Hospitalist Physician

About the role

AMG Specialty Hospital – Albuquerque is seeking a highly skilled PRN Hospitalist for weekends with strong inpatient clinical expertise to join our Long‑Term Acute Care (LTAC) team and provide comprehensive medical care to medically complex patients requiring extended acute‑care hospitalization.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive medical management for medically complex LTAC patients.
• Perform initial hospital evaluations, daily progress assessments, and discharge evaluations.
• Develop and oversee individualized treatment plans in collaboration with nursing, respiratory therapy, rehabilitation, pharmacy, nutrition, case management, and other interdisciplinary team members.
• Manage patients with complex conditions, including prolonged mechanical ventilation and ventilator weaning, acute and chronic respiratory failure, severe infections and sepsis recovery, complex wounds and wound infections, multiple comorbidities and multisystem disease, renal failure and patients requiring dialysis, neurologic and neuromuscular conditions, post‑surgical complications and recovery, and complex medication and nutritional management.
• Provide clinical oversight during changes in patient condition and determine appropriate interventions or transfers when indicated.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and collaborate with the care team to promote safe, efficient progression of care.
• Identify barriers to recovery and discharge and actively participate in length‑of‑stay and discharge planning.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, referring physicians, consultants, and members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Maintain timely, accurate, and complete medical documentation supporting the patient’s clinical condition, treatment plan, and ongoing need for LTAC‑level care.
• Participate in quality improvement, patient safety, peer review, and other medical staff activities as appropriate.
• Support a culture focused on clinical excellence, patient outcomes, appropriate resource utilization, and compassionate care.

Requirements

• MD or DO from an accredited medical school.
• Board certification or board eligibility in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary/Critical Care, or another appropriate specialty.
• Current, unrestricted state medical license.
• Current DEA registration.
• Eligible for hospital medical staff privileges.
• Hospital‑based critical care SA experience strongly preferred.
• Experience caring for medically complex, critically ill, or post‑acute patients preferred.
• Experience with ventilator management, respiratory failure, wound care, dialysis, and complex medical conditions is highly valued.
• Strong communication, clinical judgment, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
• Commitment to high‑quality, patient‑centered care.

Benefits

• Market‑competitive pay rates in the Albuquerque market.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Eligibility to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) as AMG is an employee‑owned company.

About Us

AMG Specialty Hospital – Albuquerque is a Long‑Term Acute Care hospital that specializes in the management of complex medical needs. Our mission is to return patients to their optimal level of well‑being in the least restrictive medical environment through a multidisciplinary approach that includes aggressive clinical and therapeutic interventions and family involvement. With a high staff‑to‑patient ratio, our nurses, therapists, and physicians provide individualized attention to achieve the best possible outcomes.