Hospitalist Medical Director

As a Hospitalist Medical Director with USACS, you’ll be responsible for managing Hospitalist medicine services by collaborating with the hospital and nursing leadership while offering support to your Physician staff.  As a leader for both the hospital and USACS, you will influence broad company decisions and help facilitate the development of new leaders.

With USACS, you'll be part of a team unique in today's industry. USACS provides Physicians with ownership, unparalleled benefits, and the opportunity to practice within a values-based model that emphasizes quality. USACS Physicians enjoy the security and resources of a large, national group without sacrificing the advantages typically found in local Physician groups.

Career Details

• Oversee Hospitalist service operations
• Supervise HM staff, per the bylaws, policies and procedures of the institution
• Represent the staff in the community and within the hospital
• Estimated employed W-2 base pay range of $145/hour to $175/hour. Additional leadership stipend included.

Hospital Details

St. John's Episcopal Hospital is the only full-service Acute Care hospital on the Rockaway Peninsula. They are an active and growing provider of comprehensive Medical, Surgical, Emergency, and Diagnostic Services for residents of The Rockaways, the Five Towns, southern Queens and southwestern Nassau County.

• 257-bed community hospital affiliated with Episcopal Health Services
• Specialties include Allergy/Immunology, Anesthesia, Audiology, Cardiology, Dialysis Center, Radiology/Imaging, Gastro, Endocrinology, Hematology, Nephrology, Neurology, OB/GYN, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Ortho, Peds, Psych, Pulmonary, Urology, and Wound Care

Hospitalist Service

• Daily Encounters: 75

• Meditech EMR
• EMR: Meditech
• 13 Physician Hospitalist team
• Staffing Model:
  • 60 hours of day and 12 hours of night Physician coverage
• Dedicated Nocturnist
• Intensivists on-site
• Hospitalist team supports Internal Medicine (IM) residency program
• Attendings will supervise IM and FM resident along with medical students

Community

Far Rockaway is a neighborhood on the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. It is the easternmost section of the Rockaways. Known for its seaside bungalows, which once numbered in the thousands but are now less than four hundred, the community is listed on the National Register of Historic Districts. This community is attractive for its ocean views and affordable prices in everything from food to real estate.

Benefits

Financial Benefits:

• $100,000 equity ownership given to all full-time Physicians after 3 years of employment
• Industry-leading 10% company-funded 401(k) up to IRS limit of $35,000
• $4,000 tax-free CME/BEA annually
• $6,500 plus your state and DEA license in year one for new graduates
• Groundbreaking 100% Paid Parental Leave
• Pioneering Paid Military Leave
• Student loan refinancing as low as 2.99%
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and Rx coverage
• Short- and long-term disability (own occupation)
• Unmatched medical malpractice including tail and free litigation support
• USACS malpractice claims are less than 1/2 the national average!

Intangible Benefits:

• Location flexibility and career stability of a national group
• National Clinical Governance Board (NCGB) of internally elected Physicians
• Clinical Management Tools (CMTs) provide evidence-based support
• 24/7/365 live Physician support
• Professional Development Programs including:
• Scholars (Leadership Training)
• Efficiency Academy
• Engagement & Experience Academy
• USACS Annual Assembly opportunity
• Internal USACS STAT traveling Physicians