Inpatient Hospitalist AGACNP

POSITION DUTIES

Blessing Hospital Medicine general duties:

• Perform daily rounds, taking ownership of the general medicine inpatient service during assigned hours
• Perform general medicine consultations
• Collaborate with regional providers in the assistance of pre-operative History & Physicals
• Attend regular staff meetings with the medical director of the hospitalist program
• Attend/participate in the monthly hospitalist program meetings
• Attend/participate in the Department of Medicine and General Medical Staff meetings, with at least 50% annual attendance
• Become actively involved in various committees and projects as determined by the medical director of the hospitalist program
• Follow the hospitalist program policies and hospital policies on patient care, availability and medical education/teaching
• Become an integral part of the hospitalist team and be willing to provide backup as needed
• Participate in hospital call as scheduled by the hospitalist program

Inpatient responsibilities

• Establishing and maintaining responsibility for inpatient general medicine service.
• Providing leadership and education to the entire care team
• Working with inpatient care coordinators to ensure appropriate length of stay, efficient use of resources and appropriate follow-up care
• Providing direct patient care to general medicine patients
• Meeting with families and maintaining a presence on the units
• Reviewing (daily or more frequently) all patients on your service with staff and students as needed
• Serving as a role model for all staff and colleagues
• Serving as a liaison to referring providers – both Blessing Hospital and non-Blessing Hospital to facilitate the growth of the hospitalist service
• Understanding, implementing and teaching quality and optimum utilization of services
• Assisting in the development of appropriate inpatient clinical pathways
• Completing and final signing all histories/physicals, progress notes, procedure notes, consult notes, subsequent follow-ups and discharge documentation. History & Physicals, Consultations and daily progress notes must be recorded in the record at the time of service. Discharge summaries must be complete and final signed within 24 hours of discharge.
• Supervising all planned discharges for appropriateness and timeliness, ensuring an order for patients to follow-up with specialists in one week (unless otherwise specified by specialist) and a Primary Care Provider within 2 days of discharge
• Working daily with inpatient care coordinators to provide appropriate and timely use of resources (ensuring appropriate and timely use of diagnostic and ancillary services)
• Ensure proper communication to the primary care physicians and specialist