Nocturnist - Physician

St. Elizabeth Healthcare • Florence, KY

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About The Position

St. Elizabeth Physicians is seeking a physician to join its expanding hospital medicine team. The position provides overnight hospitalist care, working in collaboration and consultation with the nocturnist advanced practice provider team. The physician facilitates admissions for patients requiring hospitalization in med-surg, TCU, and medical ICU units during evening and overnight hours, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

The role includes assessing hospitalist patients, gathering relevant medical and nonmedical histories, performing physical examinations, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, prescribing pharmacological therapies, consulting and collaborating with specialists, making complex medical decisions, and communicating with patients’ families. Procedural skills are desired. A 2025 start is requested, though other timelines are welcomed.

St. Elizabeth Physicians is a physician-led multispecialty group with 517 physicians, 334 advanced practice providers, and more than 2,000 non-provider associates. It serves more than 409,000 patients across over 121 practices in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio, in partnership with St. Elizabeth Healthcare. The organization emphasizes patient-centered care, accountability, community, innovation, teamwork, and excellence, and states that it is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

• MD or DO.
• Completion of advanced graduate medical education in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine.
• Board eligibility or board certification in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine.

Nice To Haves

• Procedural skills are desired.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate admissions for patients requiring hospitalization in med-surg, TCU, and medical ICU units during evening and overnight hours.
• Assess hospitalist patients, including obtaining pertinent medical and nonmedical histories and performing physical examinations.
• Order and interpret diagnostic tests.
• Order pharmacological therapies.
• Consult and collaborate with specialists.
• Execute complex medical decision-making.
• Communicate with patient families.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree