Hospitalist - Clinical Adjunct Faculty HPMC

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist; High Point (NC); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is seeking BE/BC Hospitalists for their High Point Medical Center. This role involves high-level medical care for acutely ill patients, collaboration across specialties, and offers educational opportunities. The ideal candidate will have a strong internal medicine background and a commitment to patient care within a supportive professional environment.

Benefits

Excellent benefits package

Educational and research opportunities

Professional collegial team environment

Qualifications

• Must be MD/DO with a complete Internal Medicine residency.
• North Carolina licensure or eligible.
• Ability to work in a collegiate environment and supervise trainees.

Responsibilities

• Manage the clinical care of hospitalized patients, including admissions and discharges.
• Collaborate with subspecialties and healthcare personnel.
• Train and supervise medical students and residents.

Skills

Collaboration

Patient Care

Medical Procedures

Quality Improvement

Education

MD/DO

Internal Medicine Residency (3 years)

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