Physician, Hospital at Home - Remote

The Hospital at Home Program at UMass Memorial Health is currently seeking a full-time Hospitalist Physician. The successful candidate will be board certified/eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine. Consideration will be given to both experienced physicians and graduating residents/fellows.

Position Summary:

The Virtual Home Hospitalist is an integral member of the UMass Memorial Medical Center (UMMMC) Hospital at Home (HAH) clinical team, responsible for admitting, transferring, and caring for patients from UMMMC emergency departments and med/surge floors to the HAH program. After completing initial training at the Worcester command center, the Virtual Home Hospitalist can practice virtually within Massachusetts, provided they have a HIPAA-compliant private space, stable internet, and the ability to travel to the command center for training or urgent clinical issues.

This role involves collaborating with HAH nursing and paramedic teams to deliver telehealth-facilitated inpatient-level care at home. Responsibilities include providing clinical consultation for patient admissions, supporting care planning, responding to patient needs, and maintaining high standards of care for vulnerable populations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Direct Patient Care: Provide 12-hour virtual care shifts (7:00 AM - 7:00 PM), including emergency overnight coverage on 50% of active call nights (7:00 PM - 7:00 AM).

• Patient Admissions: Collaborate with the UMMMC patient acquisition team for new patient referrals and perform “admission tuck-in” video visits focusing on care planning and medication reconciliation.

• Supervision & Collaboration: Supervise and mentor residents and APPs, and work closely with nursing, paramedic, and APP teams to provide coordinated care.

• Clinical Flexibility: After initial training, work remotely in a HIPAA-compliant space with occasional in-person duties at the Worcester-based command center for meetings and educational events.

• Program Improvement & Participation: Contribute to continuous care process improvements and actively participate in regularly scheduled team meetings.

• Weekend & Holiday Coverage: Participate in clinical coverage for weekends (two per month) and holidays (two major and one minor per year).

• Additional Clinical Role: Opportunity to work as both a Virtual Home Hospitalist and a Brick-and-Mortar Hospitalist if service needs align.

Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:

1. MD or DO degree

2. MD or DO licensure in the State of Massachusetts

3. BC/BE Internal Medicine or Family Medicine

Experience/Skill:

Required:

1. Recent inpatient level acute care experience

2. Comfort with telehealth or growth mindset to learn telehealth

3. Comfort with closely partnering with patient, family, unskilled and skilled caregivers in the home to create and execute care plans

4. Comfort with care of the complex geriatric patient in low control environments

5. Comfort with uncertainty and holistically balancing risks of brick/mortar hospitalization and home hospitalization to provide second-to-none-quality care

6. Highly collaborative, passion for working with small, dedicate care team

7. Ability and interest to pro-actively manage a panel of inpatient-level acutely ill patients using combination of remote- and in-home resources

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and diversity statement addressed to:

Michaelidis Constantinos, MD

Medical Director, Hospital at Home Progran

UMass Memorial Medical Group

c/o Patrick Hannon, Provider Recruiter 

Patrick.Hannon@umassmemorial.org

UMass Memorial Health is the health and wellness partner of the people of Central Massachusetts.

Through pain and pandemics, our commitment to our communities never wanes. We use knowledge and innovation to create breakthrough medicine. To create jobs. To make life better for those we serve. We are leaders in the training of physicians and those who work in every facet of health care. We make outstanding care accessible for all, regardless of ability to pay. We stand for quality, compassion, dignity, opportunity and fairness. And we are relentless in our pursuit of healing.

UMass Memorial Health is the largest health care system in Central Massachusetts. We are the clinical partner of the UMass Chan Medical School, with access to the latest technology, research and clinical trials.

UMass Memorial Medical Center leads the region in providing cutting edge medical technology, including innovative diagnostic and treatment options. Our experienced staff includes specialists who are experts in their field. No matter where you receive health care within our network of hospitals, you have access to the knowledge, innovation and expertise of UMass Memorial Medical Center:

• The only designated Level I Trauma Center for adults in Central Massachusetts
• Home to the Duddie Massad Emergency and Trauma Center and Life Flight, New England’s first hospital-based air ambulance
• The region’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, providing expert care for ill or premature newborns
• Ranked sixth in Massachusetts by US News & World Report as best regional hospital
• Recognized by US News & World Report as high performing in diabetes, heart attack, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), kidney failure, lung cancer surgery, and stroke
• Named one of America’s Top 50 Teaching Hospitals by The Washington Monthly 
• Ranked 24^th in the nation’s top hospitals by the Lown Institute
• Recognized by Healthgrades with the following awards and designations: Critical Care Excellence Award, Coronary Intervention Excellence Award, America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care Award, America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery Award

Our health system includes four hospitals and behavioral health services:

• UMass Memorial Medical Center (Worcester)
• UMass Memorial Health – HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital (Fitchburg, Clinton and Leominster)
• UMass Memorial Health – Marlborough Hospital (Marlborough)
• UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital (Southbridge)
• Community Healthlink (Worcester)

Our hospitals are fully accredited by the Joint Commission, a national organization that sets quality standards for hospitals. In addition to our fully equipped medical centers, our health system also includes home health and hospice programs, behavioral health programs and community-based physician practices.

We have an affiliation with CareWell Urgent Care to provide regional urgent care services. Also, the UMass Memorial Medical Group provides high quality, low-cost outpatient surgery services at The Surgery Center in Shrewsbury.

We are committed to using our breadth of connected health resources to ensure you receive the best, most appropriate care you need to heal.

With our knowledge, innovation, and compassion, we relentlessly pursue healing for you and all of our patients. Our team includes specialists who are nationally acclaimed for their expertise and leadership in areas such as:

• Heart and vascular care
• Orthopedics
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Surgery
• Newborn intensive care
• Children’s services
• Women’s services
• Emergency medicine and trauma