What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospitalist - Clinical Adjunct Faculty WMC position at Wake Forest?
We are seeking exceptional, BE/BC career Hospitalists to join our expanding team Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist - Wilkes Medical Center.
- Must be MD/DO
- Three years Internal Medicine Residency required
- North Carolina licensure or eligible
- Schedule: week on/week off
- Educational and research opportunities
- Professional, collegial team environment
- Excellent benefits package
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to achieving diversity among its faculty and staff.
Number of hospitalist beds/census: 60-65 patients
WMC has an open ICU. Tele ICU with aICU available. Sonosite available in E.D.
- In addition to their core expertise managing the clinical problems of acutely ill, hospitalized patients, hospitalist is responsible for:
- Admitting adult patients with medical problems for hospital stay.
- Giving prompt and complete attention to all patient care needs including diagnosis, treatment, and the performance of medical procedures (within their scope of practice).
- Collaborating, communicating, and coordinating with all physicians from other sub-specialties and health care personnel caring for hospitalized patients.
- Attending and providing inpatient medicine consults and post-operative care to other medical and surgical specialties.
- Employing quality and processing improvement techniques.
- Conducting discharge planning and discharging patients.
- Safely transitioning patient care within the hospital, and from the hospital to the community, which may include oversight of care in post-acute care facilities.
- Efficiently using hospital and health care resources.
- Training or supervising medical students, residents, and other health care professionals.
- Responding to and managing any Rapid Responses or Codes
- Assessing patients and developing appropriate plans as needed for any acute events of changes in patient status
- Coordinating with nursing staff and responding to questions/concerns as needed
- Providing appropriate hand-off/sign-out at the conclusion of their shift to the day team
- Determine patients that require transfer to tertiary hospital and contacting PAL line to facilitate
