patient's medical, social and emotional needs, consistent with sound health care resource allocation practices; developing goals, objectives, policies and procedures; applying leadership techniques; making effective decisions under stress and emergency circumstances; developing care plans; solving problems; using computers and related software applications; communicating with a wide variety of people from diverse socio‑economic and ethnic backgrounds; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.

Physical Requirements And Working Conditions:

Mobility to work in a typical office setting and use standard equipment, stamina to remain seated and maintain concentration for extended periods of time; vision to read printed materials and a VDT screen; hearing and speech to communicate effectively in‑person and over the telephone. Strength and agility to exert up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.