UMD - Hospitalist

Job Title:

UMD - Hospitalist |

Location:

Westerly Hospital

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

• Excellent work environment – Flexible schedules to ensure work-life balance. Keeping the patient at the center of everything we do, we focus on improving clinical care, outcomes, patient satisfaction, safety, value, clinical research, and education. Our efforts reach beyond the walls of our hospitals to care for our communities, too.
• Career Advancement – Unlock your potential and embrace exciting opportunities for professional growth and career advancement within our esteemed healthcare system!
• Compensation Package – Enjoy an enhanced compensation package. If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding career where you can make a real difference, we want you on our team.
• Relocation Assistance – We recognize how vital a smooth transition is, and with our relocation assistance, your journey can be seamless.
• Benefits – Competitive salary, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. Pension plan matched tax-sheltered annuity plan and Roth contributions.
• Employment Perks – Employee wellness initiatives and support programs. Professional development and continuing education opportunities. Yale New Haven Health includes Yale New Haven, Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, and Westerly hospitals; several specialty networks; and Northeast Medical Group, a physician-led multi-specialty group with over 1,000 physicians. Intriguing cities with something for everyone, whether you love arts, history, parks or delicious food.

• Provides direct patient care.
  
  A. Admits adult patients to the hospital (both on and off house staff teams) for private primary care physicians, from the out-patient center and when there is no local primary care physician.
  
  B. Conducts comprehensive examinations and evaluations and makes treatment decisions.
  
  C. Communicates regularly and effectively verbally and in writing at frequent and appropriate intervals (including on admission and discharge) with the primary care physicians who care for the patients.
  
  D. Provides general internal medicine consultation to non-internal medicine physicians regarding patients seen in the Emergency Department and/or for pre-operative assessment, risk stratification and post-operative co-management.
  
  E. Provides primary and consultative in-patient medical care on patients admitted to Medicine, Surgery and the Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit with appropriate sub-specialty consultation.
  
  F. Takes call as necessary to provide 24/7 coverage. G. Coordinates care of patients through appropriate collaboration with other physicians (including house staff), nursing staff, case managers and ancillary service providers. H. Enrolls in all Managed Care plans with which the Hospital participates.
• Teaches and Role Models:
  
  A. Provides leadership in the Department of Medicine and the Internal Medicine Residency Program as an expert in in-patient medical practice.
  
  B. Directly supervises and teaches medical residents and students.
  
  C. Role models excellence in service to patients and primary care physicians and non-internal medicine specialists and medical sub-specialists.
  
  D. Provides leadership to the Medical Staff in the use and in-service education of Physician Computerized Order Entry and the Health Information System.
  
  E. Participation and leadership in formal medical education, transitional care rounds.
  
  F. Provides in-service education on hospital based best practice to nursing staff. G. Assists the Residency Program Director in revising the curriculum for the residency in in-patient medical practice and consultative medicine. H. Completes mandatory hospital/unit based in-services. I. Helps identify goals for achievement consistent with the Department and Hospitals long and short-range goals. J. Actively participates in own performance appraisal.
  
  K. Demonstrates…