Pulmonology - Critical Care Physician

A health system in Long Island is seeking a Pulmonology Critical Care Physician to join their team in Suffolk County.

About the Opportunity:

• Schedule:
  
  Flexible outpatient scheduling
• Hours:
  
  40 hours per week
• Setting:
  Outpatient and inpatient

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat conditions such as Asthma, COPD, pneumonia, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, pulmonary hypertension, bronchiectasis, and pleural disease.
• Manage patients with complex cases in the outpatient clinic setting.
• Perform and interpret advanced procedures.
• Interpret results from diagnostic tests.
• Diagnose and treat life-threatening conditions such as respiratory failure, shock, sepsis, and acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome.
• Oversee the management of patients requiring mechanical ventilation and other advanced life support techniques.
• Perform critical care procedures, including airway management/intubation, central and arterial line placement, hemodialysis access, and critical care ultrasonography/echocardiography to guide management and procedures.
• Participate in the education and supervision of medical residents, pulmonary/critical care fellows, and medical students.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, including other specialists to ensure comprehensive, patient-centered care.

Qualifications:

• Licensed to practice medicine in the State of New York
• Board Certified/Eligible in Pulmonology and Critical Care