Physician Hospital @ Home

Job Summary: 

AHWFB Telehospitalist Physician will be responsible for patient care through the Hospital @ Home program and other innovative telemedicine that comes through this program.  Hospital @ Home program provides virtual acute care to inpatient and ambulatory patients and is supported by paramedics, nurse navigators, and other ancillary staff.   Telehospitalist physician will be expected to provide supervision to credentialed APPs who are providing care to patients through the program.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Position may involve duties which are not listed.

1. Provide medical care to patients.

2. Diagnose and treat diseases and injuries of the human internal organs.

3. Examine patients,

4. Conduct/order diagnostic tests,

5. Analyze the results and prescribe indicated treatment therapies including medications and Physical

Therapies.

6. Consult with other physicians, when needed.

7. Assist in patient education and goal setting.

 

Qualifications and Professional Requirements:

1. 2 years of experience as a hospitalist. Outpatient experience in addition to 2 years as a hospitalist is a plus.
2. MD or equivalent degree and License to practice in NC.
3. Must maintain a DEA license.
4. Should be able to get credentialed at one of the AHWFB hospitals for inpatient care.
5. Should maintain IP hospital medicine practice.
6. Treats all members of the patient care team with respect and dignity.
7. Complies with all policies and protocols of H@H and AHWFB.
8. Attends H@H business meetings regularly.
9. Brings a problem-solving attitude and is ready for ongoing change of a program built for flexibility.
10. Provides patient-centered care with dignity and compassion.
11. Maintains and ensures patient confidentiality at all times.
12. Reports to work on time and as scheduled.
13.  Attends annual review and performs departmental in-services.
14.  Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.
15.  Attends committee, CQI and management meetings, as appropriate.
16.  Resolves staff concerns at the departmental level, utilizing the grievance process as required.

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.

This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.