Hospitalist

UPMC Altoona located at 600 Grant St., U. S. Steel Tower, 57^th Floor, Pittsburgh PA 15219 seeks a Hospitalist to provide comprehensive inpatient clinical care to patients with disease and injuries of the human internal organ system and establish preventive health practices for patients, order diagnostic tests, interpret the results, order appropriate interventions, therapies, medications, and other treatment modalities, primary admitter for Med call transfers and responsible for 95%25 of all unassigned patients admitted to the hospital, work collaboratively with Advanced Practice Providers, and provide acute inpatient hospital care to hospitalized patients at 620 Howard Avenue, Altoona PA 16601 and 10455 Lincoln Hwy, Everett PA 15537. Requires travel to various worksites within 50 miles. Has ability to work from home remotely- not on a regular basis.

Job Responsibilities: 

- Provide comprehensive inpatient clinical care to patients with disease and injuries of the human internal organ system and establish preventive health practices for patients

- Order diagnostic tests, interpret the results, order appropriate interventions, therapies, medications, and other treatment modalities

- Primary admitter for Med call transfers and responsible for 95%25 of all unassigned patients admitted to the hospital

- Work collaboratively with Advanced Practice Providers

- Provide acute inpatient hospital care to hospitalized patients

- Travel to various worksites within 50 miles

- Has ability to work from home, if necessary- not on a regular basis

-        Requires a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy or its equivalent or its foreign

         equivalent

-        Must have completed ACGME residency in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine

-        Must be board certified or board eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine

-        Must be eligible to obtain a Pennsylvania medical license and DEA registration certificate   

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran