Physician Opportunities

Cardiac Hospitalist

• Guaranteed Salary PLUS Quality Incentives
• BC/BE FM, IM or non-invasive cardiologist
• Admit, round and discharge patients with a primary cardiac issue
• 27 days of vacation – 5 days CME
• CME Allowance
• 403(b) Plan and 457(b) Plan
• Excellent Benefits – medical, dental, vision more!

Intensivist

• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Critical Care
• The schedule in 18 bed ICU : 168-day shifts [defined as 07:30 until 17:30] and 73 overnight call shifts [defined as  7:30 until 07:30 – call from home by phone with returns to hospital based upon clinical necessity]. Day shifts scheduled predominantly as 7-days on/7-days, not to exceed seven (7) consecutive days; call shifts not to exceed one (1) consecutive 24-hour period.
• Guaranteed base salary, PLUS wRVU model
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Malpractice insurance
• 27 days of paid vacation
• 5 days CME with allowance
• 403(b) Plan and 457(b) Plan

Medical Director/Lead Physician Advisor – Case Management

SUMMARY

St. Joseph’s Health seeks a Lead Physician Advisor – Case Management to evaluate hospitalized patient needs with resources to meet quality, clinical, and regulatory standards.  The Lead Physician Advisor assists with performing Utilization Management level of care chart reviews and provides clinical perspective on case management questions.  Additionally, this provider will provide oversight of protocols, standard work and schedules for improvement, perform chart reviews for Hospital Acquired Conditions and Patient Safety Indicators, as well as collaborate on other tasks related to improving patient provider documentation as appropriate.

Full or part-time opportunity.  Part time role as Lead Physician Advisor would be .60 FTE.  Full time role may encompass clinical appointment in specialty area as desired.

Responsibilities

• Conduct level of care reviews not meeting criteria by nurse reviews; review with providers when a level of care change is suggested
• Evaluate complex and discharge issues, continued stay medical necessity and delay in service delivery concerns
• Provide advice and education regarding provider utilization questions
• Readmission review for assessment of claim modification
• Payer denial and audit review for medical necessity and necessary appeals
• Pre-claim reviews for high audit medical necessity risk areas
• Chart reviews for Hospital Acquired Conditions, Patient Safety Indicators, and provider documentation deficiencies
• Observation list review and assessment for transfer to inpatient level of care
• Assess Medical Surgical outliers for certification of medical necessity
• Assist with development of Physician Advisor schedules, meetings, protocols for reviews, standard work
• Education to providers and hospital staff in collaboration with the Manager of Case Management
• Work with Director of Transition Care assisting with Utilization Management Advisory Committee agendas, goals
• Interdepartmental work with Regulatory Review and Analysis, Revenue Cycle Management, Health Information
• Management (Coding, CDI), and Revenue Integrity in collaboration with the Medical Director of Case Management
• Be available for development of payer contracts, internal policy development related to medical necessity
• Implementation of new processes related to updated regulations, leadership requests, and medical staff needs

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Qualifications

• MD or DO with clinical experience
• Current New York state medical license
• Minimum of two years’ experience in utilization management
• Experience using an electronic health record
• Clinical leadership and clinical systems workflow
• Strong broad based clinical knowledge

Cardiac Surgeon

• Experienced Board Certified Cardiac Surgeon to join an elite cardiac surgery program.
• Proficient in all areas of cardiac surgery
• Candidate can expect to perform >150 CABG and valve procedures annually
• Cath lab/ER Call 1 in 4
• Competitive compensation and robust benefits
• 24/7 clinical affiliate (PA/NP) support and Perfusion team support
• Dedicated Cardiac intensivists
• Dedicated 20 beds CVICU and 36 bed step-down unit (Magnet Nursing recognition)
• Mechanical support team and ECMO program with goal to perform permanent LVADs in 2-3 years

Family Medicine – Cicero and Liverpool Medical Centers, suburbs of Syracuse, NY

• Excellent Financial Package: Forty Hours patient care per week, 1 evening per week and 5-6 Saturdays per year
• Guaranteed base salary for the first eighteen month, highly competitive above the median
• Bonus incentives available
• Medical, dental & vision coverage
• Malpractice insurance
• 27 days of vacation – 5 days CME
• CME allowance
• 403(b) Plan and 457(b) Plan
• Share on call schedule between all practices, approximately 5 times per year

Hospitalist  – Syracuse St. Joseph’s Health  & Rome Memorial Hospital

• Guaranteed Salary PLUS Quality Incentives
• 7 on 7 off blocked schedule
• Manageable daily census
• Established, Stable Program with excellent specialist support
• 27 days of vacation – 5 days CME
• CME Allowance
• 403(b) Plan and 457(b) Plan
• Excellent Benefits – medical, dental, vision more!

Non invasive cardiologist(s) – Brittonfield Office East Syracuse, SJH Cardiology Liverpool and NY Heart location(s)/Syracuse & Oswego

Practice highlights include:

• On Call
• Candidates should be trained in Nuclear and Echo
• Existing and robust referral network with an already established patient panel
• Competitive compensation and robust benefits

Nocturnist – Syracuse St. Joseph’s Health & Rome Memorial Hospital

• Guaranteed Salary PLUS Quality Incentives
• 7 on 7 off blocked schedule – 10 hour shift with mid level support
• 27 days of vacation – 5 days CME
• CME Allowance
• 403(b) Plan and 457(b) Plan
• Excellent Benefits – medical, dental, vision more!

Urgent Care – Fayetteville and Liverpool Medical Centers, suburbs of Syracuse, NY

• Competitive hourly rate
• 17 bed urgent care center
• Work schedule is 3-4 days/week (4 10s, 3 12s) every other or every 3 rd weekend per month
• Support staff of RNs, LPNs, MAs/Techs, plus no call
• CME Allowance
• 403(b) Plan and 457(b) Plan
• Excellent Benefits – medical, dental, vision more!

CPEP – Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program

• Competitive salary
• Work schedule day shift is 7 am – 3pm
• Work schedule night shift is 3 pm – 11 pm
• Shared On Call
• 9 certified Emergency Observation Beds (EOB)
• Support staff of clinical social workers, RN’s, Mental Health Counselors and Patient
• Care Technicians
• CME Allowance
• 403(b) Plan and 457(b) Plan
• Excellent Benefits – medical, dental, vision more!