Senior Hospitalist & Clinical Leader

GBMC HealthCare; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 1,000 - 675,000; Full time

Job summary

GBMC HealthCare is seeking a hospitalist leader with at least five years of experience and a track record in group practice leadership. The role emphasizes engagement, process improvement, and collaboration with nursing, administrative leadership, and clinical staff to optimize patient care and discharge planning.

The position requires board certification in Internal Medicine and active hospital privileges.

Qualifications

• Fundamental knowledge related to hospital-based physician practice is required.

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.

Skills

Hospital practice knowledge

Education

Graduate of accredited medical program

Job description

GBMC HealthCare is seeking a hospitalist leader with at least five years of experience and a track record in group practice leadership. The role emphasizes engagement, process improvement, and collaboration with nursing, administrative leadership, and clinical staff to optimize patient care and discharge planning.

The position requires board certification in Internal Medicine and active hospital privileges.