Clinical Hospitalist, Cedar Hill Neonatology

Children's National•Washington, WA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves providing clinical services for patients at Children’s Hospital and other approved sites. The position requires allocating 90% of effort to clinical activities and 10% to non-clinical activities. Key responsibilities include overseeing the medical care team, managing direct patient care for a specified patient population, improving continuity of care, customer service, and partnerships with community medical providers through timely completion of records and communication. The role also emphasizes active participation in family-centered care, professional and compassionate communication, referring patients to specialists and ancillary services, and appropriately utilizing the chain of command. Responsibilities extend to responding promptly and respectfully to team members and outside medical providers, communicating clear expectations to trainees regarding patient updates and clinical changes, and encouraging questions. The position also involves contributing to advocacy initiatives, scholarly efforts for public policy advancement in pediatric health, teaching patients and families about treatment and prevention, and participating in health promotion programs. Educational commitments include participating in medical education programs, learning activities with colleagues and trainees, hospital/university-wide educational programs, and local, regional, and national educational efforts. Providing timely feedback to trainees, ensuring adequate orientation, and effectively supervising and training clinical professionals and students are also crucial. Furthermore, the role requires adherence to established bylaws, policies, procedures, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety standards. Prompt and adequate completion of clinical documentation, identification and recommendation for improvement of patient services, cooperation in policy development, participation in committees, and evaluation of patient care according to protocol are expected. Peer and support staff evaluation, acknowledgment and reporting of errors, and participation in error prevention efforts are also part of the role.

Requirements

Medical Doctor (M.D.) Medical degree from an accredited medical school (Required)
0 years of work experience (Required)
Knowledge of current principles, methods and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment in the area of expertise.
Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the delivery of medical care.
Ability to function independently in evaluating patient problems and developing a plan for patient care.
Ability to incorporate ethical concepts into patient care and discuss these with the patient, family, and other members of the health care team.
Ability to supervise, advice, and train clinical professionals and/or students in area of expertise.
Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
Demonstrates a personal commitment to Continuing Medical Education and remains current on the developments and progress in his/her subspecialty.
Demonstrates knowledge of and complies with legal and ethical standards for the delivery of medical care.
Fully licensed and credentialed attending staff category physician on the medical staff of Children’s National Medical Center (Required)
Board certified or eligible for board certification in primary practice specialty (Required)

Nice To Haves

Board certification in relevant secondary specialty (Preferred)

Responsibilities

Provide clinical services for patients at Children’s Hospital and other approved sites in an ethical, professional and timely manner.
Allocate 90% of effort to clinical activities and 10% effort to non-clinical activities.
Provide oversight of the medical care team and manage direct patient care for a specified patient population; improve continuity of care, customer service and partnerships with community medical providers through timely completion of records and communication.
Actively participate in family centered care and communicate in a professional and compassionate manner; refer patients to specialists and to relevant ancillary services as appropriate.
Appropriately utilize the defined chain of command and escalation policies.
Respond to team members and outside medical providers in a timely and respectful manner; communicate clearly to trainees expectations regarding patient updates and notifications of significant clinical changes, and encourages questions from trainees.
Participate in CNMC’s advocacy initiatives.
Contribute scholarly effort to the advancement of public policy to promote population-based pediatric health and well being.
Teach patients and families about treatment, prevention, and care enhancement techniques.
Participate in specific health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.
Contribute scholarly effort to the advancement of public policy that promotes population-based pediatric health and well being.
Participate in CNMC's medical education programs through learning activities with colleagues and trainees.
Participate as appropriate in hospital/university –wide educational programs.
Participate as appropriate in local, regional and national educational efforts.
Provide timely feedback to trainees.
Ensure adequate orientation for the care that the trainees deliver.
Supervise and train clinical professionals and students effectively.
Follow established bylaws, policies and procedures, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
Adequately and promptly complete all clinical documentation as required by JCAHO, other regulatory bodies and/or the Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations and Policies and Procedures include complete clinical charge documentation.
Identify problems related to patient services and make recommendations for improvement.
Cooperate and participate in the development, implementation and revision of policies affecting medical practice, judgment and quality of care; Participate as a member of special care teams, Medical Staff and hospital committees.
Review and prepare protocol for use by staff.
Evaluate patient care according to adopted protocol and Quality Assurance program criteria.
Participate in evaluation of peers and support staff; acknowledge and report medical and/or other errors as well as participate in efforts to prevent them.