Physician - Hospitalist

Job Title

Hospitalist

Duties

Hospitalist's duties include admission, evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment, including consultation, of patients presenting with general medical complaints, diseases, and injuries. Core privileges include the ability to perform a history and physical exam, form a differential diagnosis, orders and interpret labs and other diagnostic tests such as plain films and EKGs, develop and implement treatment plans, order subspecialty consultations and provide appropriate follow-up care. The Hospitalist will perform administrative tasks as assigned, such as peer reviews, SCI/D registry eligibility, annual evaluations data monitoring, and ongoing professional practice evaluations (OPPE). May assist in other administrative duties assigned by service chief like monitoring the EPRP, clinical review reminder data monitoring, etc. Responsible for admissions of the patients as assigned. Interviews and examines patients, reviews past medical history, and requests and/or performs diagnostic tests and examinations deemed necessary to obtain all appropriate information related to each case. Makes preliminary diagnoses, directs, prescribes or provides treatment, or arranges for specialized care or patient referral as required.

• Bases decisions upon information obtained, professional medical knowledge, skills, and prescribed policies and procedures. Makes notes of observations to be incorporated into clinical records. Provides urgent and emergency care as required. Provides definitive management of emergency care cases that do not require referral.
• Refers patients to appropriate consult services, provides full clinical information for care and diagnostic procedures that cannot be adequately provided in the SCI unit. Coordinates and integrates care on the unit, facilitates transferring the patients to ICU settings as needed and assures timely follow-up care is arranged.
• Responds to acute emergency interventions, working closely in consultation with members of other medical departments as deemed appropriate by the clinical problem. Works with allied health professionals, i.e. Community Health Nurses, Social Workers, Health Educators, etc., in the management of the patient's medical, psychological and social problems.
• Serves as an expert in the specialized area and assumes appropriate administrative duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday 7:00pm to 7:00am, Saturday & Sunday, 9:00pm to 7:00am, alternating weeks. Employee will need to be physically present on the premises for the entire TOD.

Pay

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

Paid Time Off

50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)

Retirement

Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance

Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure

1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

CME

Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Malpractice

Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

Contract

No physician employment contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

US Department of Veterans Affairs