Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Hospitalist (Community Memorial Hospital)
The position is for a hospitalist within the Internal Medicine department, working primarily with inpatient populations using a 7 on, 7 off schedule of 12-hour shifts. The role involves patient care, supervising residents in a family medicine residency program, and collaborating with various specialists.
Key Responsibilities
- • Work a 7 on, 7 off model of 12-hour shifts, with specific shift times detailed for day and night coverage
- • Alternate in a round-and-go model with other providers, ensuring coverage until 7 PM on days
- • Admit and manage patients with a median census per physician team of 14 patients
- • Coordinate with pulmonary/critical care, cardiology, surgery, anesthesia, and VCU Medical Center subspecialists for patient consultations
- • Operate codes alongside emergency medicine providers
- • Regularly supervise second- and third-year residents in the family medicine residency program
- • Provide supervision, training on adult inpatient care, and complete evaluation and feedback of residents
Required
- • Board Certified/Board Eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Practice
- • MD or DO degree
- • Willingness to engage with the hospital and surrounding community to advance care in the region
- • Desire to grow as a clinician and educator
- • Demonstrated experience working in and fostering an environment of respect, professionalism and civility with a population of faculty, staff, and students from various backgrounds and experiences, or a commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU
Preferred
- • Comfort with central lines
Department: Internal Medicine
Duties & Responsibilities
Schedule
Hospitalists typically work a 7 on, 7 off model of 12-hour shifts. During the week, two physicians and two APPs round with a shift start time of 7 AM. Providers alternate in a round-and-go model with at least one provider staying until 7 PM. An admitter comes in a 10 AM and works until 10 PM. The night provider comes in at 7 PM and works until 7 AM. On the weekends, the admitter become a rounder, and there are no APPs and no admitter; the physicians admit in round robin fashion. Approximately one week in twelve is night coverage. Median census per physician team is 14 patients. Median number of day admissions is 8.5, and median number of night admissions is 6.
Patient Load
The patients are 100% inpatient with an open ICU. Median census per physician team is 14 patients. Median number of day admissions is 8.5, and median number of night admissions is 6. On-site consultation is available from pulmonary/critical care, cardiology, surgery, and anesthesia. Other consultation can be sought from subspecialists at VCU Medical Center in Richmond but may require the patient be transferred.
Procedures
Hospitalists rarely perform procedures, but comfort with central lines is preferred. Providers from surgery and anesthesia perform most procedures. Codes are run by hospitalists and emergency medicine providers.
Teaching
As part of the new family medicine residency in South Hill, physician will regularly supervise second- and third-year residents. Faculty are expected to provide typical supervision, train these residents on the care of adult inpatients, and complete evaluation and feedback of the residents.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
FLSA Exemption Status: Exempt
ORP Eligible: No
Flexible Work Arrangement: Fully Onsite
Rank: Open
Contact Information
Contact Name: Amanda Marth | Associate Administrator
Contact Email: Amanda.Marth1@vcuhealth.org
Duties & Responsibilities
Schedule
Hospitalists typically work a 7 on, 7 off model of 12-hour shifts. During the week, two physicians and two APPs round with a shift start time of 7 AM. Providers alternate in a round-and-go model with at least one provider staying until 7 PM. An admitter comes in a 10 AM and works until 10 PM. The night provider comes in at 7 PM and works until 7 AM. On the weekends, the admitter become a rounder, and there are no APPs and no admitter; the physicians admit in round robin fashion. Approximately one week in twelve is night coverage. Median census per physician team is 14 patients. Median number of day admissions is 8.5, and median number of night admissions is 6.
Patient Load
The patients are 100% inpatient with an open ICU. Median census per physician team is 14 patients. Median number of day admissions is 8.5, and median number of night admissions is 6. On-site consultation is available from pulmonary/critical care, cardiology, surgery, and anesthesia. Other consultation can be sought from subspecialists at VCU Medical Center in Richmond but may require the patient be transferred.
Procedures
Hospitalists rarely perform procedures, but comfort with central lines is preferred. Providers from surgery and anesthesia perform most procedures. Codes are run by hospitalists and emergency medicine providers.
Teaching
As part of the new family medicine residency in South Hill, physician will regularly supervise second- and third-year residents. Faculty are expected to provide typical supervision, train these residents on the care of adult inpatients, and complete evaluation and feedback of the residents.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Board Certified/Board Eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Practice
- MD or DO degree
- Willingness to engage with the hospital and surrounding community to advance are in the region
- Desire to grow as a clinician and educator
- Demonstrated experience working in and fostering an environment of respect, professionalism and civility with a population of faculty, staff, and students from various backgrounds and experiences, or a commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU
FLSA Exemption Status: Exempt
ORP Eligible: No
Flexible Work Arrangement: Fully Onsite
Rank: Open
Contact Information
Contact Name: Amanda Marth | Associate Administrator
Contact Email: Amanda.Marth1@vcuhealth.org
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