Attending Physician(AS)-L III - Long Term Care

NYC Health + Hospitals/Sea View is a 304-bed long term care facility with a 5-Star CMS Quality Rating located on an 88-acre landmark campus in Staten Island's lush Greenbelt, easily accessible from all points by car and bus. Sea View provides high quality short-term rehabilitation and long-term skilled nursing services in a warm and comfortable setting. The facility is also well-known for its long-term care Traumatic Brain Injury unit, the first of its kind in New York State.

From more than 600 Nursing Homes, Sea View ranked #1 in Newsweek's Best Nursing Homes in New York 2023 & 2024. It also received high-performance ratings for Long-term Care and Short-term Rehabilitation from U.S. News & World Report's Best Nursing Homes in America 2024.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

• Provide medical management for geriatric and non-geriatric nursing facility residents including primary care, management of acute illness, and transition of care.
• Coordinate behavioral health services for individuals with maladaptive behaviors.
• Carry a patient case load.
• Participate in cross coverage for absences of other team members.
• Participate in weekend and holiday coverage and off-site telephone coverage on a rotational basis.
• Perform medical assessment for new admissions and readmissions and write orders for required medications, treatments, diagnostic studies and other necessary care and treatment.
• Perform required physician visits based on resident need, facility policies and regulatory requirements.
• Write timely orders and progress notes.
• Initiate referrals for consultant and specialty services as required and write orders for services needed.
• Write orders for rehabilitation services.
• Participate in advance directives planning with the resident and representatives and write related orders.
• Participates in discharge planning/transition planning process and provides medical documentation as required.
• Facilitate the emergency discharge of residents to acute hospitals as well as planned discharges for medical treatment
• Participate in interdisciplinary rounding and meetings.
• Actively involved in the unit and facility performance improvement process.
• Provide medical leadership for team-coordinated Quality Assurance Performance Improvement initiatives
• Other assignments as designated by the Chief Medical Officer.

Minimum Qualifications

Physicians Practicing General Medicine
1. Graduation from an approved school of medicine; and
2. Possession of a valid license to practice medicine in New York State; and
3. Five (5) years of full-time licensed experience as a physician practicing general medicine acceptable to the Medical Board of the hospital.
4. Holds, or obtains through facility orientation, a valid and current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA).

Department Preferences

• Long term Care experience.
• Geriatric Board certified.
• Experience with Post-Acute EMR
• Familiarity of CMS and NYS DOH requirements for the provision of physician services in adherence to medical management of nursing facility residents.

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NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs