Permanent Hospitalist: Family Medicine Job in North Carolina

• 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

Regional Hospital is seeking a Board Certified Internal Medicine/Family Practice Physician to join well established Hospitalist Team.  The new physician will join current 16 full time day Hospitalists and Medical Director in managing acute care patients and provide emergency department consults as needed. Shifts are scheduled seven on/seven off with every 4th rotation on swing shift.

Regional Hospital is affiliated with the University of North Carolina Health System and is the major healthcare system in region which includes a network of 120 physicians. Hospital consists of 351 beds a closed 32 bed ICU with Electronic ICU at night has a 24 hour Cath Lab Cancer Center. UNC High Point Regional is a patient and physician focused organization.

Service Specifics:

• The Day Hospitalist position is part of a 6 day/ 2 swing/ 2 night staff hospitalist complement working 7am to 7pm days and 5pm to 1am on swings.
  • Telemetry is mobile throughout the hospital which has a main acute care facility and an adjoining Cancer Center housing Oncology Inpatient Rehabilitation and Behavioral Health Units ran by their respective services.
  • Responsibilities include round robin ED and direct admissions daily rounding and documentation on all patients code coverage and occasional central line placement.
  • Hospitalists are assisted with assignment and discharge to PCP referral by CMA navigators on week days.
• Emergency Department
  • 60000 visits/year – with day ICU Intensivist admissions and after-hours electronic ICU admissions by employed hospitalist service.
  • Hospital is a level three trauma center with an on-call trauma team.
  • Hospital ED utilizes Tele-Neuro for Stroke and TPM consideration.
  • Hospital utilizes Peds/Hospitalists for patient under the age of 17.
• Sub-specialty support
  • In-house hospital employed general surgical urology and orthopedic support.
  • Anesthesia back-up for codes and airway management.
  • ICU specialty support remotely through UNC-Chapel Hill Mercy contract.
  • Patients requiring acute sub-specialist support or critically/seriously ill are transferred out.
• Epic EMR inpatient implementation May 21 2016. All employed UNC outpatient offices already utilizing Epic EMR now.

Responsibilities/Requirements

• 7 day on / 7 day off  schedule (extra shift available with compensation to replace vacant slots caused by Paid Annual Leave (PAL) and CME)
  • Day Shift 7am to 7pm
  • Swing Shift 5pm to 1am
• Admissions full daily rounding and documentation transfers and discharges.
• ED consults as needed.
• Assist in arrange transport of patient requiring alternate or higher level of care.
• Attend floor codes on days and also ICU codes as back-up when on swings.
• ACLS certification
• Competitive MGMA salary is offered plus quality incentives and productivity RVU based bonus.

• Sign on bonus paid CME days & fund reimbursement and paid annual leave (vacation).
• Matching 401(k) and malpractice insurance.
• Great work/life balance in a multi-national family oriented community with Affordable Cost of Living locate 90 minutes from Raleigh and Charlotte North Carolina.

• 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