Hospitalist - Clinical Adjunct Faculty HPMC

California Academy of Family Physicians, Sa; High Point (NC); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in North Carolina is seeking experienced Hospitalists to join their team. This position offers a supportive professional environment, educational opportunities, and a rotation schedule. Candidates must be board eligible/certified and possess a valid North Carolina license.

Benefits

Excellent benefits package

Educational and research opportunities

Professional, collegial team environment

Qualifications

• Must be licensed in North Carolina or eligible.
• Experience handling acutely ill hospitalized patients.
• Ability to collaborate with other medical specialists.

Responsibilities

• Admit adult patients and manage care.
• Collaborate with healthcare team for comprehensive patient care.
• Conduct discharge planning and education.

Skills

Clinical Management

Collaboration

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

MD or DO

Three years Internal Medicine Residency

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

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

About Us

Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) is a U.S. News and World Report top 50 ranked medical school, integrated with a world-class health system, Atrium Health. WFUSM, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise, is a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery. WFUSM, has over $300M in annual, extramural funding that drives a cutting-edge Academic Learning Health System by integrating innovative research with excellent patient care across our enterprise.

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. AHWFB is an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem - that includes Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians. Our highly integrated academic and clinical environment is deeply committed to improving health, elevating hope, and advancing healing - for all.

It should be noted that while you are applying on the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Career Site, you will receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process. Thanks in advance for your flexibility.

About the Team

Mission, Vision and Culture Commitments

Mission

To improve health, elevate hope and advance healing - for all.

Vision

To be the first and best choice for care.

Culture Commitments

We create a space where all Belong

We Work as One to make great things happen

We earn Trust in all we do

We Innovate to better the now and create the future

We drive for Excellence - always