Hospitalist

Full‑time Hospitalist

• Provide high‑quality medical care and treatment to patients across a variety of clinical needs.
• Offer professional consultation and medical oversight to clinical staff to support safe, effective care delivery.
• Conduct routine patient examinations to assess health status and identify potential medical concerns.
• Diagnose illnesses and injuries and develop appropriate treatment plans to support patient recovery and well‑being.
• Promote overall patient health through preventive care, education, and early intervention strategies.
• Administer immunizations in alignment with medical standards and school or regulatory guidelines.

Experience Qualifications

• Completed residency training.

Education Qualifications

• Doctoral Degree in Medicine or Osteopathy.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

• American Heart Association, Basic Life Support‑HCP, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification.
• Medical Physician Licensure through the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.

GENERAL DUTIES

Patient Care: Provides quality care to the patient. Responds to patients' calls and messages and attends to patients. Maintains patient and business records including the completion of daily patient encounters. Observes patients for signs and symptoms of abuse/neglect and reports immediately in accordance with appropriate policy. Recognizes emergencies and responds appropriately in adherence to organizational policies and procedures.

Patient Access: Participates in a physician call schedule which is evenly distributed between providers and offers patient meeting slots as deemed by the designed template.

Safety and Infection Control Standards: Assists with compliance to safety, environmental, infection control, quality improvement and other regulatory standards. Implements standard and transmission‑based precautions and ensures patient safety during clinic visits, in accordance with the hospital/regulatory policies. Maintains a clean clinic working environment. Reports any safety hazards or violations in patient or clinic environment to clinic manager or designee.

Medical Director Duties (if applicable): Ensures provider compliance with patient access, patient care, etc. Communicates provider concerns to administration, communicates initiatives and solutions to providers. Completes provider assessment and reviews including reviewing this with the provider. Develops and maintains work and call schedules.

Work Shift

Variable Hours (United States of America)

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.