Urgent need for Hospitalist (Physician #)

Job Summary
Full‑time Hospitalist providing high‑quality medical care and treatment to patients across a variety of clinical needs. Includes professional consultation and medical oversight to clinical staff, routine patient examinations, diagnosis of illnesses and injuries, development of appropriate treatment plans, preventive care, and administration of immunizations in alignment with medical standards and regulatory guidelines.
Experience and Educational Qualifications

Completed residency training.
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 patients. 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; reports immediately in accordance with appropriate policy. Recognizes emergencies and responds appropriately following organizational policies and procedures.
Patient Access: Participates in a physician call schedule evenly distributed between providers and offers patient meeting slots as determined by the 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 hospital/regulatory policies. Maintains a clean clinic working environment and reports any safety hazards or violations to clinic manager or designee.
Medical Director Duties (if applicable): Ensures provider compliance with patient access and patient care. Communicates provider concerns to administration; communicates initiatives and solutions to providers. Completes provider assessment and reviews, including reviewing these with the provider. Develops and maintains work and call schedules.
Work Shift
Variable Hours (United States of America).
Equal Opportunity Employer
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.
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