Hospitalist Physician

This is 24 Hr Solo Coverage for a rural hospital, typically 12-15 hours working with the remainder on call. Doctor will have sleeping amenities a call room on hospital grounds. Dates of Coverage Needed: 12/23 - 12/28 at noon, must be available until 3:00pm in case of travel delay. Location: Sterling, Colorado - 115 miles from Denver International Airport Start Date: As soon as credentialed Schedule: 7-10, 24-hour shifts per month Position: Hospitalist Must feel comfortable caring for ICU level patients with eICU support available if needed. Procedures: Intubations, Vent Management, Central Lines Bed Count: 25 Beds total Average Daily Census: 11 Average Length of Stay: 3.07 days Lodging: On campus Hospitalist Schedule: * 24 Hr Shift/On Site (typically 12-15 hr. shift + night call) * Admits and Rounding * Shifts are 12pm - 12pm (last day handoff can be between 12-3pm) * Orientation is always on a weekday and is typically 4 hrs * If the shift falls on a weekend, we will need to schedule orientation sometime Mon thru Fri between 8a-5p. * If the first shift falls on a weekday, we will need them to arrive on the first day at 8am and complete orientation from 8a-noon. * Client will cover hotel for the first night the provider arrives Morning Rounds * Hospitalists typically begin morning rounds between 7:00am and 8:00am (facility dependent) Informal Evening Rounds * Informal evening rounds are a great way to make yourself available and preempt issues before turning in. By interacting with ED staff and nursing staff between 9:00 pm and 10:00 pm, you might save yourself some work - and a 2:00 am wake up call - which will help ensure you get the rest you need! Admissions * ED skillsets vary, and considering the limitations posed by rural settings, we want to ensure that we avoid admitting patients only to have them immediately transferred once you've had the opportunity to evaluate them. * While we encourage the use of transition orders overnight and during busy clinical times during the day in order to augment ED throughput, we want to ensure you're in the ED evaluating patients as much as possible. Overnight Admissions * Between 11:00 pm and 6:00 am, transition orders will be used to admit patients. Transition orders are written by the ED physicians to facilitate admission and prevent you from having to enter the order yourself. Overnight admissions should be rounded on the following morning after ICU patients. Discharges * You should know which patients are awaiting discharges when rounds begin. These patients should be identified in the interdisciplinary team meetings from the preceding day, and case management should have all needs addressed in preparation for discharge. * The patients are told the preceding day that they'll be discharged as well, so they will be anticipating seeing the provider early and being out of the hospital by noon if possible. * Prioritizing discharges is intentional so the nursing staff can get all their paperwork completed for the patient, the patient can physically leave, and EVS can do a terminal clean on the room preparing for another patient to be admitted from the ED in the afternoon when admissions begin to come in.