Hospitalist - HPMC - Clinical Adjunct FacultyHigh Point, NC, United States
Job DescriptionWe are seeking exceptional, BE/BC career Hospitalists to join our expanding team at Wake Forest Baptist Health-High Point Medical Center.
Must be MD/DOThree years Internal Medicine Residency requiredNorth Carolina licensure or eligiblePhysicians are appointed as adjunct clinical faculty at Wake Forest University School of MedicineSchedule: week on/week offEducational and research opportunitiesProfessional, collegial team environmentExcellent benefits packageNumber of hospitalist beds/census: 110-170 patients
HPMC has a closed ICU.
In addition to their core expertise managing the clinical problems of acutely ill, hospitalized patients, the hospitalist is responsible for:
Admitting adult patients with medical problems for hospital stay.Giving prompt and complete attention to all patient care needs including diagnosis, treatment, and the performance of medical procedures (within their scope of practice).Collaborating, communicating, and coordinating with all physicians from other sub-specialties and health care personnel caring for hospitalized patients.Attending and providing inpatient medicine consults and post-operative care to other medical and surgical specialties.Employing quality and processing improvement techniques.Safely transitioning patient care within the hospital, and from the hospital to the community, which may include oversight of care in post-acute care facilities.Efficiently using hospital and health care resources.Training or supervising medical students, residents, and other health care professionals.Responding to and managing any Rapid Responses or Codes.Assessing patients and developing appropriate plans as needed for any acute events or changes in patient status.Coordinating with nursing staff and responding to questions/concerns as needed.Providing appropriate hand-off/sign-out at the conclusion of their shift to the day team.Determining patients that require transfer to tertiary hospital and contacting PAL line to facilitate.About UsAtrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States.
This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.
Job InfoJob Identification: 106683Posting Date: 12/29/2023, 04:09 PMJob Schedule: Full timeJob Shift: DayLocations: 601 N Elm St, High Point, NC, 27262, US
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