Hospitalist Physician Family Medicine - Physicians Only Apply - Perm

Company: Rob
Location: Fargo
Posted on: November 11, 2024

Job Description:

A Hospitalist Physician Family Medicine practice is seeking a qualified physician for Fargo, ND. This and other physician jobs brought to you by ExactMD. Medical Doctors Only Apply.

MD/DO - Hospitalist

Fargo
VAMC

The Fargo VA Health
Care System provides medical care and services through the Veterans Health
Administration to veterans residing in North Dakota, western Minnesota and
northern South Dakota. The health care system is a general
medical/surgical/psychiatric facility with 42 acute beds and an attached 38-bed
Community Living Center(CLC) providing extended care. Veterans are referred to
the Minneapolis VA Health Care System for tertiary care. The health care system
also supports 10 community-based outpatient clinics (CBOC), located in
Bismarck, Devils Lake, Dickinson, Grafton, Jamestown, Grand Forks, Minot, and
Williston, N.D.,-- as well as Fergus Falls
and Bemidji, Minn.-- During the last two
years, outpatient visits for the healthcare system and the CBOCs have steadily
increased to well over 100,000 per year. The health care system had over 2,000
admissions into the hospital each year over the last two years. The CLC
provides extended care through admissions of over 400 patients each year during
the past two years.



Requirements (duties include, but are
not limited to)

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• Evaluation, treatment and management of minor
  wound care, respiratory illness, gastrointestinal illness, burns that do not
  require specialty care, musculoskeletal trauma, dermatological illness, basic
  ENT evaluation that are within the purview of family medicine/family practice
  physician, eye and urological problems.
  
• Evaluation, treatment and management of minor
  procedures such as local infiltration anesthesia, incision and drainage, simple
  laceration repair, nail trephination, electro-coagulation, nasal cautery,
  gastric lavage, bladder catheterization, peripheral venous line insertion, and
  spinal immobilization.
  
• Evaluation, treatment and management of abdominal
  and gastrointestinal disorders of the esophagus, stomach, small bowel and colon
  rectum and anus, liver and biliary tree and pancreas.
  
• Evaluation, treatment and management of
  cardiovascular disorders involving cardiac failure, differential diagnosis of
  chest pain, cardiac structural disorders, cardiac rhythm and conduction
  defects, pericardial disorders, disease of peripheral arteries and veins,
  shock, and cutaneous disorders.
  
• Evaluation, treatment and management of end of
  life care (Advanced directives/ Palliative care)
  
• Evaluation, treatment and management of emergent
  disorders caused by antigens, organisms and other foreign substances such as
  reactions of hypersensitivity; reactions from venoms, bites and stings;
  reactions caused by infectious agents; disorders due to chemical, drug and
  physical agents; and disorders associated with the environment to include
  barotraumas, near drowning, electrical injury, hypothermia and radiation
  injury.
  
• Evaluation, treatment and management of emergent
  disorders of the hematopoietic system such as anemia, coagulopathy and
  management of acute neoplastic disease complication.
  
• Evaluation, treatment and management of emergent
  disorders of endocrine, metabolic and nutritional natures relating to acid-base
  disturbances, adrenal, parathyroid and thyroid disturbances.
  
• Evaluation, emergent treatment and management of
  emergent disorders of the head and neck involving the ears, nose, oral cavity,
  larynx/trachea, face and vestibular system.
  
• Evaluation, treatment and management of
  post-emergent disorders of the eye involving the lids and lachrymal apparatus
  conjunctiva, cornea, sclera.
  
• Evaluation, treatment and management of
  post-emergent disorders of the musculoskeletal system involving shoulder
  girdle, upper extremity and hand, lower extremity and foot, thorax and
  vertebrae and arthopathies.
  
• Evaluation, treatment and management of
  post-emergent disorders (including trauma) of the nervous system including
  cerebral edema, coma, cranial nerve disease, cerebro-vascular disease and
  infection.
  
• Evaluation, treatment and management of
  post-emergent respiratory disorders including pulmonary, infection, trauma,
  neoplasia, metabolic and complications of cardiovascular disease.
  
• Initial evaluation, treatment and management of
  renal and urologic disorders including acute/chronic renal failure, infections,
  obstructive uropathy and hematuria and trauma.
  
• Evaluation, treatment and management of OB/GYN
  disorders such as pelvic pain, ovarian cysts, and infection.
  
• Suture minor lacerations.
  Qualifications
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  • Must
    have graduated from an accredited Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of
    Osteopathy (DO) program to include an Internal Medicine residency program.
    
  • Must
    be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine by the American Board
    of Internal Medicine (ABIM) or Family Medicine by the American Board of Family
    Medicine (ABFM).
    
  • Possess
    and maintain a valid, unrestricted license to practice medicine in one of the
    50 United States, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam or
    U.S. Virgin Islands.
    
  • Possess
    and maintain at all times a current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
    registration.
    
  • Possess
    and maintain certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac
    Life Support (ACLS) as approved by the American Heart Association (AHA).
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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