Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor, Department of Hospital Medicine | Nocturnist 501581 Health Science Campus College Toledo, OH Academic Faculty Healthcare Positions None Faculty - Regular Staff - Full-Time Job Description: UToledo Health and the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences invite applications as a full-time or part-time nocturnist to the Department of Hospital Medicine. UTMC is
seeking a dedicated in-house Nocturnist to provide consistent overnight coverage for the General Medicine services, with an average admission volume of approximately 10 ± 2 patients per night. The Nocturnist will share new admissions with the senior night-float resident, who will admit up to six patients per night, and will share in-house Internal Medicine cross-coverage with the second night-float resident. An
in-house Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) fellow will cover the MICU, evaluate and admit patients requiring ICU-level care, and respond to rapid response calls and other medical emergencies throughout the Internal Medicine services, in collaboration with the on-call Critical Care attending. Minimum Qualifications: Work with the Hospital Medicine healthcare team to provide patients with medical care
services within the standard of care for Hospital Medicine patients. Evaluate, triage, and admit patients from the emergency department/outside facilities Cross coverage: Monitor and manage cross-coverage for patients admitted under daytime hospitalists Acute care management: respond to rapid responses, code blue calls, and other sudden clinical deteriorations. Work closely with night-shift nurses, APPs, and
emergency staff. Order laboratory and radiology tests and refer patients to specialists when appropriate. Analyze reports, test results, medical records and examinations to diagnose condition of patients and propose treatment options. Prescribe pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens to treat identified and documented medical conditions. Discuss potential side effects of medication/treatment with
patients and ensure that all allergy information is up to date before prescribing medication/treatment. Provide advice to patients for lifestyle and diet changes that may improve their health or help to treat the health issue they are experiencing. Adhere to departmental policies, procedures and objectives, ongoing quality improvement objectives and safety, environmental, and infection control standards. Maintain
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