Physician Intensivist

Position Objective: The Staff Intensivist delivers direct patient care to ICU/IMU patients, evaluates patients requested for ICU/IMU admission and supervises activities of the ICU team to ensure quality healthcare is provided efficiently to ICU patients. The intended process of ICU daily operations will be consistent and provided with minimal variation from day to day, week to week. The Staff Intensivist is responsible to the Critical Care Medical Director and works collaboratively to ensure program adherence to evidence-based medical standards, quality initiatives and reliable execution of intended ICU daily processes..

Responsibilities

The Intensivist will deliver and direct daily patient care for ICU/IMCU patients. These activities include but are not limited to direct patient care and coordination of care activities. Manages care for patients while in the ICU/IMCU.

Responsible for implementing, coordinating, and administering the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for patients requiring care in the Critical Care Setting. Serves as primary coordinator with ultimate responsibility for ICU patients, between multiple physician caregivers/consultants, nursing ancillary services, physicians, and patients/families/caregivers. Actively directs and coordinates daily multi-disciplinary critical care rounds.

During the day and night shifts the Intensivist on duty will remain within the ICU or within the hospital attending to ICU related activities during the entire shift.

g. no office, procedures, Pulmonary consultation or non ICU related activities, etc). If outside the ICU, the physician will respond to calls within 5 minutes by phone and presence in the ICU within 10 minutes of a request by nursing, ancillary staff or other physicians The Intensivist will evaluate all new patients and requests for admission in timely fashion but at least within 30 minutes of request, 24/7/365.

Care of patients will be expressly limited to patients within the ICU/IMU, those patients whose admission to the ICU is requested, and patients transferred from the ICU where ongoing critical care consultation is medically necessary and appropriate.

) is occurring in intended fashion. Works with Critical Care Medical Director, Intensivist Service and ICU Team to gain standardization around daily ICU process (Ex: “Day in the ICU” guidance document) and reduce individual variation in how daily operations are performed in the ICU. When “on service” acts as the designee of the Critical Care Medical Director in executing intended ICU process and operations.

Participates in the scheduling system for Intensivists designed to minimize fragmentation of care and optimize continuity of care at all times during a patient’s stay. Participates in regular documented meetings with the Intensivist staff to address patient flow, quality, scheduling and patient and physician relationships and other topics as necessary to improve efficiency, timeliness and reduce unintended variation in care and process. Is responsive and provides timely feedback, routinely communicates and collaborates collegially with the Critical Care Medical Director, other physicians, hospital leaders and Critical Care operations staff regarding clinical care and services for patients under the care of the Intensivist Service.