SF VA Medical Center Hospital Medicine Faculty

Job Description1) Job Title: Career HospitalistDescription: SFVA career Hospitalists enjoy diverse clinical roles including: 1) supervision and teaching of residents and medical students including procedures on the general medical wards; 2) co-management of medical issues for the surgical subspecialties combined with supervision and teaching of orthopedic surgery interns; 3) staffing of the Veterans Integrated Perioperative Clinic; 4) service on our Faculty Hospitalist Service; and 5) weekend day shifts. Faculty may be asked to cover nocturnists shifts as needed up to 20%. All faculty members are involved in scholarly activities in: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education, Global Health and Clinical Health Services Research and Epidemiology. A full time hospitalist will work approximately 15.5 shifts per month.2) Job Title: Hospital Medicine NocturnistDescription: The SFVA Nocturnist’s primary responsibilities are: 1) supervision and teaching of residents and medical students overnight including all emergent procedures; 2) admission of new patients; 3) completion of overnight medical consultations and coverage of existing consult and co-management patients; 4) assistance with code blues and rapid responses; 5) triage of all medicine transfer requests and 6) distribution and sign out of overnight admissions to the day teams in the morning. Clinical shifts are 8pm to 8am. A full time nocturnist will work approximately 12 shifts per month. You will also have the opportunity to attend on the daytime teaching service 2-4 weeks out of the year.3) Job Title: Hospital Medicine + ICU NocturnistIn this role, the ICU Nocturnist will: 1) admit patients to the ICU and provide coverage for existing ICU patients; 2) work with the overnight UCSF medicine residents to admit patients to the wards and assist in cross-covering medical ward patients; 3) serve as the code blue leader and staff rapid response team calls; and 4) triage all transfer requests to the ICU and wards. The average number of ICU admissions during the night shift is typically 2 per week, with an average ICU census of 5-7 patients. The number of ward admissions is split with the night medicine resident, and ranges from 1-3 per person per night. There are 13 shifts per month, from 7:30P to 7A.Candidates must be US citizens and board-eligible/certified in Internal Medicine with excellent clinical and communication skills. Candidates must also have a valid US medical license. Applicants must also be eligible for appointment at the VA. The VA’s basic qualification standards may be found at . Please apply online at . Applicants’ materials must list current and/or pending qualifications upon submission.See the VA’s website for salary information: .