Physician - Hospitalist

About this role

• **Summary** ----------- A position exist for a full-time Hospitalist at the Hines VA Hospital in Hines, IL within the Physical Medicine & Rehab service line.
• **Position is open until filled, applications will be referred as they are received.
• Position may be filled before the closing date.** Learn more about this agency **This job is open to** ----------------------- ### **The public** U.S.
• Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
• ### **Federal employees - Excepted service** Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluation criteria.
• ### **Clarification from the agency** All qualified candidates encouraged to apply.
• Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
• NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position.
• For more information, refer to Required Documents below.
• **Duties** ---------- Hospitalist's duties include admission, evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment, including consultation, of patients presenting with general medical complaints, diseases, and injuries.
• Core privileges include the ability to perform a history and physical exam, form a differential diagnosis, orders and interpret labs and other diagnostic tests such as plain films and EKGs, develop and implement treatment plans, order subspecialty consultations and provide appropriate follow-up care.
• The Hospitalist will perform administrative tasks as assigned, such as peer reviews, SCI /D registry eligibility, Annual evaluations data monitoring, and ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations (OPPE).
• May assist in other administrative duties assigned by service chief like monitoring the EPRP, clinical review reminder data monitoring etc.
• Responsible for admissions of the patients as assigned.
• Interviews and examines patients, reviews past medical history, and requests and/or performs diagnostic tests and examinations deemed necessary to obtain all appropriate information related to each case.
• Makes preliminary diagnoses, directs, prescribes or provides treatment, or arranges for specialized care or patient referral as required.
• * Bases decisions upon information obtained, professional medical knowledge, skills, and prescribed policies and procedures.
• Makes notes of observations to be incorporated into clinical records.
• Provides urgent and emergency care as required.
• Provides definitive management of emergency care cases that do not require referral.
• * Refers patients to appropriate consult services, provides full clinical information for care and diagnostic procedures that cannot be adequately provided in the SCI unit .
• Coordinates and integrates care on the unit, facilitate transferring the patients to ICU settings as needed and assures timely follow-up care is arranged.
• * Responds to acute emergency interventions, working closely in consultation with members of other medical departments as deemed appropriate by the clinical problem.
• Works with allied health professionals, i.e.
• Community Health Nurses, Social Workers, Health Educators, etc., in the management of the patient's medical, psychological and social problems.
• * Serves as an expert in the specialized area and assumes appropriate administrative duties as assigned by the supervisor.
• **Work Schedule:** Monday - Friday 7:00pm to 7:00am, Saturday & Sunday, 9:00pm to 7:00am, alternating weeks.
• Employee will need to be physically present on the premises for the entire TOD.
• **Requirements** ---------------- ### **Conditions of employment** * U.S.

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