Hospitalist

Cooper University Hospital•Camden, NJ

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Cooper Norcross Health is seeking a full-time, board-certified or board-eligible Internal Medicine or Family Medicine physician for a role serving its Cooper Camden and Inspira locations. The position involves a blend of day and night shifts. The nocturnist role primarily provides cross-coverage on the floor and in the ICU, working alongside an advanced practice provider (APP). The physician will practice within a group of more than 150 physicians and APPs at an academic health system affiliated with Cooper Norcross Medical School of Rowan University. The physician provides attending services, coordinates consultations and resource utilization, admits and discharges patients, completes discharge documentation and medication reconciliation, and maintains medical records. The role also includes responding to hospital codes, serving as a backup Rapid Response Team member when Cooper Intensivists are not scheduled on the team, participating in quality and utilization activities, supporting teaching, and responding to PRN calls for evaluations and orders.

Requirements

Medical degree.
Board-certified or board-eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine.
New Jersey license required.

Responsibilities

Complete all duties of an attending physician as outlined in the Medical Staff Bylaws.
Coordinate specialty consultations and resource utilization.
Admit patients to the service.
Discharge patients in a timely manner.
Complete discharge instructions and medication reconciliation at discharge or transfer.
Dictate the discharge summary at discharge and indicate that copies should be sent to the family doctor and specialists involved in the patient's care.
Participate in quality improvement (QI), risk management (RM), and utilization management (UM) activities as reasonably requested.
Respond to hospital codes as lead physician when requested.
Participate as a backup member of the Rapid Response Team when Cooper Intensivists are not scheduled to serve on it.
Complete medical records in a timely fashion.
Adhere to Medical Staff Bylaws, Hospital Rules and Regulations, and policies.
Perform other life- or limb-saving procedures as necessary.
Make best efforts to ensure compliance with applicable Core Measure quality indicators for patients under their care.
Perform duties as mutually agreed.
Participate in teaching housestaff and comply with requirements of the voluntary teaching faculty.
Respond to PRN calls for evaluation and orders.
Provide cross-coverage on the floor and in the ICU in the nocturnist role, working alongside an APP.