In partnership with other members of the medical staff, the hospitalist will provide care for designated hospital in-patients. They may be most responsible physician (MRP) for these patients or involved in concurrent care along with one of the specialists. The hospitalists will work with the multidisciplinary team to provide care and services at Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital (OSMH) in accordance with accepted and evolving standards of clinical practice. They will utilize excellent diagnostic and therapeutic skills for the assessment and management of a wide range of medical conditions.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Primary:
The primary responsibility is for the provision of the highest quality of medical care, utilizing the resources of OSMH in a prudent manner, and working within their scope of training, experience and skill level.
The hospitalist will be responsible for:
- Providing MRP coverage for designated in-patients (designated patients are “unattached”- out of area or not currently enrolled with a physician or group that does inpatient care)
- Providing concurrent care when requested by a specialist based on complexity
- Participating in the provision of 24/7 coverage with the other hospitalists
- Participating in the multidisciplinary approach to clinical utilization:
- Communicating effectively with other members of the care team and the other hospitalists in order to facilitate transfer of patient care
- Ensure that reviews, meetings and consultations with team, patients and families are daily, regular and ongoing.
- Actively participate as a preceptor for medical trainees to develop inpatient acute care skills.
- Ensure that case conferences for complex multi-morbid patients include primary care and receiving agencies.
- Communicate discharge plans to the receiving community physician or nurse practitioner in a manner that optimizes continuity of care. (eg. discharge summaries will be dictated on the day of discharge)
- Use the Electronic Medical Record to its full capacity, seeking additional training as required.
- Consistently use available order sets electronically as appropriate.
- Participate in education to support accurate and comprehensive coding practices.
- Develop competency with Dragon Medical One voice transcription when available.
Exemptions:
The Acute Care Hospitalists may opt “in” to the rotation for providing normal new-born care with current applicable training and experience, however, it is not as assigned duty.
Remuneration:
- Full Line $5,800 stipend + FFS (census goal 25 patients)
- Half Line $2,900 stipend + FFS (census goal 13 patients)
- Some weeks qualify for up to $150/day accommodation reimbursement
Details:
- Mentorship support available
- 1-week blocks (preferred) with a frequency of the physicians choosing
- Overnight call 11pm-7am, requirement for 1-2 nights of call per week of duty
- EMR- Citrix Cerner (Powerchart)
- 2 NP’s with MRP status, Psych Hospitalist model
- All admissions completed by Emergency Physicians
Specialist Support:
General surgery, closed ICU with 10 beds, schedule 1 facility for psychiatry (25 in patient mental health unit with 4 extra care beds), Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Respirology, Gastro, Geriatrics, Cardiac Care Clinic, Level 2c obstetrical center with level 2 nursery.
Investigation Modalities:
Lab, MRI, ultrasound, xray, CT, nuclear and IR
