What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pedatric Hospitalist Needed at Dell Children\'s Medical Center position at Ascension Medical Group Texas?
- Specialty: Pediatrics
- Subspecialty Interest: Pediatric Hospitalist
- Schedule: 154 clinical shifts per year
- Call Schedule: 40 overnights in a year
- Practice Detail: 31 Pediatric Hospitalists, 2 APPs
- EMR System: Cerner/Compass
- Facility: Dell Children's Medical Center, Dell Children's Medical Center North Campus
- Location: Austin, Texas & Cedar Park, Texas
This job location is not currently located in a Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and/or Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P) Shortage Designation Type.
Dell Children's Medical Center is looking for a Board Certified/Board Eligible Hospital Medicine physician for our hospitalist group within Dell Children's Medical Center.
Position Highlights:
Pediatric Hospitalists at Dell Children’s are dedicated clinicians and educators, practicing state of the art, evidence-based medicine in robust clinical settings of acute care hospital medicine, subspecialty care, complex care, surgical co-management, and mental health. Our institution’s growing programs and clinical service lines provide ample opportunities for Pediatric Hospitalists to serve the patients and families in our community and region. We have a 4th bed tower that opened Nov 2022 and a North Austin campus that opened in the spring of 2023. We provide 24/7 in house coverage.
Responsibilities:
- Evaluates and treats patients with appropriate medical diagnostic and treatment skills. Coordinates discharge planning with case management.
- Recommends, participates in, and works to ensure the success of efforts to improve cost effectiveness and quality of care provided to patients.
- Accepts patient referrals from other physicians. Acts as admitting, attending and/or consulting physician for patients who require hospitalization for primary medical diagnoses, depending on needs of patients, medical staff and hospital.
- Participates in academic programs (e.g. medical education and research) as requested.
- Provides appropriate documentation that meets insurance company requirements; appeal all denials in a timely manner.
- Participates in inpatient and outpatient consultation for specialty, which may include on call schedules.
