Hospitalist Physician - Duke University, Duke Regional, and Duke Raleigh Hospitals

Duke Careers•Durham, NC

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About The Position

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together. About Duke University Hospital Duke University Hospital is consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking research. Duke University Hospital has 1,048 licensed inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 65 operating rooms; an endo-surgery center; a separate hospital outpatient surgical department with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area. About Duke Regional Hospital Duke Regional has 388 inpatient beds and offers a comprehensive range of medical, surgical and diagnostic services, including orthopedics, weight-loss surgery, women's services, and heart and vascular services. We also offer care at our Duke Rehabilitation Institute, Davis Ambulatory Surgical Center, Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center Arringdon, Health Services Center, and Duke Behavioral Health Center North Durham. About Duke Raleigh HospitalPursue your passion for caring with Duke Raleigh Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been part of Duke Health since 1998 and has served Wake County for more than 35 years. Duke Raleigh Hospital features 204 inpatient beds and offers a comprehensive array of services, including cancer, cardiovascular, neuroscience, advanced gastrointestinal, and wound healing care. Job Summary Hospitalist physicians in the Hospital Medicine Department are clinicians and/or clinician educators who provide clinical care for patients admitted at Duke University Health System hospitals. They support surgical and specialty services through consultative general internal medicine practice, as well as teach staff, graduate medical trainees, and medical students on inpatient educational rotations. Job Locations Available Hospitalist jobs are available for all shifts at the following sites: Duke University Hospital Duke Regional Hospital Duke Raleigh Hospital

Requirements

Technical - Clinical training and skills as mandated by the American Board of Internal Medicine for General Internal Medicine physicians
Non-Technical - Ability to work with others i n a cooperative, collaborative manner.
Strong written and oral communication skills
Work requires a MD or DO from accredited medical program and completion of advanced graduate medical education in Internal Medicine with board eligibility or board certification in internal medicine.
Physician will maintain a current unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of North Carolina, federal and state prescriptive authority, and will obtain and maintain board certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine in accordance with the Medical Staff Bylaws of the DUHS Hospitals.

Nice To Haves

For clinician educators - strong clinical teaching skills.
Training experiences as mandated by the ABIM for board eligibility are required, clinical and teaching experience in an inpatient healthcare environment including experience in both large academic medical center and community hospital environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

Assessment, evaluation, diagnostic determination, on-going treatment and clinical management of patients
When necessary make referral for consultation
Direct care planning
Order medications and therapeutic treatments when warranted
Authorize transfers
Conduct risk assessment
When appropriate, make determination of readiness and planning for discharge for inpatients in your care.
Direct contact and consultation with patient family members, friends, advocates, and others to ensure effective communication of patient status and care plans, and to encourage/ support an open visitor-friendly environment within the hospital environment.
Extensive and on-going communications with community primary care physicians who routinely manage the care of patients currently in your care within the hospital
Day-to-day patient contact/rounding/care management that actively encourages and includes professional input from all members of the patient care team
Completes all clinical and professional records and documentation accurately and in a timely manner to assure compliance with local, state and federal regulatory, licensure and accreditation requirements.
Work to create a positive work culture within cross-departmental teams
Align your work with other Hospital Medicine initiatives.
Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.