Physician (Nocturnist)

About the role

The Nocturnist's primary role is to provide clinical care overnight and to provide bedside teaching and oversee the education of Residents and Medical Students within his/her practice area. Seeking a board-certified/eligible, qualified Nocturnist to support Hospital Medicine at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center. Candidate must be eligible for affiliate faculty appointment at the academic affiliate and participate as an active member of the shared responsibilities of our learning institutions.

Responsibilities

• Function as part of a Hospitalist Medicine team and provide quality inpatient care services in keeping with good clinical practice and standards of the Hospitalist Section and Medicine Service at the Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs Medical.
• Provides supervision, admission staffing and education of internal medicine residents and medical students in all their clinical activities.
• Provides inpatient co-care services and internal medicine consultations to other services, including but not limited to, Mental Health and Surgery.
• Completes independent patient admissions during swing and night shifts based on current admission algorithms.
• Address cross-coverage calls from established medicine consults, CLC patients and supervise medicine residents in coverage of admitted medicine and ICU patients.
• Supervise and assist residents during codes and rapid responses.
• Aid residents in emergent patient care management in ICU with tele-critical care support.
• Participation in educational activities related to the internal medicine residency program.
• Communicates with incoming and off going Hospitalists to ensure continuity of care.
• Procedural skills may include but are not limited to endotracheal intubation, arterial puncture, arthrocentesis, abdominal paracentesis, central lines, nasogastric tube insertion, and thoracentesis based on credentialing.
• Maintain internal medicine board certification and training.
• Attend regular Hospitalist team meetings as scheduling allows.
• Demonstrate ethical conduct and serve as a positive role model to others at all levels of the organization.
• Follow the Medical Staff bylaws and complete all medical records timely in accordance with VA Policies and Regulations.
• Ensure timely record completion for all patients as outlined in the Department of Medicine.
• Participate in inter-hospital transfers of patients.
• Participates in various facility programs designed to enhance and improve the delivery of patient care services, such as Quality Improvement projects, as assigned by Section Chief and/or Chief of Medical Service.
• Maintain clinical privileges in the areas of his/her expertise and in all areas required to carry out the duties of his/her assignments/responsibilities within Medicine Services.

Qualifications

• To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.
• Basic Requirements:
• 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.
• Residency Training: 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.
• Board eligible/board certified in Internal Medicine. Eligible for appointment as teaching faculty with academic affiliate.