Non-Core Faculty Family Medicine Physician

Salary Range: $235,365.68 to $288,407.74 (Annualized salary will be prorated by FTE)

FTE: 0.80 (32 hours/week)

• 0.10 FTE - Precepting
• 0.10 FTE - Indirect Care
• 0.20 FTE - Patient Contact In Clinic
• 0.40 FTE - FMS Adult Inpatient Hospital Service

Total: 0.80 FTE

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HealthPoint is a community-based, community-supported and community-governed network of non-profit health centers dedicated to providing expert, high-quality care to all who need it, regardless of circumstances. Founded in 1971, we believe that the quality of your health care should not depend on how much money you make, what language you speak or what your health is, because everyone deserves great care.

Position Summary:

 The HealthPoint non-core Family Medicine Residency Faculty Member performing Adult Inpatient Medicine is responsible for educating and supervising residents while competently practicing adult inpatient and transitional care medicine. The HealthPoint non-core Family Medicine Residency Faculty Member performing Adult Inpatient Medicine is responsible for educating and supervising residents while practicing adult inpatient and transitional care medicine in accordance with standards of competency defined by the residency program and hospital. Acknowledging that Hospital Medicine is its own medical specialty, as recognized by the American Board of Hospital Medicine and Society of Hospital Medicine, Faculty will be expected to have appropriate training and expertise to provide evidence-based, high-quality inpatient and transitional care medicine. Clinical care is to be performed in alignment with the Residency’s mission of addressing healthcare disparities. These requirements are separate from, and in addition to any requirements the Faculty Member has with relation to any other position held within HealthPoint.

Clinical practice is expected to be comprehensive, high quality, evidence-based and to demonstrate cultural humility. It is dedicated to serving the underserved and vulnerable, where care is complicated by limited resources and high rates of psychiatric and socioeconomic disease. Care is to be provided by the residency teaching service in collaboration with interdisciplinary teams, community partners and hospitals, though the Faculty Member remains ultimately responsible for the patient’s outcome.

Educational responsibilities require the Faculty Member to work closely with residents as both a teacher and mentor. The residents shall receive high-quality training in inpatient and transitional care medicine, with the goal of fostering growth and competency in these realms. Teaching and supervision are to be commensurate with the resident’s learning level and are to be aligned with the Residency’s mission.

Compensation is dependent on skills and experience.

Inpatient Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical Care and Patient Management

• Provide comprehensive medical services in hospital care, working independently and interdependently with other hospital specialists and sub-specialists.
• Provide inpatient care for HealthPoint patients and patients without a PCP. This care may take place in the Emergency Department, Medical-Surgical Floor, PCU, ICU or Behavioral Health Unit.
• Receive and manage patients for hospital admission and coordinate all aspects of inpatient care in collaboration with medical staff, including:
  1. Admissions
  2. Appropriate placement within the hospital
  3. Consultations with sub-specialists
  4. Timely and proactive discharge planning
  5. Coordination of care with primary care physicians
  6. Discharge including ensuring appropriate follow-up is arranged
• Function as the Medicine consultant to all areas of the hospital, including timely consultations to the Emergency Department, surgeons, behavioral health unit and other Medical Staff members on request.
• Perform a History and Physical Exam and develop an Assessment and Plan for every patient. The History and Physical Exam are to be performed face-to-face with the patient.
• Provide real-time clinical decision support during emergent situations, code blue responses, and rapid response team activations.
• Responsible for accurate, timely, and complete documentation of inpatient records. Documentation may be an attestation of a resident Admission, Progress, Event or Cross-Cover Note, as appropriate.
• Provide patients and family members with counseling and education regarding diagnosis,