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    Cardiac Surgeon - Washington DC, United States - Children's National Medical Center

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    Job Description - Cardiac Surgeon (CA Z9)

    Job Description

    Description

    Description The Cardiac Surgeon clinical associate is responsible for the care of patients in the hospital, operating room and clinics, as well as some advocacy and educational initiatives as determined by the Chief, Cardiac Surgery and/or Heart Institute leadership.

    Qualifications

    Qualifications Minimum Education
    Medical Doctor (M.D.) Medical degree from an accredited medical school. (Required)

    Functional Accountabilities
    Commitment to World Class Care
    • Provide clinical services for patients at Children's Hospital and other approved sites in an ethical, professional and timely manner.
    • Provide oversight of the medical care team and manage direct patient care for a specified patient population; improve continuity of care, customer service and partnerships with community medical providers through timely completion of records and communication.
    • Provide on-call services as determined by the division leadership.
    • Actively participate in family centered care and communicate in a professional and compassionate manner; refer patients to specialists and to relevant ancillary services as appropriate.
    • Appropriately utilize the defined chain of command and escalation policies.
    • Respond to team members and outside medical providers in a timely and respectful manner; communicate clearly to trainees expectations regarding patient updates and notifications of significant clinical changes, and encourages questions from trainees.
    Commitment to Advocacy
    • Participate in CNMC's advocacy initiatives.
    • Contribute scholarly effort to the advancement of public policy to promote population-based pediatric health and well being.
    • Teach patients and families about treatment, prevention, and care enhancement techniques.
    • Participate in specific health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.
    • Contribute scholarly effort to the advancement of public policy that promotes population-based pediatric health and well being.
    Commitment to Education
    • Participate as appropriate in hospital/university –wide educational programs.
    • Provide timely feedback to trainees.
    • Ensure adequate orientation for the care that the trainees deliver.
    • Supervise and train clinical professionals and students effectively.
    Commitment to Quality & Compliance
    • Follow established bylaws, policies and procedures, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
    • Adequately and promptly complete all clinical documentation as required by JCAHO, other regulatory bodies and/or the Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations and Policies and Procedures include complete clinical charge documentation.
    • Identify problems related to patient services and make recommendations for improvement.
    • Cooperate and participate in the development, implementation and revision of policies affecting medical practice, judgment and quality of care; Participate as a member of special care teams, Medical Staff and hospital committees.
    • Review and prepare protocol for use by staff. Evaluate patient care according to adopted protocol and Quality Assurance program criteria. Participate in evaluation of peers and support staff; acknowledge and report medical and/or other errors as well as participate in efforts to
    • prevent them.
    Organizational Accountabilities
    Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)
    Organizational Commitment/Identification
    • Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met
    Teamwork/Communication
    • Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
    • Partner with all team members to achieve goals
    • Receptive to others' ideas and opinions
    Performance Improvement/Problem-solving
    • Contribute to a positive work environment
    • Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
    • Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
    • Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment
    Cost Management/Financial Responsibility
    • Use resources efficiently
    • Search for less costly ways of doing things
    Safety
    • Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
    • Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
    • Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
    • Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
    • Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
    • Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance

    Primary Location Primary Location

    : District of Columbia-Washington

    Work Locations Work Locations

    : CN Hospital (Main Campus) 111 Michigan Avenue Washington 20010

    Job Organization Organization

    : Heart Institute

    Position Status : R (Regular) - FT - Full-Time

    Job Posting Job Posting

    : Mar 28, 2024, 9:57:07 PM

    Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The "Know Your Rights" poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here:Know Your Rights Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.

    Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a "drug-free" work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.

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