Nocturnist Job Description

Nocturnist Job Description Template

Our company is looking for a Nocturnist to join our team.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide back-up support to residents when needed;
  • Respond to code blue calls and rapid response teams as needed;
  • Utilize appropriate physician-to-physician communication methods to ensure safe and effective patient handoffs;
  • Support residency programs by serving as backup admitting physician for Internal and Family Medicine admissions to both the ICU and non-ICU units;
  • Oversee residents during designated hours as agreed upon with residency program directors.

Requirements:

  • BC/BE in Internal Medicine;
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and strong team orientation;
  • EKG interpretation,
  • 26 months of ACGME – approved residency in internal medicine,
  • Experience in an acute care setting, including: ICU patient care,
  • MD or DO (or foreign equivalent),
  • Emergency Department management that included ACS and acute stoke patients;
  • 12 months as a Hospitalist or similar,
  • PA medical license,
  • Ventilator management;
  • Cardiac stress test.