Permanent Hospitalist: Family Medicine Job in California

• Position Type: Permanent
• Recruited Specialty: Hospitalist: Family Medicine
• Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
• Structure of Position: Multi-Specialty Group
• Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
• Expected Patient Call Coverage: (not specified)
• Expected ER Call Coverage: No call

Qualifications:

• BLS and ACLS required
• Current CA and DEA license required
• Prefer 1-2 years experience as a Hospitalist
• Will accept FM and IM candidates

Location

• 220+ bed hospital
• Fantastic Southern California community of approx. 70000
• A few minutes to San Bernardino 45 to Palm Springs 60 to Big Bear Lake

The Hospitalist physician:

• Examines assesses diagnoses and treats the inpatients that are the responsibility of the group.
• Accepts admissions from the Emergency Room physician offices Extended Care Center and transfers from other facilities.
• Prescribes medications and treatment regimens appropriate for assessed medical conditions.
• Consults with and refers to specialists as appropriate.
• Directs and coordinates the patient care activities of nursing and support staff as required.
• Responds to calls from the medical and surgical floors and the ICU for the group’s patients. 
• Is not primarily responsible for ICU patients who are generally followed by other intensivists.
• Follows established policies procedures objectives continuous quality improvement objectives and safety environmental and/or infection control standards.
• Communicates directly and effectively with colleagues primary care physicians and transferring physicians to effect successful transfer of care with particular attention to weekends and holidays.
• Provides direct supervision of physician extenders that may be used in the hospital setting.
• Co-manages patients with the extender including assigning the panel for which the extender is predominantly responsible assessing their work and daily visits of shared patients.
• Will follow care guidelines in the hospital in the form of standardized hospital order sets and/or hospitalist manual.
• Will discharge patients when medically appropriate and utilize hospital case management and ancillary personnel to do this as efficiently as possible.
• Reports to director of hospital care and the Medical Director of the group.
• Participates in committee activities relevant to hospitalist care.
• Perform H & P for group’s Psychiatric Admissions.
• 7 on 7 off schedule 12 hour shifts

• Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
• Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
• Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
• Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card, Other
• Preferred Experience Level: Currently In Training, Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
• Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes