Sub-Acute Specialist

Job Summary:Responsible for all professional activity within the Division of Geriatrics and

assures quality of patient care.

Essential Functions: Including but not limited to.

1. Provide clinical continuity of care for the Division of Geriatrics.

2. Performs a History and Physical Examination evaluation and other services as necessary. Review hospital records, labs, verifying information with patient’s primary care Physician or specialists. Review and reapply advance directives from the hospital.

3. Provides and/or orders all rests necessary to the patient physical condition. Sign all verbal orders, telephone orders, review labs, monitor medications for side effects.

4. Follow up with patients on the results of all test/examination reports.

5. Communicate with the Director of Nursing and Nursing Staff as appropriate.

6. Communicate with Sub-Acute/Nursing home management as appropriate.

7. Provide call coverage evening, nights and weekends as assigned.

8. Transfer of patients to and from HackensackUMC as per hospital policy

9. Communicate relative information to the patient’s primary care physician as appropriate.

10. Communicate with the accountable Care Organization as needed (ACO).

11. At discharge write discharge summary or transfer note prescriptions, recommend appropriate labs, follow to the primary physician, and notify the primary phyaician regarding the discharge summary.

12. Developing and monitoring quality improvement plan components for geriatric internal medicine.

13. Assist the Section Chief in the design and implementation of teaching and education

programs in nursing education.

14. Assist the Section Chief in providing clinical support for geriatric/internal medicine patient care services, long term care, sub-acute, assisted living.

15. Complies with patient care protocols for clinical practice at all sites of care

16. Complies with clinical outcomes targeted to facilitate changes in clinical practice that enhance cost-effective, high quality care.

17. Assist the Section Chief in providing clinical support for geriatric/internal medicine inpatients at other area hospitals and long-term/sub-acute care facilities that are affiliated with the Division of Geriatrics, as requested by those services.

18. Assist the Section Chief with geriatric/internal medicine care issues and assists with medication monitoring in conjunction with the Pharmacy.

19. Active involvement in Grand Rounds and CME-related programs at HackensackUMC and

other institutions.

20. Participate in the design and implementation of education programs for medical and other

staff (rounds, lectures, journal clubs, etc.), as well as education programs for the community.

21. Other duties as assigned by the Chief, Division of Geriatrics.

Contacts:HackensackUMC personnel, physician consultants, patients and their families.

Knowledge, Education and Skills Required:

1. Degree from a recognized medical school;
2. Experience in internal medicine/ geriatric medicine and/or an affiliation with an academic institution
3. Ability to relate effectively to all levels of the clinical and administrative structure of the

medical center as well as of other institutions affiliated with the Division of Geriatrics.

Required Certification/Licensing:

• Possess a NJ Medical License

• Board-certified/Board-eligible in Internal Medicine/Geriatrics

Hackensack University Medical Center is a 775-bed, not-for-profit teaching, tertiary care, and research hospital located in northern New Jersey, just 12 miles west of New York City. With an annual budget of more than $1 billion, 7,500 employees, nearly 1,500 physicians, and 1,700 volunteers, the medical center is New Jersey's largest and busiest.

Our emphasis on quality, service, and safety drives all that we do and has resulted in an atmosphere of excellence in patient care, employee satisfaction, and educational opportunities.

• U.S. News & World Report’s 2014-15 Best Hospitals: Ranked as the number one hospital in New Jersey and one of the top 30 hospitals in the nation.
• U.S. News & World Report’s 2014-15 Best Hospitals (National) – Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery; Diabetes & Endocrinology; Ear, Nose & Throat; Gastroenterology & GI Services; Geriatrics; Neurology & Neurosurgery; Orthopedics; Pulmonology; and Urology. The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital ranked nationally among the top 50 Best Children’s Hospitals for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
• U.S. News & World Report’s 2014-15 Best Hospitals Metro Area – Gynecology and Nephrology.
  Healthgrades® America’s 50 Best Hospitals 2014 (The only hospital in New Jersey, New York and New England to receive for eight consecutive years).
• Healthgrades® 2014 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ (The only hospital in New Jersey, New York and New England to receive for 12 consecutive years).
• Healthgrades® one of America’s 100 Best hospitals in five specialty care areas—more than any hospital in New Jersey.
• American College of Radiology one of the first two Diagnostic Imaging Centers of Excellence in the nation
• The Joint Commission 23 Gold Seals of Approval™ - more than any hospital in the country
• Becker’s Hospital Review 100 Great Hospitals in America
• Becker’s Hospital Review 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare
• National Research Corporation (NRC) Consumer Choice Award (18 consecutive years since award’s inception)
• American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
• Practice Greenhealth’s 2014 Environmental Excellence Award winner, earning recognition as one of the Top 25 green hospitals in the country
• “Safety Superstar” by AARP The Magazine and The Leapfrog Group

About Hackensack University Health Network

Hackensack University Health Network is the New Jersey-based parent company of HackensackUMC, the HackensackUMC Foundation, Hackensack University Medical Groups, and corporate joint venture partners with LHP Hospital Group (Dallas, TX) in ownership of two hospitals: HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley and HackensackUMC Mountainside. Together with six other health systems, the Network is part of the nation’s largest healthcare consortium of its kind, AllSpire Health Partners; with a total of 28 hospitals and service area of more than six million people. HackensackUHN also enjoys clinical and academic affiliations with some of the nation’s most well-renowned health systems, hospitals and universities, including: CentraState Healthcare System, CityMD, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, MinuteClinic, North Shore-LIJ Health System, NYU Langone Medical Center’s Division of Pediatric Surgery, Palisades Medical Center, Rutgers Medical School, St. George’s University, and Stevens Institute of Technology. With 1,250 beds, nearly 10,000 employees and 2,700 credentialed physicians at hospitals within the Network, Hackensack University Health Network is one of the largest healthcare systems in New Jersey.