Physicians

Facility is seeking a full-time Hospitalist Physician for a unique integrated clinical and academic faculty role --This position will function collaboratively as part of a core group of four academic hospitalists, working together to cross-cover hospital service and medical school responsibilities to ensure continuity, flexibility, and mission alignment across both clinical and educational domains. --50% Clinical Time - Structured as one week per month of inpatient hospitalist service (7 consecutive 12-hour shifts; 84 hours total per service block) --50% Academic Time - Dedicated protected time supporting undergraduate medical education across all four years of the medical school curriculum --This role is ideal for a physician passionate about academic medicine who values both high-quality inpatient care and active engagement in curriculum development, classroom teaching, and clinical education. --Clinical Responsibilities (50%) - Provide comprehensive inpatient internal medicine care during scheduled service weeks. - Manage adult admissions, consultations, observation patients, and transfers. - Perform history and physical examinations, diagnostic evaluations, and treatment plans for hospitalized patients. - Interpret laboratory data, imaging, and diagnostic studies to guide clinical decision-making. - Participate in interdisciplinary rounds and coordinate care with nursing, pharmacy, case management, and consulting specialists. - Participate in discharge planning and transitions of care. - Contribute to hospital quality initiatives including readmission reduction, sepsis management, length-of-stay optimization, and patient safety programs. - Participate in hospital committees and quality improvement initiatives as appropriate. - Serve as a clinical educator and professional role model for students during inpatient service. - Preferred clinical experience may include ICU-level care exposure, procedural competency (e.g., paracentesis, central line placement, lumbar puncture), and ACLS proficiency. --Academic Responsibilities (50%) Pre-Clerkship (Years 1-2) - Lead and develop active learning sessions in foundational sciences with clinical integration. - Facilitate small-group case-based learning. - Serve as a clinical skills preceptor in history-taking, physical examination, and clinical reasoning. - Teach pathophysiology correlations in organ-system blocks. - Participate in simulation sessions, standardized patient encounters, and OSCE development. - Contribute to longitudinal themes such as professionalism, systems-based practice, interprofessional education, and social determinants of health. Clerkship (Year 3) - Precept third-year students on inpatient internal medicine rotations. - Provide bedside teaching, case discussions, and structured feedback. - Assist in student assessment and narrative evaluations. - Support remediation and early identification of students needing additional guidance. Advanced Clinical (Year 4) - Precept sub-internships and advanced electives. - Mentor students preparing for residency in Internal Medicine or related specialties. - Support transition-to-residency programming. - Curriculum Development & Academic Leadership --Contribute to development and refinement of curriculum across all four years. --Assist in creating learning objectives, assessments, and evaluation tools aligned with LCME standards. --Participate in academic committees and governance. --Engage in educational quality improvement. --Collaborate with faculty across specialties to ensure vertical and horizontal integration of content. --Participate in faculty development initiatives. --Engage in scholarly activity related to medical education, clinical innovation, or quality --Required: NC license, BC/BE in Internal Medicine

Community/Facility info: An acute-care hospital offering quality care in open-heart surgery, home health and hospice, cancer treatment, maternity services, emergency medicine, pediatric intensive care, wellness programs in a thriving, diverse community of 300,000 residents. The city was honored by the National Civic League with its All-America City Award in 2001. The award recognized the collaboration between the city's public and private sectors to address and improve quality-of-life issues. Education plays a major role in the County. Our 84 primary and secondary public schools and many private schools offer educational choices in both religious and secular settings. A community college, a private liberal arts college and a state university round out the post-secondary educational opportunities.

Contact: