Physician - Hospitalist - Per Diem

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Bristol Health Medical Group has per diem opportunities for BE/BC Family Medicine or Internal Medicine physicians to join the Department of In-patient Medicine at Bristol Hospital.

We are seeking compassionate, mission-focused, healthcare providers who want to make a difference and provide quality care to patients in our communities.  You will be part of a collegial and collaborative team of providers who are dedicated to Bristol Hospital’s goal of being one of the best community hospitals in Connecticut.

The Hospitalist service provides 24/7/365 inpatient hospital coverage for all patients admitted to the medical and surgical floors.

Summary: 

The Hospitalist Physician is a licensed physician adept at the evaluation and management of inpatients, Observation status patients and the medical needs of surgical patients.  The Hospitalist Physician will work effectively with nursing, responsive to nursing needs, and supportive of the working culture of the clinical units. The Hospitalist Physician will assist utilization personnel, administration personnel or their designees in Hospital Case Management activities to support the appropriate utilization of Hospital resources and the provision of patient services in the appropriate setting. The Hospitalist Physician will cooperate with administrative personnel to ensure timely and continuous coverage of the program.

Job Details:

For patients under their management, the Hospitalist shall conduct initial patient assessments and admission procedures; formulate and implement a treatment plan; schedule and review clinical and diagnostic tests as medically necessary for each patient; provide timely and regular reports to primary care physicians and family members regarding all aspects of patients' medical conditions and course of treatments; conduct multiple rounds daily as necessary for the acuity of patients' conditions; coordinate and integrate specialty and subspecialty consultations; coordinate patient transfers to and from the intensive care unit, medical/surgical unit, skilled nursing facility or home; conduct timely and proactive discharge planning to include ensuring appropriate follow-up with the primary care physician/specialty physician has been arranged.

During hours of scheduled hospital attendance, the Hospitalist shall respond to all cardiopulmonary resuscitations and emergency calls.

The Hospitalist shall coordinate with the case management department of the Hospital as appropriate for each patient under their care for timely and proactive discharge planning.  Hospitalist shall inform Hospital and/or primary care physicians of any problems identified after a patient is discharged, to include notification of any abnormal pending diagnostic reports. 

Along with other members of the Hospitalist Physicians, provide on-call coverage 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in accordance with scheduling as approved by administration, onsite, responding within time frames established by the medical staff for emergent, urgent and routine requests.

Hospitalist shall be available for and respond to provide admission, management and consultati