"Hospitalist"

Job Description - Part 1 - Duties and Tasks

Basic Job Description:

Provide inpatient care predominantly in settings such as medical wards, acute care units, intensive care units, rehabilitation centers, or emergency rooms. Manage and coordinate patient care throughout treatment.

Part 1
Duties / Tasks Part 2
Activities Part 3
Skills Part 4
Abilities Part 5
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Job Duties and Tasks for: "Hospitalist"

1) Refer patients to medical specialists, social services or other professionals as appropriate.

2) Participate in continuing education activities to maintain or enhance knowledge and skills.

3) Direct, coordinate, or supervise the patient care activities of nursing or support staff.

4) Write patient discharge summaries and send them to primary care physicians.

5) Direct the operations of short stay or specialty units.

6) Train or supervise medical students, residents, or other health professionals.

7) Prescribe medications or treatment regimens to hospital inpatients.

8) Order or interpret the results of tests such as laboratory tests and radiographs (x-rays).

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9) Attend inpatient consultations in areas of specialty.

10) Conduct discharge planning and discharge patients.

11) Diagnose, treat, or provide continuous care to hospital inpatients.