Emergency Medicine Physician - Nocturnist

Job Details

Join Jefferson Health’s nocturnist team, providing dedicated overnight inpatient care at Jefferson Torresdale Hospital. This role involves working one week on/one week off and offers a supportive, collaborative environment with a sustainable work schedule.

Job Description

Overnight Admissions & Inpatient Care:
Evaluate and admit patients from the ED, conduct night rounds, and manage ongoing inpatient care.

Cross-Coverage Support:
Provide backup to APPs and assist with ICU needs, including rapid responses and Code Blue events.

Team Collaboration:
Coordinate with interdisciplinary teams (nursing, specialists, social work) to ensure comprehensive transitions at shift change.

Documentation & Compliance:
Maintain accurate and timely charting of histories, physicals, daily notes, and care plans while ensuring compliance and proper coding.

Qualifications

• MD or DO, board certified or board eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
• Completion of an accredited residency program (minimum 36 months IM/FM)
• Must hold or be eligible for a Pennsylvania medical license and DEA registration
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications
• Strong acute care skills, excellent communication and collaboration, and the ability to make independent decisions during overnight coverage

Work Shift

Workday Night (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Aria Health Physician Services

Primary Location Address

10800 Knights Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps ), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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