Hospitalists can work at any type of hospital, including general hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, children’s hospitals and long-term care hospitals to develop and implement medical treatment plans. They often work with people who struggle with housing insecurity or are uninsured who don’t have a Primary Care Practitioner. Hospitalists can perform medical procedures, refer patients to specialists, conduct research and make recommendations to improve hospital processes. They work with patients through the entire process of being hospitalized, including patient admission and post-treatment recovery care. Hospitalists work to optimize the flow of patients and fill in gaps to support other hospital employees.
Wat doet een Hospitalist?
A Hospitalist, or Hospital Medicine Clinician, is a type of general physician who is responsible for providing care to patients during their stay at a hospital. Their duties include managing schedules for inpatient treatments and coordinating care providers, ordering tests and maintaining medical records for their patients.
Verantwoordelijkheden
Een Hospitalist moet in staat zijn om verschillende taken en verantwoordelijkheden te vervullen. Hieronder staan enkele taken en verantwoordelijkheden die een Hospitalist moet kunnen uitvoeren:
Focusing primarily on hospitalized patients, the Hospitalist has the unique ability to follow up on patient care, discuss patient care with nurses and resolve any problems that may arise, often seeing patients more than once a day. While attending their own patients, the Hospitalist will also coordinate care between different doctors caring for a patient, serve as point of contact for hospital staff and maintain communication with the patient’s family.
Benodigde vaardigheden
Een concurrerende Hospitalist zal bepaalde vaardigheden en kwalificaties hebben, waaronder:
Ability to multitask: Since a Hospitalist is located at the hospital, they should be able to handle multiple responsibilities concurrently. If they are overseeing a patient and have important committee meetings, they should be able to order the appropriate tests and focus on the meeting at the same time.
Prioritization: The Hospitalist is a leadership role as well as a physician. The ability to evaluate what must be done and rearranging the day according to importance will enable the Hospitalist to be successful in this role.
Professionalism: As a liaison between hospital administration and physicians as well as a practicing physician, a professional demeanor is necessary as a Hospitalist. Conveying news to a patient’s family that could be detrimental must be handled in the most professional manner.
Superb communication skills: Relaying policy and structural changes to physicians already carrying a heavy workload must be handled with the appropriate amount of appreciation and authority. The Hospitalist must also be able to communicate via email, memos and staff notices.
Soortgelijke aanbiedingen
Als u werft voor functies die gerelateerd zijn aan een Hospitalist, bekijk dan onze functiebeschrijvingen voor vergelijkbare rollen:
