Home Hospital Physician for Hybrid Work Model- Full Time and Part Time Opportunities
Mass General Brigham
- Newton, MA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provides home visits within defined radius around site hospitals according to Home Hospital care model.
- Provides direct care (in-person or virtual), counseling, and teaching to a designated patient population in the inpatient and home settings.
- Available to patients for urgent issues overnight, typically via virtual collaboration with a community paramedic
- Performs complete histories and physical examinations
- Oversees and/or collaborates with multidisciplinary team members according to organizational policies and practices
- Collaborates with nurse practitioners and physician assistants on mutual patient care
- Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests
- Develops appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings
- Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures
- Consistently provides high quality and timely documentation, including admission and progress notes, procedure notes, and discharge summaries.
- Practices cost-effective medicine in an efficient manner, maximizing available resources.
- Discusses patient data with other physicians and professionals as appropriate in a multidisciplinary setting
- Demonstrates expert clinical judgment skills to function in an independent role
- Additional duties and responsibilities as required by the department/division
- Demonstrates professional collaborative and consultative relationships with other clinicians
- Participates in departmental and organizational committees and programs as appropriate and attends all required meetings, in-services, and professional training
- Maintains superior interpersonal and communication skills as a member of the healthcare team to collaborate effectively with patients, families, staff, and community health workers
- Remains actively involved in continuing education with a commitment to self and departmental growth
- Adheres to all established safety policies, procedures, and precautions; identifies potential or actual unsafe situations in the environment and takes measures to rectify the situation.
- Demonstrates an understanding of procedures, policies, and documentation required to ensure compliance with hospital standards of care
- Additional duties and responsibilities as required by the department/division
- Internal Medicine BC/BE
- Proficient in inpatient medicine, virtual care, and multidisciplinary team-based care
- Willing to make home visits (alone or with other team members) within a defined radius around site hospitals
- Open-minded, creative, team-oriented, expert communicator
- Ability to work in a high stress, dynamic, busy clinical setting with changing organizational climate
- Ability to be self-directed and to demonstrate initiative in addressing the responsibilities of the position
- Ability to utilize appropriate problem-solving and conflict resolution skills
- Energetic and quality driven with a proven ability to be a productive member of a team dedicated to providing optimal patient care
- Interest in working as part of a service that is committed to innovation, rapid cycle testing, and process improvement
- Active Advanced Cardiopulmonary Life Support (ACLS) certification
- Maintaining credentialing at Mass General Brigham hospitals to support patient care needs in a system-wide Home Hospital program
- Other requirements and qualifications may apply
- Competency in (and/or willingness to learn) bedside procedures appropriate to the patient population