Description
Position Location: UH Lake Health, Ohio
Position Type: PRN Physician
Specialty: Digestive Health Institute
Every day, for more than 150 years, the physicians of University Hospitals have renewed a promise to meeting our patients’ health care needs. Our talented team is integral to our rich history of success and critical to our future in a dynamic environment. As stewards of the UH legacy for excellence in patient care, our physicians are guided by an unwavering commitment to our mission: To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.
The Department of Gastroenterology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center is in search of a Physician to help continue with our excellent patient care. University Hospitals Digestive Health Institute is dedicated to providing high-quality healthcare for patients with digestive and liver disorders and diseases. Patient-centered experiences are focused on privacy and value. Our physicians, surgeons and advanced practitioners are located throughout our integrated system of hospitals, health centers and physician practices. Expert medical and surgical teams collaborate to provide comprehensive, compassionate care for each patient. Programs range from essential preventive screening and wellness initiatives to the most complex care for advanced diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease and gastrointestinal cancers.
Our institute is consistently ranked as one of the best in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. Our specialists are national leaders in the clinical diagnosis and treatment of patients through the use of new therapies, minimally invasive surgery, and the most advanced imaging technology.
What Cleveland has to offer:
The Greater Cleveland Area is home to 2.8 million people and a wide variety of communities. Cleveland holds a wealth of cultural resources, entertainment options, and leisure activities including a vibrant Lake Erie shoreline and Metro Parks system. The parks are joined by the Cuyahoga Valley National Park with additional 33,000 acres, another 100 miles of trails, and camping sites. The Playhouse Square theatre district in downtown Cleveland is home to nine theatres hosting over 1,000 events each year; it is the country’s largest performing arts center outside of New York City. Cleveland is also home to the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, outstanding museums including Cleveland Museum of Art and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and many music venues, as well as professional sports teams (Browns, Cavaliers, Guardians, and Monsters). View our Northeast Ohio Relocation guide for more information.
A Brief Overview
Provides and manages direct medical evaluation, diagnosis, procedures, and care for patients within a recognized area of practice or for a specified patient population.
What You Will Do
- Provides and manages direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses and treatment for a specified patient population.
- Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.
- Refers patients to specialists and to relevant patient care components as appropriate.
- Trains and supervises medical students and residents engaged in specialty activities and procedures, as appropriate.
- May manage the daily operations of a specific medical program, patient care unit, or research function.
- Directs and coordinates the patient care activities of nursing and support staff as required.
- Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
- As appropriate to the position, participates in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.
- Maintain department productivity thresholds.
- Adhere to core physician obligations as outlined in the Physician Policy Manual.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Additional Responsibilities
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Complies with all policies and standards.
- For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
- Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.
