HOSPITALISTPHYSICIAN, ONCOLOGY

Hospitalistphysician, Oncology

Work Arrangement: Regular or Temporary: Regular Location: Raleigh, NC, US, 27710 Personnel Area: DUKE RALEIGH CAMPUS

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Occ Summary Hospitalist physicians in the Hospital Medicine Department are clinicians and/or clinician educators who provide clinical care for patients admitted at Duke University Health System hospitals, support surgical and specialty services through consultative general internal medicine practice, and teach staff, graduate medical trainees, and medical students on inpatient educational rotations. This role is general hospital medicine position with a focus on caring for patients that are also receiving oncology treatment. No fellowship required, just experience treating those affected.

Work Performed Hospitalists will engage in direct patient care activities and medical/clinical practice as the principal component of his/her overall professional responsibility within the Department. Patient care activities will include, but are not be limited to:

• Assessment, evaluation, diagnostic determination, on-going treatment and clinical management, necessary referral for consultation, care planning and modification, medications/therapeutic orders, transfer authorization, risk assessment, and, when appropriate, determination of readiness and planning for discharge for inpatients at DUHS hospitals.
• Direct contact and consultation with patient family members, friends, advocates, and others to ensure effective communication of patient status and care plans, and to encourage/support an open visitor-friendly environment within the medical/hospital environment.
• Extensive and on-going communications with community primary care physicians who routinely manage the care of patients currently in the hospital.
• Day-to-day patient contact/rounding/care management that actively encourages and includes professional input from all members of the patient care team.
• Accurate and timely completion of all clinical and professional records and documentation to assure compliance with local, state and federal regulatory, licensure and accreditation requirements.
• Work to create a positive work culture within cross-departmental teams and align this work with other Hospital Medicine initiatives.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Technical: Clinical training and skills as mandated by the American Board of Internal Medicine for General Internal Medicine physicians Non-Technical: Ability to work with others in a cooperative, collaborative manner. Strong written and oral communication skills For clinician educators, strong clinical teaching skills

Minimum Qualifications Education Work requires a MD, DO, and completion of advanced graduate medical education in Internal Medicine with board eligibility or board certification in internal medicine. Experience Training experiences as mandated by the ABIM for board eligibility are required, clinical and teaching experience in an inpatient healthcare environment including experience in both large academic medical center and community hospital environments is preferred. Degrees, Licensures, Certifications Physician will maintain a current unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of North Carolina, federal and state prescriptive authority, and will obtain and maintain board certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine in accordance with the Medical Staff Bylaws of the DUHS Hospitals.

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