Neurohospitalist | Mercy Health | Toledo, OH

Position Overview:

Mercy Health – the Neuroscience Institute is seeking a dedicated, board-certified (or board-eligible) Neurohospitalist to join our collaborative neurology team. This position offers the opportunity to practice in a multidisciplinary environment within a hospital setting, focusing on the diagnosis and management of acute neurological conditions. The ideal candidate will have strong clinical acumen in inpatient neurology, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to providing high-quality, patient-centered care.

As a Neurohospitalist, you will play a key role in delivering comprehensive neurological care to hospitalized patients and working closely with specialists across neurology, neurosurgery, critical care, and internal medicine. This is a full-time position with a week on, week off schedule and no outpatient responsibilities, offering opportunities for academic involvement, quality improvement initiatives, and clinical research, if desired.

Work Schedule:

• Direct patient care: Minimum of 84 hours every other week or 26 weeks/year (includes some overnight call via phone)

Key Responsibilities:

1. Acute Neurological Care for both Consultative and Admitting services:

• Evaluate and manage patients presenting with acute neurological disorders such as ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, seizures/status epilepticus, traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury, central nervous system infections, acute neuromuscular emergencies (e.g., Guillain-Barré syndrome, myasthenic crisis)
• Provide consultative services across all inpatient units, including Emergency Department, Intensive Care Units, Medical/Surgical floors, post-operative recovery units.

2. Neurocritical Care Support:

• Participate in or coordinate care within the neuro-ICU
• Consult in the general ICU for neurologically complex patients and manage brain edema, seizures, increased ICP, and other life-threatening neurologic conditions

3. Documentation and Quality Improvement

• Ensure accurate and timely documentation in the EMR
• Participate in quality initiatives (e.g., trauma reviews, morbidity, and mortality conferences), support accreditation efforts such as Comprehensive Stroke Center certification

4. Resident Teaching and Clinical Education:

• Teach and mentor residents in clinical settings with 1 weekly resident clinic.
• Participate in didactic teaching, journal clubs, and provide supervision during rounding.

• Clinical trial and industry-sponsored neurology research study opportunities available if interested.

Mercy Health – The Neuroscience Institute

Inpatient Neurology consists of 2 rounding services at St. Vincent Hospital and 1 Metro rounding service - St. Charles, St. Anne, & Perrysburg Hospitals (3 small community hospitals within 10 miles). Acute neurology and stroke call covered by dedicated service. The Institute includes a Level 1 Trauma Center, a Level 3 Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, and Comprehensive Stroke Accreditation, as well as a dedicated neurocritical care unit. Access to 2, 1.2 Tesla high-field open MRIs and 24/7 MRI services along with Physical Therapy services, and Neuropsychology are available.

Qualifications:

• Board Certification/Eligibility in Neurology.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with patients, staff, and a multidisciplinary care team.

• Strong academic skills with a desire to mentor and educate residents.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Highly competitive WRVU-based compensation with generous sign-on bonuses and starting salary.
• Student loan assistance
• Comprehensive benefits: Health, dental, vision, disability, medical malpractice with tail coverage
• Relocation reimbursement, CME allowance, and coverage for DEA, OH license, and board fees
• Work-life balance resources, including financial advisory services, concierge work-life services, wellness programs, and fitness center membership.

Why Mercy Health?

• Join a leading neurology team in Northwest Ohio with significant growth opportunities.
• Be a part of the development of specialized services.
• Contribute to improving patient outcomes and shaping the next generation of healthcare professionals.
• Competitive compensation and a strong commitment to work-life balance and patient care excellence.

A culturally prosperous city, Toledo is home to a nationally renowned zoo and art museum, the Toledo Symphony as well as the Valentine and Stranahan Theater. The community has a minor league baseball team, an ECHL hockey team, NCAA sports and an annual LPGA golf tournament. Nature and outdoors lovers enjoy the close proximity to Lake Erie, as well as the robust Toledo Metropark system, a recipient of the highest park rating award. Outstanding schools coupled with affordable housing give northwest Ohio families a great lifestyle. A large international airport (Detroit), Ann Arbor, Cleveland, Chicago, and Columbus are all within a short driving distance. Additionally, Toledo has 33 colleges and universities within a 60-mile radius, including a local medical college.

Mercy Health — St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo’s first hospital, offers you the high-quality health care you need and the compassion you deserve. Our expert doctors, nurses and caregivers are committed to helping you be well in mind, body and spirit.

Through advanced treatments and cutting-edge technology, we’ve been making lives better and health care easier for the Toledo area since 1885.

Awards and Recognition

• Received the highest level of accreditation in stroke care with the Joint Commission’s Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Center accreditation.
• Diabetes Education self-management program receives American Diabetes Association recognition for meeting national standards for diabetes education programs.
• Re-certified at the highest level of trauma care as a level 1 trauma care center and Mercy Health – Children’s Hospital as a level 2 by the Committee of Trauma of the American College of Surgeons.
• Weight Management Solutions and St. Vincent Medical Center received a designation by the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
• The Women’s Health Physicians and Midwives were recognized as a best practice by the American College of Nurse-Midwives achieving the “Triple Aim” ranking recognizing improvements in the patient experience and health while reducing patient cost.
• Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center received accreditation for their pediatric residency program.

Mercy Health is the largest health system in Ohio and the state’s fourth-largest employer, with more than 33,500 employees serving communities throughout Ohio and in Kentucky. Mercy Health provided care for patients more than 6.8 million times in 2016. The system includes assets of $6.8 billion and more than 500 care sites, including 23 hospitals, eight senior living communities, five hospice programs and seven home health agencies. Its clinically integrated network, Mercy Health Select, coordinates more effective and efficient care for more than 200,000 patients, saving money for taxpayers through the Medicare Shared Savings program. In keeping with its Mission to improve the health of its communities, Mercy Health provides more than $1 million per day in community benefit services. For more information, visit www.mercy.com or connect with Mercy Health on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest and Twitter (@LivingMercyHlth).