Hospitalist Physician (Locum Tenens)

Quick Facts

• Role: Hospitalist Physician (Locum Tenens)
• Duration: 3–6 months
• Facility: ~75 hospital beds
• Staffing model: 4 physicians and 2 APPs on at one time
• ICU: Open ICU with pulmonary support
• EMR: Meditech Expanse
• Procedures: Not required (performed only if clinically needed within scope)

Description

Provide inpatient hospitalist care in collaboration with physicians and APPs, including management in an open ICU environment with pulmonary support. Respond to Code Blue and Rapid Response Team (RRT) calls during the assignment. Temporary privileges may be available for qualified candidates with clean credentialing files.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and manage hospitalized patients
• Provide inpatient hospitalist care
• Collaborate with physicians and APPs
• Respond to Code Blue and RRT calls
• Provide care in an open ICU environment with pulmonary support available
• Perform procedures only if clinically needed and within scope

Requirements

• BC/BE in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine (ABIM/ABFM)
• Active New York medical license
• New York DEA
• ACLS required
• Comfortable managing inpatient medical patients
• Willing and able to respond to codes and RRTs
• Clean credentialing file preferred for consideration for temporary privileges

Benefits

• Collaborative inpatient team model (4 physicians, 2 APPs at one time)
• Open ICU with pulmonary support
• Expedited onboarding for qualified candidates with clean files
• Temporary privileges may be available