Locum Tenens Hospitalist: Internal Medicine Job in New York
Hospitalist
*New grads accepted
Our client in Western New York is currently seeking locums Hospitalist.
Requirements:
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Family Practice or Internal Medicine
- ACLS certified
- NY license required
- Must be willing to become NIH-Stroke certified for credentialing (2 hours of supplemental CME training). A total of 8 Stroke CMEs (which much include the NIH Stroke Scale) must be submitted with application
- MUST be comfortable managing an airway during urgent or emergent clinical situations. (Average number of intubations per physician provider/month is about 2-4).
- MUST be comfortable and willing to supervise NPs and PAs.
- Not accepting candidates who can only do swing swifts and facility is not offering proctoring.
- Providers have to be able to do procedures
- Need at least 6-8 shifts per month and more than just weekends.
Practice Details:
- Schedule: 5 on 5 off
- Shifts: 7a-7p; 7p-7a; 3p-11p
- Minimum Shifts Per Month: Block of 5
- 5 NP/PA on during the day 7a-5p (the non-physicians providers are autonomous and do their own billing, no physician co-signs required)
- Average Daily Shift Census: 110-120 total
- Average Number of Admissions (Day and Nights): 22 total per day
- Number of Hospitalists on Day Shifts: 2
- Number of Hospitalists on Night Shifts: 2
- Number of Encounters: 15-17
- Not required to take call
- Round and manage ICU patients. Hospitalists are responsible for the first 24 hours of vents. There is not an intensivist in the unit.
- Not required to back-up the Emergency Department
- With ICU involvement
- Will be the 1st responder for codes
- Providers have to be able to do procedures
- Required Procedures: Endotracheal Intubation, Ventilation Management
- Preferred Procedures: Central Lines
I am interested in the Locum Tenens Hospitalist: Internal Medicine Job in New York. If the position is still accepting new applicants please respond so I can discuss my qualifications with you.