Physician (Chief Hospitalist)

About the role

The Wilmington VAMC in Wilmington, DE is recruiting for a Hospitalist to serve as Chief Hospitalist. The position is accountable to the Chief of Medicine Services, for assuring the most effective delivery of inpatient medical care in while meeting and exceeding compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert treatment to patients in inpatient settings, including, but not limited to, patients on the Med-Surg wards and Intensive Care Unit.
• Provide feedback and patient education to the patients and their families.
• Conduct and perform daily patient care rounding while supervising medical staff duties.
• Review EMR and determine care plans for hospitalized patients, transferring patients, and discharging patients.
• Run RRTs and Code Blues.
• Collaborate directly with other sections of the hospital on patient care.
• Ensure operations and compliance with Veterans Health Administration guidelines for Hospitalist Section of Medical Service.
• Manage the schedules of employees within the hospital section; ensure consistent, up to date, call schedule coverage and posting; hold at least monthly section meetings; allocate resources to ensure adequate coverage/availability of clinical programs; direct and develop quality improvement (QI) processes and projects.
• Work directly with the facility leadership team on evaluations and training requirements for assigned staff.

Requirements

The incumbent is expected to provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of health and treatment of critical illnesses. The ideal candidate should possess strong interpersonal and communication skills that enable them to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of the health care team. The incumbent is expected to adhere to stated policies and provide timely documentation of clinical notes (e.g., admission H&Ps, daily progress notes and discharge summaries). In addition, the incumbent is expected to coordinate and communicate the treatment plan with other inpatient and outpatient health care providers involved in the care of the patients.

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
• Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs).
• In rare and unusual circumstances, the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer, who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience, accomplishments, performance, and qualifications warrant such action.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• 3-5 years experience as a hospitalist. Previous supervisory or team leader position held.
• Must be able to physically and mentally perform the duties in a hospital setting under normal and emergent conditions while working closely with others. Moderate lifting, 15-44 pounds; straight pulling/pushing; reaching above shoulder; use of fingers, both hands required, walking or standing up to 4 hours per day; kneeling for up to an hour; ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously; near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4; far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other; hearing aid permitted.