Job Summary
The nocturnal MICU hospitalist is an Internal Medicine BE/BC physician who provides ongoing care to ICU patients overnight. The nocturnal MICU hospitalist ensures that patients continue to receive safe and effective care overnight. This physician must have a solid foundation of critical care medicine and be skilled in basic critical care procedures such as central line placement and arterial line placement.
*Responsible for providing care to patient during their stay overnight in the MICU
These tasks include:
· Round, with particular attention to critical follow-up assessments and plan modifications warranted by changes in patient condition
· Supervise and instruct overnight residents including staffing new resident admissions.
· Collaborate with MICU APPs
· Admit new patients personally as needed.
· Perform and supervise procedures
· Coordinate care to ensure timely transitions out of the ICU
· Respond to emergencies (e.g., Code Blue) in the ICU and elsewhere in the hospital
The MICU teams nightly census is variable but is an average of 20 patients. A CU IM resident is also performing admissions, and a second CU IM resident is providing cross cover on current patients. In addition to the in-house MICU team, a University of Colorado Pulmonary and Critical Care fellow as well as a Denver Health Pulmonary and Critical Care faculty member will be on call and available for assistance especially regarding mechanical ventilation management and advanced critical care medicine decisions.
The nocturnal MICU hospitalist will start at the Instructor rank (or higher commensurate with experience) within the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
FTE 0.8 (meets Denver Health full time employee criteria)