Home Hospital Physician for Hybrid Work Model with Mass General Brigham
Company: Mass General Brigham Community Physicians
Location: Somerville
Posted on: October 19, 2024
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Job Description:
Mass General Brigham is expanding our Home Hospital program and
seeking physicians interested in delivering exceptional and
innovative patient care. This is a hybrid work model serving
patients throughout greater Boston. Full-time and part-time
opportunities are available.Our physicians practice as part of an
interdisciplinary team filled with both passion and purpose. If you
have interests in patient-centered care, healthcare delivery
innovation, health equity, digital health technology, and acute
care medicine, our program may be of interest to you.Who We Are:The
Home Hospital Physician treats acutely ill patients in the home as
a substitute for in-hospital care. The Home Hospital Physician is a
forward-thinking, creative individual who wants to practice in an
innovative clinical setting and values interdisciplinary teamwork
and patient-centered care. The Physician will provide
hospital-level acute care in a patient's home and will be part of
the Home Hospital team including (depending on each patient's
needs) Registered Nurses, Community Paramedics, Advanced Practice
Providers, Pharmacists, Case Managers, Social Workers, Home Health
Aides, Physical Therapists, and other operational staff. The
Physician will be the attending of record for patients admitted to
the Home Hospital service.What We Do:Responsibilities of the Home
Hospital Physician include medical decision-making, patient
evaluations through a combination of in-person and virtual visits
tailored to the patients' needs, documentation, oversight of and
collaboration with the Home Hospital team, periodic teaching to
team members, and being "on call" for patient needs overnight with
the support of a Community Paramedic team who makes in-person
overnight visits. In addition to their clinical duties, Home
Hospital physicians may have the opportunity to participate in care
redesign initiatives and/or mentored research and innovation
projects.Home Hospital physicians are typically scheduled for
blocks of up to 7 days, which may consist of patient rounding
(field-based), coordination and virtual team support, and admitting
(primarily hospital-based). Virtual night-time coverage will be
needed occasionally. Home Hospital physicians may provide direct
care and/or collaborate with Advanced Practice Providers.Principal
Clinical Duties and Responsibilities:
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