Physician (Internal Medicine)

<p>About the Position: This position is located at Brooke Army Medical Center, in Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio TX. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation. This position is specific to Academic IM Physician. Management prefers Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician. Management prefers experience in Inpatient Medicine and Consultative Medicine.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Serve as an Internal Medicine Physician in a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH); scope includes a broad spectrum of health services for adults ranging from preventative medicine to diagnosis and treatment of complex acute and chronic diseases.</p><p>Serve as an inpatient general medicine ward attending physician.</p><p>Coordinate and/or integrate care across all elements of the healthcare system (e.g., subspecialty care, hospitals, home health agencies, nursing homes) and the patient's community; Admit patients to the hospital when appropriate.</p><p>Lead and provide technical oversight of multidisciplinary clinical team (e.g. nurses, social workers, therapists, and various technicians) that are assigned to the medical home and responsible for panel management and patient care.</p><p>Serve as an inpatient and outpatient consultant for the Internal Medicine Consult Service; must be available for telephonic or personal consultation for inpatient care when on call.</p><p>Provide consultative preoperative and perioperative recommendations to the surgical specialties as well as teaching consultative medicine to the assigned house staff.</p><p>Participate in teaching activities for residents and interns; direct the input into continual quality improvement of the Internal Medicine Training Program.</p><p>Attend Department or Hospital board or committee meetings; participate in Continuing Medical Education and Quality Assurance activities.</p><h3>Education</h3>See Qualifications section for education requirements.