Hospital Medicine Physician

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At Memorial Hermann, we’re about creating exceptional experiences for both our patients and our employees. Our goal is to provide opportunities for our diverse employee population that develop and grow careers in a team-oriented environment focused on patient care.

Every employee, at every level, begins their journey at Memorial Hermann learning about the history of the organization and its established culture built on trust and integrity. Our employees drive this culture, and we want you to be a part of it.

To provide medical expertise and oversight of care that is being provided through the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System. The physician is expected to exercise the highest level of expertise in order to optimize quality of care.

• Education:
  
  Graduation from an accredited school of Medicine.
• Licenses/Certifications:
  
  Current state medical license;
  Federal Drug Enforcement Administration license; state controlled substance license; staff privileges at all hospitals for which coverage is being provided.
• Board certified or Board eligible.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS).
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).

• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Exhibits teamwork skills that facilitate interchange between multidisciplinary health care workers to provide quality patient care/outcomes.
• Superior problem solving skills.
• Articulate and an active listener.
• Addresses issues/concerns with Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in a timely fashion.
• Demonstrates commitment to the Partners-in-Caring process by integrating our culture in all internal and external customer interactions; delivers on our brand promise of “we advance health” through innovation, accountability, empowerment, collaboration, compassion and results while ensuring one Memorial Hermann.

• Attend and actively participate in hospital multidisciplinary rounds on all patients which the hospitalist service is the primary service and when appropriate or requested when the hospitalist service is in the co-management or consultative role.
• Cover Code Blue and Rapid Responses in accordance with the campus code committee’s recommendations.
• Provide admission services for the Emergency Department, incoming transfer patients, and direct or emergent admissions in accordance with the hospital on call schedule and patient assignment guidelines.
• Provide co-management services for subspecialty services when such services are within the scope and designation of privileges for the hospitalist Provider.
• Provide consultative services for members of the Medical Staff when such services are within the scope and designation of privileges for the hospitalist Provider.
• Accept transfers of care from other clinical service lines if the patient is deemed appropriate for the hospitalist service provided there is a physician to physician hand off communication related to the patient’s clinical course and the hospitalist attending accepts the patient in transfer.
• Provide transfer center call for incoming non-critical care medical patients in accordance with the hospital’s on call schedule.
• Provide timely evaluation of patients admitted to the hospital in accordance Medical Executive Committee bylaws.
• Abide and conform to Hospital tenants, guidelines, and bylaws.
• Provide physician to physician sign out for patients who are transitioning to post-acute facilities.
• Provide internal sign out at transitions of care consistent with standards of care.
• Provide 72 hours of narcotic prescriptions for patients transitioning to skilled nursing facilities if clinically appropriate;
• Participate in nursing and staff education when solicited by CNO, CMO, or COO.
• Respond to clinical queries in a timely fashion.
• Document History and Physicals within 12 hours.
• Document Discharge Summaries within 48 hours of discharge order;
• Maintain current understanding of the regulatory environment related to status and status patients consistent with national guidelines.
• Provide post discharge coverage for appropriate home health orders…