Inpatient Academic Hospitalist / Clinical Education Director

Cottage Health seeks an Inpatient Academic Hospitalist/ Clinical Education Director. The Inpatient Academic Hospitalist/ Clinical Education Director teaches, monitors, and mentors Internal Medicine Residents as part of the Graduate Medical Education Internal Medicine Residency Program at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Responsibilities include:

• Clinical: a. Supervision of care of patients on the Internal Medicine Resident service, including weekdays and nights, and participation in a night weekend/holiday call schedule b. Clinical teaching concerning those patients (i.e., attending/team rounds, bedside teaching) c. Supervision/teaching of medical students on the Internal Medicine service d. Supervising/teaching appropriate procedures to Internal Medicine Residents and medical students; oversight of procedural certification process e. Participation in morning report, noon conferences, medicine grand rounds and other academic conferences f. Overview and general oversight of clinical care provided by Internal Medicine Residents to patients for whom the resident service is responsible.
• May participate clinical curriculum design: maintenance, updating, integration into conference schedule, implementation, monitoring usage; monitoring of elective rotations.
• Assist in conference planning/scheduling: resident noon conferences, specialty case conferences, journal clubs, Medical Grand Rounds, M&M conferences, other Department of Medicine conferences. Participation on occasion as discussant at noon conferences.
• May participate in educational activities that support resident and student development in:
• Evidence-based medicine and critical appraisal of medical literature.
• Diagnostic reasoning and clinical decision-making.
• Patient safety, quality improvement, and systems-based practice.
• High-value, cost-conscious care.
• Social determinants of health, population health, and health equity.
• Interprofessional teamwork, communication, and care coordination.
• Professionalism, wellness, and lifelong learning.
• Participation in the Medical Education Advisory Committee and Clinical Competence Committee.
• Lead, monitor or mentor the following: development and use of promotion criteria for Internal Medicine Residents; counseling of and feedback to the Internal Medicine Residents and evaluation of resulting progress; electronic system of on-line resident and program evaluation; recruitment, assessment, interviews of medical student applicants; oversight of electronic/print teaching resources; preparation for their Medical Grand Rounds presentations; Internal Medicine Resident Board Review; individual teaching/mentoring of problem areas for identified residents, Internal Medicine Residency web site; instruction in medical informatics; development of quality assurance projects for the Internal Medicine Residents; other activities as determined and agreed to by the Associate Program Director, Program Director, and other key faculty; Internal Medicine residents research projects and other scholarly activities.
• Participation in administrative efforts such as policies, schedules, budget, ACGME reviews, internal reviews. Participation in “core faculty” ad hoc meetings, including weekly huddles when on site.
• Involvement in Internal Medicine Faculty Development workshops.

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.

Required

• Completion of Internal Medicine Residency
• 2 years of experience, ideally including teaching responsibilities or active participation as Internal Medicine Teaching Attending in a Residency program.
• MD or DO Physician's unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of California.
• DEA Controlled Substance Registration
• Medical Staff Privileges Approval
• ABIM Internal Medicine Certification

Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, CA, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.

*Pay for non-physician positions is determined based on related years of experience and internal equity. Eligible employees may also receive additional forms of compensation, including shift differentials, on-call pay, incentive pay, and bonus opportunities, where applicable. Manager and above positions may participate in Cottage Health’s annual management incentive program. Physician compensation is determined based upon specialty and may include bonus potential. For more information on our comprehensive Total Rewards offerings, please visit https://cottagehealth.org/careers/total-rewards .

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