Hospitalist

VCU Health's Community Memorial Hospital, South Hill, VA

Seeking a hospitalist - BC/BE IM or FP, MD or DO - to join our team!

Location: Community Memorial Hospital, South Hill, Virginia. South Hill is located near beautiful Lake Gaston - approximately 75 miles south of VCU Health's main campus in Richmond, VA, and 75 miles north of the Raleigh/Durham, NC area.

Hospital History and Facts:

• VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital is a 100-bed hospital with a wide range of care. VCU built a brand-new hospital that opened in 2017 and is both aesthetically and clinically spectacular. This non-profit hospital that merged with VCU in 2015.
• Current primary service area is around 80,000, covering Mecklenburg, Lunenburg, and Brunswick Counties with secondary service area extending into North Carolina.
• Daily census ranges from 35 to 55 patients
• EMR- EPIC

Setting:

• Schedule
  • 7 on 7 off, double covered during the day.
  • Proposed 6am to 6pm, then 6pm to 6am.
  • Working in two three physician teams, sharing nights and days equally. So 1:3 nights, just over 8 weeks per year total.
• Call Schedule
  • 1:3 nights, just over 8 weeks per year total.
• Patient Load
  • 100% inpatient with ICU coverage
  • Average inpatient census is 30 to 56. (2 teams during the day)
    • Day shift: 18 to 28 patients per day per team divided between two providers (APP and hospitalist) (double covered) and 6 to 10 admissions during the day.
    • Night: Average 4-8 admissions, and on-call coverage of 35 to 50. Night is mostly admissions.
  • Procedures:
    • CODES: Codes on the floor are worked by hospitalist but ED docs show up as well to each code to assist unless called off by Hospitalist.
      • ED Admissions: Hospitalist orders to admit patients to the floor &ICU.
    • Which of the following are the hospitalists responsible for in our facility?
      • Following procedures are preferred but not an absolute requirement for hospitalist: thoracentesis, abdominal paracentesis, central line placement, and ventilator management. Surgeons, anesthesia or ED physicians help with these procedures.

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