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Nashville, TN hospitalist-

Specialties: Internal Medicine & Family Medicine

Facility: Thomas West Hoapital
Location: Nashville , Tennessee
USA
Degree: MD
Years Partnership: N/A
Board Status: BC/BE
Fellowship Required: No
Certification: No Preference
Beginning Comp.: Negotiable
Potential Comp.: Negotiable
Locum Rate: $140/hour
Perm/Locum: Perm or LT
Workload: Full or Part-time
Position Type:
  • Hospital
Directorship: No
Schedule Description: Flexable
Shift Description: Variety of availabe shifts
Requirements:
  • Hospitalist
  • ICU Rounds
Company: Sound Physicians


ECHO Locum Tenens is a growing, high-performing physician-led consulting organization. ECHO was founded in 2011 to provide temporary practitioner staffing for acute care hospitals, primary care clinics, and urgent care clinics nationwide. ECHO Locum Tenens is an affiliate organization of Sound Physicians.

Acceptable Specialty:

IM preferred, FM with strong Adult Hospitalist experience is okay on a short term basis since they have an urgent need

Certifications requirements:

BC or BE

ACLS

**Will consider licensure candidates for future positions, but for the immediate needs they need to have an active TN license.

Credentialing:

Varies based on work history, a recent grad can be credentialed in 2-3 weeks; emergency/temp privs are available

Schedule:

12 MDs during day shift (8 general med, 4 perioperative; 7am – 6pm)

3 MD’s on eve swing (5 pm -12:30 a.m., 6pm – 12 a.m., 6 p.m. – 12:30 a.m.)

2 MD’s on Night shift (12:00 a.m. – 7am)

**option to combine an evening swing and night shift for a 13-14 hour shift; this is actually preferred for continuity purposes, but some providers feel it can be too long

Patient census:

Avg 17 patient encounters per day shift (2 admits, 15 followups)

Total admits per day: 16

Total admits per night: 16

Procedures:

Procedures are not required; they are considered optional. Hospitalists will respond to codes if it is their patient

Duties:

Rounds, admits, discharges; as assigned by shift

Perioperative Role: There is a sub-group in this Hospitalist program of perioperative physicians who work in a clinic setting handling pre-op and post-op patients for elective surgeries, generally cardiac, and some orthopedic patients. They do a full cardiac/medical assessment and H&Ps for patients who have procedures scheduled 1-2 weeks later. A special interest in cardiac patients would be preferred for this position, but anyone with general Internal Medicine training will likely be qualified. On-the-job training will be provided for a locum who assumes this role. There are two providers per day, the shift is 7a-6p, and the average census is 20-25 per provider. Never more than 30 patients per day.

ICU setting:

Yes, hospitalist round in the ICU. 70 ICU beds, usually at capacity

Specialists on staff:

Pulmonary (medical) support during the day only

Anesthesia (procedural) during day and night

Anesthesia CC team runs codes, but hospitalist is expected to participate if patient is theirs

Current situation:

Need supplemental staffing while recruiting for their program. ECHO is the preferred locums vendor for this client.

# of physicians in clinic/program:

See “schedule” section

Charting:

Cerner EMR