OFFICE OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION - ACADEMIC HOSP

Responsibilities

• Provide best practice using evidence based inpatient care for patients across a wide variety of medical conditions.
• Conduct daily rounds, including the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of hospitalized patients.
• Manage patient's care throughout the entire inpatient stay, including facilitating diagnostic testing and results; scheduling procedures; accelerating patients progress through the healthcare system; and managing utilization and discharge planning.
• Ensure effective communication with patients and their families and their primary care physician regarding diagnoses, treatment plans, and progress.
• Coordinate care across specialties and collaborate with consultants and other healthcare professionals to optimize patient outcomes.
• Participate in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
• Interact in a positive and constructive manner with all team members, patients, resident physicians, students and medical staff members.
• Serve on medical staff committees as reasonably requested by the Chief Physician Executive, Physician in Chief, Director of Medical Education, Designated Institutional Official or administration.
• Aid in formulating a report on inpatient services to administration on a regular basis, including detailed information regarding transfers, referrals, consultations and other information as requested.
• Participate in problem solving, budget preparation, strategic planning, preparation for state and Joint Commission surveys and other administrative matters.
• Follow established departmental policies, procedures, objectives, continuous quality improvement and safety objectives, environmental and infection control standards.
• Actively participates in institutional and program level scheduled meetings, including but not limited to Faculty Meetings, the Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) and Program Evaluation Committee (PEC) in collaboration with residency Program Director(s).
• Attends didactics regularly and presents lectures throughout the year.
• May assist in the recruiting, interviewing, selection and ranking of prospective residents during recruitment season in collaboration with respective residency Program Director.
• Participates in academic meetings, conferences and workshops to stay current with emerging trends in hospital medicine and academic medicine.
• Participates in scholarly activity projects with medical students, resident physicians and/or fellows.
• Participates in faculty development activities as sponsored by the Office of Medical Education.
• Communicates regularly with residency Program Director(s) on resident physician academic progress.
• Communicates regularly with Medical Education leadership and Medical Director of hospitalist on the workflow/operations of the academic service.

Qualifications

• MD or DO medical degree from an accredited medical school.
• Board certified or board eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine.
• Medical licensure in the state of DE or the ability to obtain licensure in the state of DE with appropriate medical staff appointment.
• At least one year's experience in teaching and mentoring of medical students, resident physicians, and/or fellows is strongly preferred.
• Evidence of scholarly activity, including research publications, or presentations is preferred.
• Strong clinical skills and a commitment to high-quality patient care.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.