Hospitalist - Medicine - Full-time

Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC); Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 608,000 - 743,000; Full time

Job summary

The Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) is seeking an experienced hospitalist leader to oversee clinical operations and staff collaboration. The role requires a physician with leadership in a hospitalist setting and a strong commitment to patient care quality.

Responsibilities include partnering with the Clinical Nurse Manager to advance goals, implementing efficient processes, soliciting stakeholder feedback, and coordinating discharge planning and Joint Commission readiness across the unit.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited medical program.
• Board Certified in Internal Medicine.
• Minimum 5 years of hospitalist experience with leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Lead physician engagement with Clinical Nurse Manager and staff to meet goals.
• Champion new processes to improve efficiency and patient care.
• Solicit feedback from physicians, nursing, patients and administration.
• Build consensus among physicians, nursing staff, and administration.
• Review long-stay patients with CNM and coordinate dispositions with attending physicians.
• Assist Joint Commission readiness efforts.
• Facilitate patient triage and flow to optimize throughput.
• Ensure proper discharge follow-up appointments, medications, and home needs.
• Collaborate with unit medical directors to share best practices.
• Perform other duties related to patient care as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Hospitalist

Team Collaboration

Communication

Education

MD/DO

Board Certified in Internal Medicine

Tools

EMR/EHR

Job description

Education

Graduate of an accredited medical program

Experience

Minimum of 5 years of experience as hospitalist and leadership role in group practice

Licensures, Certifications

Board Certified in Internal Medicine

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Fundamental knowledge related to hospital-based physician practice is require

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Partner with Clinical Nurse Manager(s) to assess progress on goals and to work on areas where physician engagement is required to meet goals.
• Championing of meaningful change, participation in developing new processes/procedures that improve efficiency and effectiveness of patient care
• Soliciting, listening for and communicating feedback among stakeholders, including other physicians, nursing, patients and administration in collaboration with the Nurse Manager
• Consensus building between physicians, nursing staff, and administration in collaboration with the Nurse Manager
• Review with the Clinical Nurse Manager the long length of stay patients on the unit and help make dispositions with the attending physicians when possible.
• Assistance with Joint Commission readiness efforts
• Facilitate the triaging of patients when necessary to promote patient flow
• Facilitate the follow up of quality concerns for patients moving to the outpatient setting.
• Ensuring that unit case manager and discharge planners have provided patients being discharged with the proper follow up appointments, medications and home needs
• Collaborate, by attending regular meetings with other unit medical directors and clinical nurse managers to assess best practices
• Perform other duties or responsibilities related to patient care as reasonably necessary or as reasonably requested.

Physical Requirements

Able to perform daily tasks necessary for management of hospitalized patients

Working Conditions

Normal patient care environment with possible exposure to excessive noise, dust, temperature.

Exposure to adverse working conditions due to performance of patient care activities, and exposure to communicable diseases.

Conditions of Employment

GBMC Medical Staff Privileges

Pay Range

$1,000.00 - $675,000.00

Final salary offer will be based on the candidate's qualifications, education, experience and alignment with our organizational needs.

Equal Employment Opportunity

GBMC HealthCare and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.