Hospitalist Physician Internal Medicine - Physicians Only Apply - Perm
Company: A-Team Solutions
Location: Saginaw
Posted on: October 29, 2024
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Job Description:
A Hospitalist Physician Internal Medicine practice is seeking a
qualified physician for Saginaw, MI. This and other physician jobs
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Hospitalist
Place of Performance:
Saginaw, MI
A-Team Solutions is seeking (2) two full time Physicians
(Hospitalist) for a government facility in Saginaw, MI for an
opportunity that we are currently pursuing.
Job Duties:
Contractor physician(s) shall perform the following services, which
include, but are not limited to:
---Providing a full range of medical care in the Urgent Care, Acute
Care Telemetry Unit (ACT), and palliative/end of life care to
patients in the Palliative Care Unit and Community Living Center
(CLC).
---Assist Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistants with patient care
in the CLC and Urgent Care. Develops a collaborative practice
environment with this group of employees.
---Coordination of care with primary care, specialty care, mental
health and other members of the patient---s care team. Considers
discharge planning at admission and documents in the admission
history and physical.
---Performs history and physicals with attention to clinical
performance guidelines.
---Refers patients to other specialty care as required,
coordinating with VISN and/or community providers as necessary.
---Orders prescriptions, labs, x-rays and other pertinent tests.
Responsible for follow-up on all tests, and document patient
notification of test results.
---Contract physician(s) shall complete a discharge summary on each
patient that he/she personally orders to be discharged. Co-signs
Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant discharge summaries
inpatient while on duty.
---Contract provider shall be available for telephone consultation
regarding examinations performed and shall provide recommendations
for appropriate procedures to attending or referring
physicians.
---Contractor physician(s) shall provide consultative services at
the patient---s bedside if the patient is not ambulatory and in the
clinic setting if the patient is able to report to the outpatient
clinic. Procedures shall be scheduled for completion within 30 days
of the date of the consult.
---. Medications: Contractor physician(s) shall follow all
established medication policies and procedures. No sample
medications shall be provided to patients.
---Discharge education: Contractor physician(s) shall provide
discharge education and follow up instructions that are coordinated
with the next care setting for all Gastroenterology clinical or
surgical patients.
---QA/QI documentation: The contract physician (s) shall complete
the appropriate QM/PI documentation pertaining to all procedures,
complications and outcome of examinations.
---Completes documentation requirements in a timely manner as per
policy.
---All documentation shall either meet or exceed established
standards of timeliness, accuracy, content and signature. Only VA
approved abbreviations shall be used for documentation of the
patient health record.
---All documentation shall be completed utilizing the VA
Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS). The reports shall be
directly typed into CPRS utilizing a template and/or using voice
recognition software, (reports will not be scanned nor cut/pasted).
The electronic medical record shall be maintained in a timely
fashion by Contractor---s employee(s). Information shall be entered
and signed off without undue delay. Timely completion of medical
record documents shall be defined as upon written entry; upon
direct entry to CPRS; or upon receipt of a
---Veterans Health Information Systems & Technology Architecture
(VISTA) View Alert that a transcribed document is available for
review and signature.
---A minimum of two (2) hours of CPRS and dictation system training
shall be provided by Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center for the
Contractor's employee(s) at the Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center
Medical Center in Saginaw, MI. Training shall be completed prior to
commencement of patient care. Contractor---s staff shall have
adequate computer skills to utilize the electronic medical record
in CPRS. Adequate computer skills shall be defined as a working
knowledge of Windows environment and the ability to use a mouse to
point and click for selection of items desired and keyboard skills
to produce approximately 30 words per minute.
---All reports shall be in accordance with American College of
Medicine standards.
---Important study findings that may require a change in patient
management, but not necessarily within an urgent timeframe, may be
communicated by either direct documented communication or by a View
Alert.
---Any finding that has the potential to be life threatening or
could cause serious harm, and that requires an urgent intervention
or change in patient management; any finding that might result in
prolongation of patient pain or discomfort; any finding that would
result in the cancellation of on-going or imminent treatment shall
be communicated immediately.
Requirements:
---License - Contract physician(s) assigned by the Contractor to
perform the services covered by this contract shall have a current
full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in one or more
States, Territory, Commonwealth of the United States, or in the
District of Columbia. However, physicians who have, or ever had, a
license restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily revoked,
voluntarily surrendered pending action or denied upon application
will not be considered for the purposes of this contract.
---Minimum two years--- experience as a hospitalist or recent
completion of an Internal Medicine or Family Medicine residency
program.
---All licenses held by the personnel working on this contract
shall be full and unrestricted licenses. Contract physician(s) who
have current, full and unrestricted licenses in one or more states,
but who have, or ever had, a license restricted, suspended,
revoked, voluntarily revoked, voluntarily surrendered pending
action or denied upon application will not be considered for the
purposes of this contract.
---Board Certification - All contract physician(s) shall be board
certified or board eligible by the American Board of Internal
Medicine (ABIM) in Internal Medicine, and be currently certified in
Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or
equivalency(no online certifications will be accepted). All
continuing education courses required for maintaining certification
must be kept up to date at all times. Documentation
---Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting
from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine.
---Required to use the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS)
and other computer applications.
---Physicians appointed to direct patient-care positions must be
proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C.
7402(d) and 7407 (d).
---U.S. Citizenship
---Current valid DEA
A-Team Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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