UPMC
Location
Erie, PA | United States
Job description
Regional Health Services, Inc. located at U. S. Steel Tower, 57 th Floor, 600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, seeks a Hospitalist for 201 State Street, Erie, PA 16550 to manage all aspects of medical care for each patient assigned to the hospitalist program during the course of the workday, work in conjunction with the emergency department and the transfer center to accept all admissions and referrals to the hospitalist program, provide medical consultations to other services as requested, work in cooperation with other hospitalists to provide the very best quality seamless care for each patient of the hospitalist program, rapid response team first responder during assigned shift, provide inpatient hospitalist services for select primary care physicians and/or practices as the hospitalist program develops, undertake teaching duties for Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, or other medical students as necessary at Hamot or other hospital to which physician agrees to provide services, work in conjunction with emergency room and primary care physicians to provide high quality seamless care for patients assigned to the hospitalist program, develop and adhere to quality standards of care and protocols for patient care in conjunction with other hospitalists, participate in a process improvement committee as needed, share equitably in a work schedule that preserves the continuity of patient care while preserving a healthy physician lifestyle. The hospitalist will treat only adult patients.
Job Responsibilities:
Manage all aspects of medical care for each patient assigned to the hospitalist program during the course of the workday
Work in conjunction with the emergency department and the transfer center to accept all admissions and referrals to the hospitalist program
Provide medical consultations to other services as requested
Work in cooperation with other hospitalists to provide the very best quality seamless care for each patient of the hospitalist program
Rapid response team first responder during assigned shift
Provide inpatient hospitalist services for select primary care physicians and/or practices as the hospitalist program develops
Undertake teaching duties for Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, or other medical students as necessary at Hamot or other hospital to which physician agrees to provide services
Work in conjunction with emergency room and primary care physicians to provide high quality seamless care for patients assigned to the hospitalist program
Develop and adhere to quality standards of care and protocols for patient care in conjunction with other hospitalists
Participate in a process improvement committee as needed
Share equitably in a work schedule that preserves the continuity of patient care while preserving a healthy physician lifestyle.
The Hospitalist will treat only adult patients.
Requires a Medical Degree or Doctor of Osteopathy or its equivalent or its foreign equivalent. A foreign medical degree is acceptable.
Must have completed a three (3) year U. S. ACGME or AOA approved residency in Family or Internal Medicine
Must be board certified or board eligible in either the field of Internal Medicine or Family Medicine. If Board eligible the physician is expected to be qualified to take the certification examination within one (1) year of the commencement of employment with the employer, and shall take and pass such examination within that time.
Must have a valid unrestricted Pennsylvania Medical license and ACLS certification
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
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