Hospital Medicine Physician - Sentara Leigh Hospital

Sign-On Bonus: $10,000 | Commencement Bonus: $15,000

Position Overview

The Hospitalist Physician provides direct inpatient care for acutely ill, hospitalized adult non surgical patients. This role includes managing complex medical conditions, providing internal medicine consults, and leading interdisciplinary teams to ensure high quality, efficient care from admission through discharge.

Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive inpatient medical care

• Manage patients with multiple comorbidities

• Provide internal medicine consults as requested

• Participate in critical care management as appropriate

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to support continuity of care

• Uphold the highest ethical and professional standards

• Support Sentara s mission, vision, and values

Qualifications

• Residency trained in Internal Medicine or related specialty

• Board Certified or Board Eligible

• Board Certification required within 4 years of eligibility

About Sentara Medical Group

Sentara Medical Group (SMG), a division of Sentara Healthcare, is a nationally recognized, not for profit health system serving Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina. SMG includes over 1,500 physicians and advanced practice providers delivering high quality, patient centered care across multiple specialties.

Highlights

• 12 acute care hospitals and extensive outpatient network

• Nationally recognized for quality, safety, and workplace excellence

• Strong commitment to innovation, diversity, and community health

Sentara is currently reviewing market compensation for this role. Our Talent Acquisition team will be able to share more specific information during the recruiting process.

Sentara Leigh Hospital, located in Norfolk, VA, is a 274-bed acute care facility that opened in 1903 and relocated to its present site in 1977. Our hospital completed a renovation in 2016, including two new patient towers, a beautiful atrium, and a multi-story parking garage. Sentara Leigh Hospital includes a dedicated Orthopedic Hospital providing patients access to a full continuum of orthopedic care, from the preoperative phase and surgery to rehabilitation and home care services. Along with being a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, we also specialize in orthopedic and spine care, heart, vascular, maternity care, and general surgery. We are also home to the region s only 24-hour hyperbaric oxygen program that helps speed up the healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, wounds that won t heal, infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen, airborne chemical exposures, and scuba diving accidents.