STAFF PHYSICIAN (HOSPITALIST)

Closing Date:  Open Until Filled (OUF)

Salary Range:  Dependent on Experience (DOE)

***APPLICANT MUST HAVE A VALID UNRESTRICTED INSURABLE DRIVERS LICENSE***

***RESUME AND REFERENCES ARE REQUIRED***

ESSENTIAL DUTIES, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides all necessary Hospital Medicine care services to adult patients who have been admitted for inpatient services.
• Ensures referred and assigned patients are properly and efficiently admitted and receive appropriate and responsive medical care according to their condition, symptoms and diagnosis.
• Provides timely consultation to requesting physicians and other hospital services.
• Provides assessment, evaluation, diagnostic determination, on-going treatment and clinical management necessary referral for consultation.
• Responsible for care planning and modification, medications/therapeutic orders, transfer authorization, risk assessment and when appropriate, determination of readiness for discharge for hospitalized patients.
• Contacts and consults with patient pertinent medical contacts to ensure effective communication of patient status and care plans.
• Provides day to day patient contact, rounding, and care management that actively encourages and includes professional input from all members of the inpatient care team.
• Completes all clinical and professional records and documentation to assure compliance with local, state, and federal regulatory, licensure and accreditation requirements.
• Maintains a positive work culture with outside departmental teams and aligns this work with other Hospital Medicine initiatives.
• Completes effective and timely verbal communication with the patients primary care physician at various stages during the process, such as admission, care conferences with families, change in patient condition and upon discharge.
• Documents patient diagnosis, treatment, orders and clinical progress properly and correctly in order to allow for proper and correct billing.
• Advises hospital and assists with the implementation of approved evidence-based best practices, protocols and pathways to result in improved quality of care.
• Maintains confidentiality in all aspects of the job to ensure appropriate maintenance of all privacy related issues.
• Participates in Focused Professional Practice Evaluations (FPPE) and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations (OPPE).
• Works on a regularly assigned rotation or call back basis to provide continuity of medical services during evenings, nights, holidays and weekends as needed.
• Provides phone coverage for the primary care clinic outside normal clinical hours.
• Performs other duties as assigned to include Primary Care Clinic participation as needed.

MINIMUM MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS
Experience:

• No additional experience required outside of a completed training program as identified in the education qualifications listed below.

Education:

• Completion of an accredited Medical School Program.
• Completion of an accredited Family Medicine or Internal Medicine Residency Program.
• Board Eligible or Board Certification by an approved American Specialty Board.
• Active, unrestricted Medical License from any U.S. State or Territory.

Please email degree or transcripts to:  Ophelia.Anthony@fdihb.org

NAVAJO/INDIAN PREFERENCE

FDIHB, Inc. is located within the Navajo Nation and, in accordance with Navajo Nation law, has implemented a Navajo/Indian Preference in Employment Policy. Pursuant to this Policy, applicants who meet the minimum qualifications for this position and who are enrolled members of the Navajo Nation will be given primary preference in hiring and employment for this position and members of other federally-recognized Indian tribes will be given secondary preference. Other candidates will be considered only after all candidates entitled to primary or secondary preference have been fully considered.