Hospitalist Physician

Responsibilities

• Provide onsite Hospital Medicine Physician services for VA patients
• Admit and coordinate care for hospitalized medical patients
• Perform histories and physical examinations
• Determine appropriate inpatient placement
• Evaluate, treat, and manage hospitalized patients
• Order and interpret diagnostic studies, including labs, imaging, and EKGs
• Administer medications normally considered part of hospital medicine practice
• Discuss end-of-life preferences and advance care planning
• Coordinate consultations with subspecialists
• Lead timely and proactive discharge planning
• Coordinate care with primary care physicians
• Ensure appropriate follow-up after discharge
• Provide perioperative care
• Assess, stabilize, and determine disposition for inpatients with emergent conditions
• Run code teams and rapid response teams
• Review inpatient admissions recommended by PA or NP providers
• Provide discharge education and follow-up instructions coordinated with the next care setting
• Communicate test results in accordance with VA requirements
• Document care and coding in the VA electronic health record / CPRS by the end of each patient encounter

Requirements

• MD or DO
• Current, full, and unrestricted medical license in any U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine
• Experience providing hospital medicine services consistent with the scope of care
• Current BLS
• Current ACLS
• Current DEA
• Ability to speak, read, write, and understand English fluently
• Ability to provide current CME documentation as required for VA credentialing and privileging
• Ability to obtain and maintain VA credentialing and privileging before providing services

Preferred Qualifications

North Dakota medical license is preferred, but the source allows a current license from any U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or DC for onsite VA work.