Virtual Hospitalist

Role and Responsibilities:

1. Evaluate, diagnose and treat patients presenting to Teladoc Health’s platforms
2. Provide support to multiple health facilities virtually (emergency departments or in-patient units)
3. Participate in huddles and handover sessions at start and end of shifts, as needed
4. Escalate cases as required to designated shift leader and/or medical leadership team
5. Collaborate closely with medical, nursing and management teams internally and externally
6. Advance relationship-based culture across team (physicians, nurses, allied health, managers)
7. Support team members across programs via other duties, as reasonably requested
8. Receive handover from prior medical team
9. Coordinate with nursing team to prioritize patients for the day
10. Round on designated in-patients
11. Formulate care plan for the shift
12. Order/coordinate with nursing team for labs and imaging and review results
13. Respond to issues that arise through day
14. Interdisciplinary rounds if needed
15. Effective handover to next team

Qualifications:

• Ideally +3 years of direct clinical experience as a Hospitalist Physician (will consider +1 year of direct clinical experience)
• Current and unrestricted registration as a Physician in Canada (in good standing), and have a CCFP designation (strong asset for CCFP(EM) designation)
• Experience and demonstrated success working with diverse clinical care team members
• Experience working in the digital health sector preferred
• Must be currently residing in BC province
• A desire to evolve the landscape of future healthcare – Teladoc Health’s culture values quality, innovation & accessibility
• History of strong clinical performance
• A desire to serve as an ambassador regarding the clinical importance of virtual care
• Those who are passionate regarding the delivery of high-quality and safe medical care
• Proficiency with Electronic Medical Records and computer-based applications