OFFICE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION - ACADEMIC NOCTURNIST

Beebe Healthcare•Lewes, DE

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The academic nocturnist will be responsible for providing high-quality inpatient care, clinical and didactic teaching, and clinical leadership within an academic medical setting. Physician shall be a full-time exempt employee of Beebe Healthcare and be required to work SEVEN (7) twelve (12)-hour shifts, or eighty-four (84) hours, per three-week period (One week on, two weeks off), at the direction and discretion of the Director of Medical Education for a total of One-Hundred-Twenty-Eight (128) twelve (12)-hour shifts per fiscal year (the Shift Requirement).

Requirements

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.
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.

Nice To Haves

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.

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. Provide inpatient services in such a manner to assure that professional standards are being met on a consistent and regular basis.
Manage patient's care throughout the entire inpatient stay. Managing patients care includes but may not be limited to: 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. In conjunction with the Quality and Safety Committee and other appropriate committees, participate in quality assurance activities, conduct quality assurance studies and where indicated, correct all deficiencies noted in any such study.
Interact in a positive and constructive manner with all team members, patients, resident physicians, students and medical staff members.
Use best efforts to schedule all Healthcare System ancillary testing to be completed as early as the next day if possible.
Use best efforts to provide professional services to patients in a timely basis in order to minimize delay of discharges beyond 11:00 am.
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.
Assist in formulating a report on inpatient services to administration on a regular basis. Such reports will include 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.
Follow established Beebe standards, departmental policies, and Medical Staff Bylaws.
Provide input in a mutually agreed fashion to administration regarding non-physician staff and the performance and duties related to inpatient services.
Supervise, teach, and mentor medical students, resident physician and fellows during their clinical rotations. Priority is to teach and advance learner knowledge and patient safety.
Deliver bedside teaching, case presentations, and didactic learning.
Foster an environment of learning and professional development, encouraging critical thinking and evidence-based decision making.
Participate in the development and delivery of educational curriculum for medical students, resident physicians and fellows.
Provide timely and appropriate feedback to learners on a regular basis and assist in their career development. Feedback will be provided formally and informally throughout the educational experience. Formal written evaluations must be completed via the approved residency management suite.
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.