Physician (Internal Medicine)

DHA•Honolulu, HI

10d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located within Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) in the Directorate of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Service, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Island of Oahu in Hawaii is often nicknamed (or translated as) "The Gathering Place" . It is currently the most populated Hawaiian Island. The city of Honolulu is the largest city, state capital, and main deep water marine port for the State of Hawaii. As a jurisdictional unit, the entire island of Oahu is in Honolulu County, although as a place name, Honolulu occupies only a portion of the southeast end of the island. Well-known features found on Oahu include Waikiki, Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head, Hanauma, Kane’ohe Bay, Kailua Bay, North Shore, and the resort destination, Ko’Olina. Oahu is also known for having the longest rain shower in history, which lasted for 200 consecutive days. Kāneʻohe Ranch reported 247 straight days with rain from August 27, 1993 to April 30, 1994. The average temperature in Oahu is around 70–85 °F (21–29 °C) and the island is the warmest in June through October. The weather during the winter is cooler, but still warm with an average temperature of 68–78 °F (20–26 °C).

Requirements

US Citizens
Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, or equivalent from a school in the United States or Canada.
This degree must have been accredited by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association; Association of American Medical Colleges; Liaison Committee on Medical Education; Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.
A Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school must have provided education and medical knowledge equivalent to accredited schools in the United States.
Evidence of equivalency to accredited schools in the United States is demonstrated by permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, a fifth pathway certificate for Americans who completed premedical education in the United States and graduate education in a foreign country, or successful completion of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination.
Applicants must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Physician from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
Subsequent to obtaining a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree, a candidate must have had at least one year of supervised experience providing direct service in a clinical setting, i.e., a one-year internship or the first year of a residency program in a hospital or an institution accredited for such training.
Applicants must have successfully completed the required accredited residency training in the specialty of the position to be filled and equivalent experience and training equal to at least 4 years .
Experience may not be substituted for residency training that is required for the specialty identified.

Responsibilities

Serve as a board-certified Internal Medicine Specialist providing care to adult patients who have both acute and chronic illnesses of all complexities.
Examine, diagnose, treat, and follow up with patients with a wide range of medical problems, including heart failure, kidney disease, hypertension, diabetes, liver disease, cancer, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and thyroid disorders.
Render urgent treatment and hospitalizes patients as required.
Serve as an attending physician and leader of an inpatient medicine team, supervising, teaching, objectively evaluating, and providing consultation to other healthcare providers.
Provide internal medicine inpatient care to the adult patient population, advice, and consultation on perioperative management and management of other high acuity internal medicine problems.
Serve as a core faculty member of the Internal Medicine Residency Program under the direction of the Program Director.
Support an effective learning environment along with providing expertise in remediation, mentoring, modeling, lectures, journal club, morbidity/mortality conferences, quality improvement projects, and assists with scholarly activity.
Perform on call duties after normal duty hours which may involve being called back to duty for emergent situations and must be readily accessible by telephone or pager during the duration of his/her call period.
Maintain state licensure and meets annual Continuing Medical Education (CME) requirements and participated in continuing board certification.
Administrative oversight of quality improvement, risk management, safety, patient satisfaction, employee discipline/reward, and infection control.
PERFORMS OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED.