Physician, Hospitalist - MPG

Job Description Summary

‎ 

Provides comprehensive physician services for hospitalized patients within the Millennium Physician Group Hospitalist program. Evaluates, diagnoses, and manages acute illnesses, exacerbations of chronic diseases, and complex medical conditions using evidence-based osteopathic medical practice, including comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, medication management, inpatient procedures within credentialed scope, multidisciplinary care coordination, discharge planning, and transitions of care. Partners with advanced practice providers and interdisciplinary care teams to deliver safe, high-quality, patient-centered inpatient care while improving clinical outcomes, patient experience, operational efficiency, and value-based performance.

The Physician, Hospitalist - DO - MPG exercises full clinical decision authority within specialty, independently accountable for patient outcomes within the established care area. Decisions are complex and rely on specialty training and depth of clinical knowledge. This job may include Associate Medical Director responsibilities, influencing clinical practice for a service line, mentoring advanced practitioners, and overseeing chart audits for APPs.

‎ 

How will you make an impact & Requirements

‎ 

Key Responsibilities • Evaluate, diagnose, and manage hospitalized patients with acute illnesses, complex medical conditions, and exacerbations of chronic diseases through comprehensive history, physical examination, diagnostic interpretation, and evidence-based medical decision-making. • Develop and oversee individualized treatment plans that include medication management, diagnostic testing, specialty consultation, preventive measures, and ongoing monitoring of patient response throughout hospitalization. • Order, perform, interpret, and integrate laboratory studies, diagnostic imaging, electrocardiograms, point-of-care ultrasound where credentialed, and other diagnostic evaluations to establish diagnoses and guide treatment decisions. • Perform inpatient procedures consistent with specialty training, osteopathic principles where appropriate, and organizational credentialing, including bedside procedures within the physician's scope of practice. • Direct the medical management of hospitalized patients, recognize changes in clinical status, initiate appropriate interventions, and coordinate escalation of care, including intensive care consultation and transfer when clinically indicated. • Lead interdisciplinary rounds and collaborate with advanced practice providers, nursing staff, specialists, pharmacists, therapists, case managers, discharge planners, social workers, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate comprehensive inpatient care. • Coordinate admissions, consultations, discharge planning, and transitions of care to outpatient providers, post-acute facilities, rehabilitation services, home health agencies, and community resources to promote continuity of care and reduce avoidable readmissions. • Educate patients and caregivers regarding diagnoses, treatment plans, medications, preventive health measures, discharge instructions, follow-up care, and chronic disease self-management. • Document patient encounters, medical decision-making, procedures, consultations, discharge summaries, and clinical outcomes accurately within the electronic health record while maintaining compliance with organizational standards, regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, and payer documentation guidelines. • Participate in quality improvement initiatives, peer review activities, patient safety programs, utilization management, clinical pathway development, population health initiatives, and continuing medical education to improve inpatient quality, operational performance, and patient outcomes. • Maintain current knowledge of hospital medicine best practices, osteopathic and allopathic clinical evidence, emerging therapies, regulatory requirements, and healthcare quality standards through continuing professional development.

‎ 

Compensation Range:

$220,881.00

to

$331,320.00

 

The anticipated base salary range represents the Company's good-faith estimate of the compensation it reasonably expects to pay for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, geographic location, internal equity, and business needs.