Hospitalist - Clinical Adjunct Faculty HPMC

Atrium Health; High Point (NC); On-site; USD 200,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Atrium Health is seeking a Board Eligible/Board Certified Hospitalist to join their team at Wake Forest Baptist-High Point Medical Center. Responsibilities include managing patient care in a collegial environment, collaborating with various specialties, and ensuring quality and service improvement. The position offers a week-on/week-off schedule with professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Excellent benefits package

Educational and research opportunities

Professional, collegial team environment

Qualifications

• Must hold MD/DO licensure.
• Requires 3 years residency in Internal Medicine.
• Must be eligible for North Carolina licensure.

Responsibilities

• Admit and manage adult patients with medical problems.
• Provide inpatient consults and post-operative care.
• Train and supervise medical students and residents.

Skills

Patient Care

Collaboration

Communication

Education

MD/DO

Internal Medicine Residency (3 years)

Job description

Overview

We are seeking exceptional, BE/BC career Hospitalists to join our expanding team Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist-High Point Medical Center.

• Must be MD/DO
• Three years Internal Medicine Residency required
• North Carolina licensure or eligible
• Physicians are appointed as adjunct clinical faculty at Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• Schedule: week on/week off
• Educational and research opportunities
• Professional, collegial team environment
• Excellent benefits package

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to achieving diversity among its faculty and staff.

Number of hospitalist beds/census: 110-170 patients

HPMC has a closed ICU

1. In addition to their core expertise managing the clinical problems of acutely ill, hospitalized patients, hospitalist is responsible for:
2. Admitting adult patients with medical problems for hospital stay.
3. Giving prompt and complete attention to all patient care needs including diagnosis, treatment, and the performance of medical procedures (within their scope of practice).
4. Collaborating, communicating, and coordinating with all physicians from other sub-specialties and health care personnel caring for hospitalized patients.
5. Attending and providing inpatient medicine consults and post-operative care to other medical and surgical specialties.
6. Employing quality and processing improvement techniques.
7. Conducting discharge planning and discharging patients.
8. Safely transitioning patient care within the hospital, and from the hospital to the community, which may include oversight of care in post-acute care facilities.
9. Efficiently using hospital and health care resources.
10. Training or supervising medical students, residents, and other health care professionals.
11. Responding to and managing any Rapid Responses or Codes
12. Assessing patients and developing appropriate plans as needed for any acute events of changes in patient status
13. Coordinating with nursing staff and responding to questions/concerns as needed
14. Providing appropriate hand-off/sign-out at the conclusion of their shift to the day team
15. Determine patients that require transfer to tertiary hospital and contacting PAL line to facilitate