Advanced Staff Fellow IBD

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health•Lebanon, NH

About The Position

The resident or fellow physician provides patient care appropriate to their level of advancement and competence. Under the supervision of attending physicians, the fellow performs clinical duties within the scope of their clinical privileges and training. The role also involves attending clinical rounds and seminars, completing medical records in a timely manner, and carrying out other assigned duties or responsibilities required of members of the medical staff.

Requirements

Meet one of the stated eligibility pathways for appointment to an ACGME-accredited residency or fellowship program at D-H.
For graduates of LCME-accredited medical schools in the United States or Canada: successfully complete any prerequisite accredited training specified by the ACGME Residency Review Committees.
For graduates of AOA-accredited colleges of osteopathic medicine in the United States: successfully complete any prerequisite accredited training specified by the ACGME Residency Review Committees.
For graduates of medical schools outside the United States and Canada: have a currently valid ECFMG certificate before appointment, or have a full and unrestricted medical license in the U.S. licensing jurisdiction where training occurs; successfully complete any prerequisite accredited training specified by the ACGME Residency Review Committees.
For graduates of medical schools outside the United States who completed a Fifth Pathway program provided by an LCME-accredited medical school: successfully complete any prerequisite accredited training.
For the described academic year of supervised clinical education pathway: meet the stated undergraduate premedical education, foreign medical school, medical school completion, screening examination, and NBME Parts I and II or USMLE Steps 1 and 2 conditions.
Some programs require successful passage of board examinations, or a good-faith effort to pass, for promotion through subsequent fellowship years.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ medical, physical, and psychosocial status initially and on an ongoing basis.
Perform histories and physical examinations.
Develop assessments and treatment plans.
Perform rounds.
Record progress notes.
Order tests, examinations, medications, and therapies.
Arrange discharges and aftercare.
Write or dictate admission notes, progress notes, procedure notes, and discharge summaries.
Provide patient education and counseling on health status, test results, disease processes, and discharge planning.
Perform procedures.
Assist in surgery.
Attend clinical rounds and seminars.
Complete medical records in a timely manner.
Carry out other assigned duties or responsibilities required of members of the medical staff.