Hospital Rounder- Nocturnist (PRN)

Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group PC•Silver Spring, MD

61d•Onsite

About The Position

The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (MAPMG) is a leading group of over 1,800 physicians in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., exclusively caring for Kaiser Permanente patients. We invite applications for a part-time Hospital Rounder- Nocturnist at Holy Cross Hospital. Unlike other U.S. health systems, MAPMG is built and led by physicians who earn competitive salaries, without income based on providing individual services. Our medical group comprises board-certified physicians across 60+ specialties. MAPMG physicians use a comprehensive electronic health record (EHR) to coordinate care. Our focus is on long-term health, prevention, diagnosing, and treating diseases effectively. MAPMG researchers and staff support innovative ideas, ensuring quality care, educational programming, and advancing best practices through research.

Requirements

MD or DO
Board Certified or Eligible in Internal Medicine
Currently licensed or able to obtain licenses in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia
Practice patient-centered, culturally competent medical care
Communicate thoughtfully (listen, educate, advocate)
Lead with integrity
Value teamwork
Are transparent and honest
Go “above and beyond” for their patients

Nice To Haves

No procedures required
There is in-house Code Blue and Rapid Response Teams at core hospitals
There is 24/7 in-house intensivist physician at core hospitals

Responsibilities

Provide overnight inpatient medical care, including admissions, Consults, cross-coverage, Rapid clinical assessment, and management of acutely ill hospitalized patients.
Evaluate the appropriateness of hospitalization for newly admitted patients and collaborate with the Emergency Department, consultants, and care management to ensure patients receive care in the most appropriate setting, including consideration of Advanced Care at Home (ACAH) and other alternative care pathways when appropriate.
Coordinate overnight specialty consultations, respond to urgent clinical issues, and facilitate safe transitions of care through comprehensive handoffs to the daytime Hospital Medicine team.
Support patient throughput, utilization management, and quality initiatives by ensuring timely admissions, appropriate level-of-care decisions, and efficient care coordination.
Practice independently overnight while working collaboratively with nursing, consultants, and the broader Hospital Medicine team to provide safe, high-quality, patient-centered care for inpatient patients as well as providing Cross coverage for some of our core SNFs.
Attend to provide medical support for Codes and Rapid response if it is a Kaiser patient.
Cover KP observation unit (extended monitoring unit) at advanced urgent care centers.