HOSPITALIST PRACTICE SPEC

Miami Valley Hospitalist Group 

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General Summary/Responsibilities:

 

The Hospitalist Patient Care Assistant (PCA) is responsible for assisting in the administrative duties required to support the daily operations of the inpatient Premier Health Hospitalist program. This person is responsible for assisting with care coordination from admission to discharge. The PCA works under the supervision of the Practice Manager and Medical Director

Our PCAs are an integral part of our office, ensuring safe patient handoffs and coordinated post-acute care for our patients.

 

Essential Duties & Functions

• Duties performed to ensure safe patient handoffs include, but are not limited to:
• Assign inpatients to a physician rounder, ensuring lists are equal and unit-based rounding is maintained. This includes coordination with hospitalist nurses.
• Distribute and coordinate admissions, consults, direct admissions, and communications for the Hospitalist Group physicians and advanced care practitioners. This includes communication with the Access and Transfer Center, ED providers, and providers from external facilities.
• Identify PACU patients from all MVH campuses and distribute to appropriate MVHG practitioner
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation
• Duties performed to assist in coordination of post-acute follow up care include, but are not limited to:
• Assist with completion of patient forms including FMLA, disability, oxygen orders, home care orders, pharmacy queries
• Assist unattached patients in connecting with primary care physician and appropriate specialists for follow-up care
• Communicate with physicians, advanced practice providers, hospitalist nurse liaisons and the hospital’s care management team to address obstacles regarding patient’s discharge plan

Other Duties & Functions

• Other duties as assigned 

The above duties and responsibilities may be essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodations. All job requirements listed include the minimum knowledge, skills, and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be constructed as an exhausted statement of duties, responsibilities, and requirements. Employees may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.