Hospitalist

Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 208,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Excellent benefits package

Collegial work environment

Job summary

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) seeks BC/BE Internists to join the academic Hospital Medicine Unit. Attendings will provide inpatient care, teach Harvard Medical School learners, and work with residents and APPs across multiple clinical service lines.

Opportunities for academic appointment and ongoing professional development are emphasized. Roles include hospitalist/nocturnist positions, with full-time or part-time options.

Qualifications

• MD degree from an accredited medical school.
• Three-year Internal Medicine residency completed.
• Massachusetts medical license and Board certification.
• DEA, ACLS, CRS certifications required; ABIM certification or eligible within 1 year.
• Unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Attending with admitting privileges at the largest quaternary transplant center in the region.
• Provide direct inpatient care and coordinate care plans with nurses, specialists, and PCPs.
• Collaborate with MGH IM residents, APPs, and learners to support clinical decisions.
• Attend monthly Hospital Medicine Unit conferences and related meetings.
• Engage in quality improvement and system-level initiatives.

Skills

Teaching

Hospital medicine

Team collaboration

Clinical care

Education

MD (Doctor of Medicine)

Internal Medicine residency

Massachusetts medical license

ABIM certification

Job description

Site: The General Hospital Corporation

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Job Summary

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a founding partner of the Mass General Brigham (MGB) Health System, seeks BC/BE Internists to join our academic focused Hospital Medicine Unit charged with the mission of providing patient care and teaching at MGH, including the training and ongoing teaching of Harvard Medical School students, to serve as attending in charge of care for patients referred to the inpatient medicine service, and provide direct care or work collaboratively on medicine teams with MGH IM residents, advanced practice providers, and student learners. Attendings work at our main hospital (MGH), rotate on several different clinical service lines, and can request time on the hospitalist procedure service, or on the triage service. Attendings are concurrently credentialed at Brigham and Women's Hospital & Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital and may elect to pursue opportunities at those campuses. Attendings are eligible for an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School as Instructor, and include ongoing teaching of Harvard learners. Career development and ongoing learning opportunities are emphasized.

Multiple Positions Open

• Practice setting: MGH Main Hospital Campus, Boston, MA
• Practice type: Large academic hospitalist group with over 240 staff.
• Role: Hospitalist / Nocturnist roles with career opportunities available.
• Positions: Full-time or part-time
• Benefits: Highly competitive salary enhanced by an outstanding benefits package and a collegial work environment.

Career Development and learning opportunities

• Didactics: Weekly day / night conferences dedicated exclusively to hospital medicine topics and updates.
• Quality and safety: Weekly conferences focused on ongoing quality and safety review in hospital medicine.
• Teaching: Educational time available on the resident and medical student teaching service, including the opportunity to work on the Bigelow co-attending model. Formal training to develop as a clinician educator.
• POCUS and procedures: Service time available for bedside ultrasound and procedures on the academic procedure service. Formal training to develop as a proceduralist.
• Clinical specialization: Service time working with sub-specialty services including Cardiology, Oncology, Transplant. Didactic sessions focused on sub-specialty knowledge.
• Careers in hospital medicine: Mentorship and training in career pathways including education, quality improvement, simulation, procedures, and hospital administration. Formal training is available in all pathways.

Responsibilities include

• Attending of record with admitting privileges at the largest quaternary transplant center in the region
• Provide direct care: Examine inpatients, analyze reports, tests, and studies, determine treatment plans, communicate with nurses, specialists, PCPs, families, arrange follow-up care, and bill for services.
• Work collaboratively: Partner with MGH IM residents, advance practice providers, and student learners to make clinical decisions, expedite the care of complex medical patients, teach advanced medicine concepts.
• Service Citizenship: Attend monthly Hospital Medicine Unit conferences and business meetings.
• QI improvement: Participate in peer evaluation, practice-based and system-level quality improvement.

Requirements

include a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree or equivalent. Must have completed a three-year residency in Internal Medicine. Must be licensed by Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine. Must possess DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) certification from the Dept. of Justice, ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certification from the American Heart Association, and CRS (Controlled Substance Registration) certification from the MA Dept. of Health. Must be certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, or eligible to become certified within one year of hire. Applicants must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

Starting salary is $231,000

Final compensation will be determined based on years of relevant experience, skills, and internal equity.

Remote Type

Onsite

Work Location

55 Fruit Street

EEO Statement

1200 The General Hospital Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.

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