- Ideally, if appropriately trained and credentialed, provides care for pediatrics, including newborns and attending selected deliveries to care for newborn (e.g., high risk vaginal delivery due to fetal distress or meconium; Cesarean section).
- 1 day hospitalist 7 am – 7 pm
- 1 night hospitalist 7 pm – 7 am
- 1 additional rounder, typically for 2-4 hours per morning, depending on census: may be Hospitalist Program Medical Director or hospitalist departing from night shift (especially weekends and holidays)
- 2 to 4 admissions or consults
- Rounds on, discharge, or transfer 6 to 12 patients
- Total patient encounters 8 to 16
- May supervise stress tests during selected day shifts (training provided if necessary)
- 2-4 admissions or consults
- Assess 1-2 patients at bedside due to instability or change in clinical condition
- Prefer family medicine or internal medicine/pediatrics (combined).
- Will consider internal medicine or family medicine (adult only).
- Must be comfortable with rural nature of practice and limited number of specialists on call.
- Tertiary care is provided primarily by Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon, NH) and Catholic Medical Center (Manchester, NH), both hours away by ground or 25 minutes by helicopter.
- Minimum of 2 or 3 years of post-residency practice preferred. Selected new graduates will be considered.
- H1-B and J-1 visa candidates will be considered if excellent communication skills and 2+ years experience
Full-Time Family Medicine or MedPeds Hospitalist - Berlin, United States - Wellspring Search Partners
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Job Description
Job DescriptionWe are seeking a full-time Family Medicine or MedPeds hospitalist, primarily day shift, to join an established hospitalist group at a northern NH Critical Access Hospital.
*5-bed adult ICU and stepdown unit type patients. Provide care independently or with consultation. Intubate patients, and manage mechanical ventilators. Possess BLS and ACLS for care of adult patients; NRP and PALS for care of newborn and pediatric patients, and run codes together with ED physician on duty.
*After normal business hours (during assigned shift), provides phone coverage for community's primary care practice (Coos County Family Health Services), including calls from patients/families, 2 local nursing homes (CCFHS serves as attending for all such residents), home health agencies, and pharmacies.
*EMR is Meditech Expanse.
Staffing, schedule, and clinical workload:
Typical workload for day hospitalist:
Typical workload for night hospitalist:
If hospitalist clinical work is done or slow and solo ED physician is very busy, hospitalist is expected to help in ED with care of clinically appropriate patients.
Best Fit Candidates/Expectations:
If you are interested in this position, please reach out to our hiring team below.
We look forward to hearing from you
For more information please contact :
Michael Baker
Wellspring