What are the responsibilities and job description for the Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Hospitalist position at Penn Medicine?
Summary
Full time physician hospitalist to work week on / week off schedule of day and eve shifts
Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY : Provide high level and patient-centered care in the discipline of Hospital Medicine. Hospitalists primarily work a week on week off schedule.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS : Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties :
- Provide exclusive inpatient care.
- Provide efficient, cost-effective professional medical services to unassigned hospitalized patients referred to IMHS in accordance with LGH policy, as well as all patients referred to IMHS from the emergency department and internal / external family practices.
- Consults with patients to determine the appropriate course of treatment.
- Recommends and orders tests to determine extent of illness or help diagnose condition.
- Monitors lab results, medication adherence and medication toxicities.
SECONDARY FUNCTIONS : The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above :
JOB REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS :
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :
