Hospitalist
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Hospitalist
Salary
$200,000
– $300,000
• yearly
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Location
4101 S 4th Street, Leavenworth, Kansas, 66048, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
1/28/25
The Leavenworth VA is looking for a full time Hospitalist. We offer very competitive salaries with great recruitment/relocation incentives for the right candidate.
Job Responsibilities
Conducts daily hospital rounds on all patients referred to the service. Completes all electronic and physical documentation on a timely basis.
Communicates regularly with families, referring physicians, specialists, administration, and hospital departments in the care and treatment of patients referred to the service. Ensures communication with the incoming or outgoing physician (or other provider) regarding significant patient care issues to optimize the continuity of care from day-to-night shift and vice versa.
Contributes to hospital quality improvement activities by actively participating in medical staff activities, participating and serving on a hospital committee as recommended by the chief hospitalist (examples - utilization review, patient safety and quality, antibiotic stewardship, peer review), and by making suggestions for improvement in processes and supporting change efforts in the hospitalist program.
Assumes responsibility to ensure that all necessary documentation is accurate, complete, and timely, including medical records, billing/coding, and any other such documentation as requested by hospital from time to time.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Basic Requirements:
United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR
[(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA),OR
(3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.
Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather, they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.
Proficiency in spoken and written English.
Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.
Physical Requirements: Periods of long standing. Occasional lifting of moderately heavy objects. Long periods of sitting at a computer station. The need for high degree of accuracy, potentially stressful situations, and the ability to adapt work plans based on patient status.
Working Hours