Pediatric Nocturnist

Dignity Health Medical Group is actively seeking a highly patient-centric physician to serve as a Nocturnist at Chandler Regional Medical Center .

Chandler Regional Medical Center (CRMC) is a full-service acute care hospital with 100 intensive care beds located just outside of downtown Phoenix. The hospital has approximately 78,000 emergency department annual visits and is the busiest Level 1 trauma center in the state of Arizona, with over 5000 trauma activations annually. It is also a primary stroke center, high volume neurosurgery center, and provides high acuity cardiovascular and cardiac surgery services. Critical care services are provided in house, 24 hours a day, by attending intensivists.

Responsibilities

• Provides inpatient consults to patients admitted to the hospital, including critically ill floor patients
• Provides direct patient care for internal medicine conditions, treating diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, heart attacks, and other serious illnesses; Discharges patients from the ER or Clinical Decision Unit as necessary
• Teaches medical students, residents and medical staff. Assists manager of department in evaluating clinical competencies of staff and participates in formal and informal staff education and training programs on a regular basis
• Reports to the Program Director in matters relating to education
• Provides input into the development and implementation of appropriate clinical programs and technology
• Communicates with colleagues and other members of the medical staff to promote positive relations
• Assists department in collecting data for medical quality / performance improvement (QI) program
• Average census is 15-17 but can be as high as 20 at times

Qualifications

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