Endocrinologist Physician

About the Job

Physician – Inpatient Endocrinology

Location: MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

Department: Endocrinology

Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE): 0.9 clinical, 0.1 program leadership

General Summary of Position

MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center seeks a board-certified or board-eligible endocrinologist to lead inpatient endocrine care. The physician functions as the hospital's inpatient endocrinology consultant and educator, provides continuity of care after discharge through an outpatient transition clinic, and helps build the endocrinology program with executive leadership. Serves as a role model for residents, fellows and medical students.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical (0.9 FTE)

• Provides timely inpatient consultative services for endocrine-related diseases across medical, surgical and critical care units.
• Directs inpatient glycemic management, including intravenous insulin infusion protocols, transition to subcutaneous insulin, and perioperative and steroid-induced hyperglycemia.
• Manages acute endocrine conditions, including diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state, hypoglycemia, thyroid storm, myxedema coma, adrenal insufficiency, and disorders of sodium and calcium.
• Establishes medical diagnoses and writes prescriptions, orders and plans of therapy for patients with endocrine and metabolic disorders.
• Orders and interprets laboratory and diagnostic tests, including dynamic endocrine testing, when indicated by diagnosis.
• Conducts an outpatient transition clinic for continuity of care of selected patients after hospital discharge.
• Coordinates transitions of care, including discharge regimens, patient and family education, follow-up and community referrals.
• Collaborates with hospitalists, surgeons, intensivists, nursing, pharmacy, diabetes educators and dietitians.
• Provides clinical supervision and teaching of medical students, residents, fellows and allied health professionals, including teaching rounds.
• Documents all patient interventions and follow-up care, and completes the reports, claims and billing for services provided.
• Exercises independent professional judgment and is responsible for the quality of care, consistent with accepted standards of practice in endocrinology.
• Meets established productivity standards.

Program Leadership (0.1 FTE)

• Participates in quality assurance, risk management, and multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams.
• Helps develop and review hospital protocols for glycemic management, insulin order sets and hypoglycemia prevention.
• Advises executive leadership on operating and capital budgets, including revenue and expense projections.
• Assists in recruiting and hiring physicians and other professional and support staff.
• Supports marketing and community outreach, and represents the department on committees as required.
• Supports medical education programs through lectures and conferences.
• Maintains and improves professional skills through continuing education and participation in professional societies.

Minimal Qualifications

Education

• Graduation from an accredited school of medicine (MD or DO) required
• Completion of an ACGME-accredited residency in Internal Medicine required
• Completion of an ACGME-accredited fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism required

Experience

• Inpatient endocrinology consultative experience, including fellowship training, required
• 1-2 years post-fellowship practice experience preferred; new fellowship graduates are encouraged to apply

Licenses and Certifications

• License to practice medicine in the State of Maryland required (or eligibility to obtain before start date)
• Maryland Controlled Dangerous Substances (CDS) registration and DEA registration required (or eligibility to obtain before start date)
• Board certified or board eligible in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (American Board of Internal Medicine) required; board-eligible candidates must achieve certification within the timeframe required by the medical staff bylaws

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Expertise in inpatient glycemic management, including intravenous and subcutaneous insulin protocols.
• Ability to work collaboratively with hospitalist, surgical, critical care, nursing, pharmacy and nutrition teams.
• Commitment to teaching residents, fellows and medical students.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with the electronic health record.

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This position has a hiring range of

USD $193,000.00 - USD $307,000.00 /Yr.