Hospitalist - Medicine - Baltimore, United States - Greater Baltimore Medical Center

Description

# Responsible for physician recruitment, retention, supervision, practice development/management. Support the development and implementation of standardized care protocol, patient safety/quality initiative. Participate as an active member of the hospital-based physician practice. # # Education Graduate of an accredited medical program # Experience Minimum of 5 years of experience as hospitalist and leadership role in group practice # Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Fundamental knowledge related to hospital-based physician practice is required # # Licensures, Certifications Board Certified in Internal Medicine Physical Requirements Able to perform daily tasks necessary for management of hospitalized patients # Working Conditions Normal patient care environment with possible exposure to excessive noise, dust, temperature. Exposure to adverse working conditions due to performance of patient care activities, and exposure to communicable diseases. # Conditions of Employment GBMC Medical Staff Privileges # Standard Precautions Standard precaution policy and procedures are applicable to this job # Patient Safety Employee has knowledge and understanding of patient safety as it relates to the job duties## #N/A # Patient Population Demonstrates competency in the delivery of care and applies the knowledge to meet age-specific needs # # Not applicable Applicable for the following ages: # # # # All ages# Neonate / Infant Pediatric# Adolescent# Adult# Geriatric# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Principal Duties and Responsibilities # Partner with Clinical Nurse Manager(s) to assess progress on goals and to work on areas where physician engagement is required to meet goals. Championing of meaningful change, participation in developing new processes/procedures that improve efficiency and effectiveness of patient care Soliciting, listening for and communicating feedback among stakeholders, including other physicians, nursing, patients and administration in collaboration with the Nurse Manager Consensus building between physicians, nursing staff, and administration in collaboration with the Nurse Manager Review with the Clinical Nurse Manager the long length of stay patients on the unit and help make dispositions with the attending physicians when possible. Assistance with Joint Commission readiness efforts Facilitate the triaging of patients when necessary to promote patient flow Facilitate the follow up of quality concerns for patients moving to the outpatient setting. Ensuring that unit case manager and discharge planners have provided patients being discharged with the proper follow up appointments, medications and home needs Collaborate, by attending regular meetings with other unit medical directors and clinical nurse managers to assess best practices Perform other duties or responsibilities related to patient care as reasonably necessary or as reasonably requested.
Responsible for physician recruitment, retention, supervision, practice development/management. Support the development and implementation of standardized care protocol, patient safety/quality initiative. Participate as an active member of the hospital-based physician practice.
EducationGraduate of an accredited medical programExperienceMinimum of 5 years of experience as hospitalist and leadership role in group practiceKnowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Fundamental knowledge related to hospital-based physician practice is requiredLicensures, CertificationsBoard Certified in Internal MedicinePhysical RequirementsAble to perform daily tasks necessary for management of hospitalized patientsWorking ConditionsNormal patient care environment with possible exposure to excessive noise, dust, temperature.

Exposure to adverse working conditions due to performance of patient care activities, and exposure to communicable diseases.
Conditions of EmploymentGBMC Medical Staff PrivilegesStandard PrecautionsStandard precaution policy and procedures are applicable to this jobPatient SafetyEmployee has knowledge and understanding of patient safety as it relates to the job duties N/APatient PopulationDemonstrates competency in the delivery of care and applies the knowledge to meet age-specific needsNot applicableApplicable for the following ages:All agesNeonate / InfantPediatricAdolescentAdultGeriatricPrincipal Duties and Responsibilities

• Partner with Clinical Nurse Manager(s) to assess progress on goals and to work on areas where physician engagement is required to meet goals.
• Championing of meaningful change, participation in developing new processes/procedures that improve efficiency and effectiveness of patient care
• Soliciting, listening for and communicating feedback among stakeholders, including other physicians, nursing, patients and administration in collaboration with the Nurse Manager
• Consensus building between physicians, nursing staff, and administration in collaboration with the Nurse Manager
• Review with the Clinical Nurse Manager the long length of stay patients on the unit and help make dispositions with the attending physicians when possible.
• Assistance with Joint Commission readiness efforts
• Facilitate the triaging of patients when necessary to promote patient flow
• Facilitate the follow up of quality concerns for patients moving to the outpatient setting.
• Ensuring that unit case manager and discharge planners have provided patients being discharged with the proper follow up appointments, medications and home needs
• Collaborate, by attending regular meetings with other unit medical directors and clinical nurse managers to assess best practices
• Perform other duties or responsibilities related to patient care as reasonably necessary or as reasonably requested.