Attending Physician(AS)-Level III, Orthopedics - New York, United States - NYC Health Hospitals

Description

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue's clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children's Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description
- Educates patients and family to facilitate and promote healthy adjustment to new or changed health patterns.
- Supports the mission, philosophy, standards, goals and objectives of the institution, department and clinical service.
- Plans and organizes care to meet individual patient needs and to ensure appropriate clinical resource utilization per protocols, pathways and other means.
- Works collaboratively with the multiple interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement the therapeutic plan of care for a group of patients and ensure communication with family members.
- Participates in the development and revision of interdisciplinary and hospital standards, patient and family education materials as relevant to area of practice and expertise.
- Works collaboratively to maintain timely and appropriate communication with family members, house staff, other disciplines and ancillary services.
- Provides consultation about the therapeutic regimen to the nursing staff responsible for the patients care in the hospital setting.
- Facilitates patient's throughout and efficient process during patients' entire admission and dischare while either under the Podiatry service or as a consultative following.
- Manage daily progress notes on Podiatric inpatients either via consultative or direct admission to the service.
- Completion of Admission and Discharge summaries.
- All other tasks assigned by Supervisor and/or designee.

Responsibilities

I. Graduation from an approved school of medicine; and

II. Possession of a valid license to practice medicine in New York State; and

III. Current Board Certification issued by the appropriate American Specialty Bpard; and

IV. Five (5) years of full-time licensed experience as a Physician practicing in his/her field of specialty in acceptable to the Medical Board of the hospital.

Minimum Qualifications

I. Graduation from an approved school of medicine; and

II. Possession of a valid license to practice medicine in New York State; and

III. Current Board Certification issued by the appropriate American Specialty Bpard; and

IV. Five (5) years of full-time licensed experience as a Physician practicing in his/her field of specialty in acceptable to the Medical Board of the hospital.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs