About this role
Job Summary
Provide direct and indirect patient care in various healthcare settings including in-hospital and outpatient clinics. Primary responsibility is to obtain knowledge and experience necessary to progress to independent medical practice without direct supervision.
Responsibilities
- Develop a personal program of self-study and professional growth with guidance from the teaching staff
- Participate in safe, effective and compassionate patient care under physician supervision, commensurate with resident's level of advancement and responsibility
- Participate in institutional activities to the extent required and to assume responsibility for teaching and supervising other residents and students
- Complete a minimum of one pre-approved research project and other Scholarly Activity as required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) during the residency program
- Participate in Inter-professional Teams concerning Quality Improvement and Patient Safety activities as required by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
- Participate in institutional programs and activities to help identify system errors and implement potential systems solutions
- Adhere to established practices, policies and procedures of the program, and policies of all affiliated hospitals and clinics where required, including the timely completion of medical records, procedure logs, duty hour logs, and moonlighting logs
- Provide efficient, cost-effective and quality patient care
- Engage in the ethical practice of medicine in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and applicable standards of care
- Provide all medical services in a nondiscriminatory manner, without regard to a patient's race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, or handicapping condition
- Cooperate with Baptist's Quality Assurance, Total Quality Assessment, Risk Management, Human Resources, and Compliance programs including, if necessary, providing interviews, written statements, and participating in any investigation as requested by Baptist
- Other requirements as appropriate
Specifications
Experience
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Education
- Minimum: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.), or equivalent
Minimum Required
- Minimum: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.), or equivalent
Preferred/Desired
Training
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Special Skills
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Licensure
Minimum Required
- BLS within 14 days of hire
Preferred/Desired
Other facts
About Baptist
Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated health care networks in the country. The health care system comprises 24 affiliate hospitals in West Tennessee, Mississippi and East Arkansas; more than 5,400 affiliated physicians; Baptist Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with more than 900 providers; home, hospice and psychiatric care; minor medical centers and clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system highlighted by Baptist Health Sciences University (formerly Baptist College of Health Sciences). Baptist employs more than 21,000 people, and in fiscal year 2022 contributed more than $455 million in community benefit and uncompensated care to the communities it serves. For more information, please visit www.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.
What you'll do
- The resident physician will provide direct and indirect patient care under supervision while developing a personal program of self-study and professional growth. Responsibilities also include participating in research projects, quality improvement activities, and teaching other residents and students.
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