Physician Intensivist

Luminis Health • Lanham, MD

23h • $19 - $23 • Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Intensivist delivers direct patient care to ICU/IMU patients, evaluates patients requested for ICU/IMU admission and supervises activities of the ICU team to ensure quality healthcare is provided efficiently to ICU patients. The intended process of ICU daily operations will be consistent and provided with minimal variation from day to day, week to week. The Staff Intensivist is responsible to the Critical Care Medical Director and works collaboratively to ensure program adherence to evidence-based medical standards, quality initiatives and reliable execution of intended ICU daily processes.

Requirements

• Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Surgery or Anesthesia with active subspecialty certificate of Special Qualifications in Critical Care Medicine, or eligible to sit for Critical Care Boards within 1 year of employment.
• Agrees to work in a 24-Hr. Intensivist Directed Multidisciplinary Team Model.
• Minimum of 3 years Critical Care practice experience.
• Graduate of an accredited school of medicine (Doctor Degree).
• Completion of residency in specified field of specialty.
• Current state license to practice medicine, DEA and CDS.
• Expert knowledge to perform and/or supervise critical care procedures in accordance with policy and procedures.
• Experience in and dedication to the role of Quality improvement initiatives.
• Commitment to scholarship.
• Interest in outcomes and other forms of research.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated persuasive clinical leadership and teambuilding skills.
• Excellent motivator and communicator, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work creatively and independently.
• Fundamental knowledge of PC based applications.
• Desire to participate in teaching activities and mentoring of medical students.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and direct daily patient care for ICU/IMCU patients, including direct patient care and coordination of care activities.
• Manage care for patients while in the ICU/IMCU.
• Implement, coordinate, and administer the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for patients requiring care in the Critical Care Setting.
• Serve as primary coordinator with ultimate responsibility for ICU patients, between multiple physician caregivers/consultants, nursing ancillary services, physicians, and patients/families/caregivers.
• Actively direct and coordinate daily multi-disciplinary critical care rounds.
• Remain within the ICU or within the hospital attending to ICU related activities during the entire shift, free from all competing responsibilities.
• Respond to calls within 5 minutes by phone and presence in the ICU within 10 minutes of a request by nursing, ancillary staff or other physicians if outside the ICU.
• Evaluate all new patients and requests for admission in a timely fashion, but at least within 30 minutes of request, 24/7/365.
• Limit care expressly to patients within the ICU/IMU, those patients whose admission to the ICU is requested, and patients transferred from the ICU where ongoing critical care consultation is medically necessary and appropriate.
• Supervise the activities and deployment of Mid-Level providers on the Intensivist Service.
• Oversee daily ICU operations to ensure intended processes are occurring.
• Work with Critical Care Medical Director, Intensivist Service and ICU Team to gain standardization around daily ICU process and reduce individual variation.
• Act as the designee of the Critical Care Medical Director in executing intended ICU process and operations when "on service".
• Participate in the scheduling system for Intensivists designed to minimize fragmentation of care and optimize continuity of care.
• Participate in regular documented meetings with the Intensivist staff to address patient flow, quality, scheduling and patient and physician relationships.
• Provide responsive and timely feedback, routinely communicate and collaborate collegially with the Critical Care Medical Director, other physicians, hospital leaders and Critical Care operations staff.
• Participate in design and development of clinical pathways, care management protocols and performance improvement initiatives.
• Advise Critical Care Medical Director regarding appropriate medical resources to assist in the management of complex or difficult cases or in the triage and assignment of Critical Care beds.
• Provide oversight of Critical Care bed allocation during Capacity Alert.
• Participate in educational activities for the ICU Team.
• Participate on hospital committees as appropriate to the delivery of critical care services.
• Attend medical staff, departmental meetings and other committee meetings as assigned.
• Assure compliance of Intensivist Service in meeting Joint Commission, HIPPA, Corporate compliance and hospital, medical staff policies, procedures, protocols and standards.
• Consult with medical staff to discuss optimal methods of treatment for specific diagnoses and facilitate achievement of care coordination goals.
• Actively participate with case management and hospital operational leadership for communication, feedback, problem solving, training and sharing of program results.
• Assist in investigation and triage and resolution of quality of care and patient safety issues.
• Assist the Medical Director in the monitoring, investigation, and proactive addressing of all customer service issues concerning this service.
• Actively participate in and directly supervise daily unit management activities necessary for the efficient, timely, consistent, safe and cost effective delivery of ICU services.
• Assure that all patient admissions, transfers and discharges to and from the ICU/IMCU are evaluated and processed in timely fashion.
• Participate in ongoing quality improvement and performance improvement activities including oversight of data collection, high value medicine protocols and algorithms.
• Interact with other departments as necessary to facilitate the smooth operation of the ICU.
• Determine essential laboratory, diagnostic and support services required for patient care.
• Provide comprehensive plan of care and status information at "turnover" to oncoming Intensivist.
• Supervise undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education in the ICU/IMCU on a daily basis.
• Assure that residents comply with medical staff rules and regulations.
• Participate in Resident performance evaluations.
• Participate in Mid-Level Provider, Nursing, respiratory and ancillary staff education.
• Implement patient care protocols, policies and procedures for the ICU/IMCU.
• Collaborate for efficient utilization, management and patient flow in ICU/IMCU.
• Participate in the system for Quality Assurance monitoring and optimum utilization of resources within the ICU/IMCU.
• Share responsibility for the quality, outcomes and operational management, clinically and fiscally, of the Critical Care service.
• Determine and advise regarding required monitoring capabilities.
• Participate in Performance Improvement projects.
• Participate in development of new strategies to improve outcomes and efficiency.
• Participate in reliable execution of existing policy, procedures and best practices.
• Participate in protocol/guideline development and evaluation.
• Participate in evaluation of outcomes.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan (with employer match for employees who work more than 1000 hours in a calendar year)
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance Benefits
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Paid Holidays, Disability, and Life/AD&D for full-time employees
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior