Hospitalist Medical Director - Inova Alexandria Hospital

As a Hospitalist Medical Director with USACS, you’ll be responsible for managing hospitalist medicine services by collaborating with the hospital and nursing leadership while offering support to your physician staff.  As a leader for both the hospital and US Acute Care Solutions, you will influence broad company decisions and help facilitate the development of new leaders.

With USACS, you'll be part of a team unique in today's industry. USACS provides physicians with ownership, unparalleled benefits, and the opportunity to practice within a values-based model that emphasizes quality. USACS physicians enjoy the security and resources of a large, national group without sacrificing the advantages typically found in local physician groups.

Details

• Oversee hospitalist service operations
• Supervise HM staff, per the bylaws, policies and procedures of the institution
• Represent the staff in the community and within the hospital

• ED Volume:  65,000
• 45 Beds
• EPIC Documentation
• 21% Admission rate
• Second largest ED in Northern Virginia
• Coverage: 17 full-time physicians; 10 full-time APPs
• Radiology suite in the ED
• CT suite in the ED
• Excellent lab turn around times
• Point-of-care testing
• PACS film reading system
• 24/7 in-house: Ultrasound, CT, OB-GYN, Anesthesiology, Hospitalist, NICU
• In-house Radiology coverage until 11:00 p.m.; teleradiology at night
• In-house translators and AT&T translator phones
• Two MRI machines
• Interventional Cardiac Cath Lab
• The hospital is a Stroke Center with Stroke RNs
•  Transfer:
  • Psychiatric
  • PICU
  • Trauma and burns

The patient population is diverse racially and economically, with 124 different languages and international patients from Central and South America, West Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. The hospital receives patients in need of EMS from Reagan Airport, and the surrounding cities of Alexandria, Arlington, and Fairfax.

• 16 patient encounters per physician
• 22 FT physician team 
• No procedures 
• Double coverage at night
• Closed ICU
• Nursing/Case Management excellence
• Collaborative clinical environment
• APP Schedule: 12-hour shifts (7 days per week)
• HM rounding with a focus on observation status patients

Inova Alexandria Hospital is a 318-bed, Magnet community hospital and regionally ranked as the #9 best hospital in northern Virginia, among several other national recognitions for healthcare excellence. The hospital offers a full range of healthcare services and is dedicated to continually expanding programs and services. The hospital offers: 

• General surgery
• Orthopedic
• Urology
• Plastic surgery

Financial Benefits

• Equity ownership for all full-time physicians
• Industry-leading 10% company funded 401(k)
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and Rx coverage
• Short- and long-term disability (own occupation)
• Annual CME/BEA (Business Expense Account)
• Medical Malpractice with tail and litigation support
• Pioneering Paid Military Leave
• Groundbreaking 100% Paid Parental Leave
• Student loan refinancing as low as 2.99%

Intangible Benefits

• Location flexibility and career stability of a national group
• National Clinical Governance Board (NCGB) of internally elected clinicians
• Clinical Management Tools (CMTs)
• Center for Emergency Medical Education (CEME)
• 24/7/365 live physician support
• USACS Orientation and Assemblies
• Professional Development Programs including:
• Scholars (Leadership Training)
• Efficiency Academy
• Engagement & Experience Academy
• Internal USACS traveling physicians

Alexandria, VA, is a city on the Potomac River just south of Washington, D.C. It’s known for its Old Town with brick sidewalks and well-preserved 18th- and 19th-century buildings. King Street is lined with boutiques and specialty shops. Founding fathers dined at Gadsby’s Tavern, now a museum with period objects and photographs, and the renowned Carlyle House Historic Park features a beautifully restored Georgian mansion with an exquisite garden. Alexandria is affluent and filled with young urban professionals.