Physician - Internal Medicine

Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital • Grand Rapids, MI

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Physician is responsible for providing professional medical services in the specialty of Internal Medicine to the patients of MFB. The medical services provided are within the mission, vision, and values of MFB.

Requirements

• M.D. or D.O. degree.
• Board certified or board-eligible in Internal Medicine
• State of Michigan Medical License
• Current BLS Certification

Nice To Haves

• Experience in developing new treatment programs and new treatment paradigms
• Experience in the medical rehabilitation of seriously ill patients
• Published research in peer reviewed journals

Responsibilities

• Provides professional medical services in the specialty of Internal Medicine to patients of MFB in the following areas: Inpatients, Outpatients, Clinics
• Maintains medical records in a timely fashion and cooperates with billing, peer review and compliance programs
• Provides oversight and education for students, residents, and any mid-level providers
• Maintains staff privileges at MFB, and mutually agreed upon other hospitals, including the duties required to maintain those privileges such as medical record completion, committee service, compliance, citizenship, etc.
• Identifies and promotes opportunities for improvement of care and actively participates in MFB quality initiatives
• Monitors developments in specialty field and promotes new programs that meet new program criteria
• Provides medical leadership to treatment team treating assigned patients and promotes harmonious and effective team functioning
• Models’ professional behavior
• Enhances knowledge and understanding of capabilities and services of MFB among medical professionals and patient populations through regular participation in professional education sessions with network partners, discharge planning conferences at regional acute care hospitals, participation in ICU and other Rehab teams at network and regional acute care hospitals and similar activities, community outreach and programming opportunities presented or promoted by the MFB.
• Promotes the financial viability of MFB.
• Promotes the development and dissemination of new knowledge, preferably in peer reviewed journals
• Demonstrate excellent customer service and standards of behaviors as well as encourages, coaches, and monitors the same in team members.
• This individual should consistently promote teamwork and direct communication with co-workers and deal discretely and sensitively with confidential information.
• Contribute by identifying problems and seeking solutions.
• Promote patient/family satisfaction where possible; participates in departmental efforts to monitor and report customer service.

Benefits

• Treating everyone with dignity and respect.
• Opening more doors to opportunity for others to succeed.
• Growing talent and people.
• Ensuring a welcoming experience for all we serve, regardless of origin, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status.
• Taking action against discrimination.
• Honoring our differences and how we collaborate.
• Educating staff, patients and the communities we care for.
• Restoring hope and freedom, together

What This Job Offers

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