Nephrology Physician

Nephrology Physician at ProLocums summary :

The Nephrology Physician is responsible for overseeing inpatient and outpatient nephrology services, including managing post-transplant patients and consulting on various medical issues. The role requires board certification, an active PA State license, and fellowship training in nephrology and transplant nephrology. With a typical schedule of Monday to Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM, the physician will also handle calls and collaborate with surgical teams during rounds.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

Active PA State License

DEA Required : Yes

Board Status : Board Certified

Candidates must have completed a Nephrology Fellowship in addition to Transplant Nephrology Fellowship.

Required Certifications : BLS

Minimum Years Experience (if applicable) : 1

SHIFT / SCHEDULE INFORMATION

M-F 8a-5p

Call 5p-8a

24hr Weekend call : 8a-8a

JOB INFORMATION

Typical Day : If they are on IP service, they will round on either the acute or chronic service. The Chronic service is more like a medicine service, where the acute is rounds with surgery team. If they are not on Inpatient service, they would have about 3 outpatient clinics a week.

Candidate will work a UPMC Montefiore and UPMC Presby each day which are connected by a bridge.

There are two rounding inpatient services, one which is the F service, which is fresh post-tx patients, where we are co-primary with the surgical team. These are patients that are post-op from their surgery; on this service, the Transplant fellow takes the calls, and Attending will staff from home (during the week they are on service). Additionally, there is a C service, which is a service we consult on when transplant patients are admitted to the hospital with other maladies. Generally, this service will field calls from ED / Hospitalist for advice on admitted patients. We have 1 attending assigned to each service per day. Kidney transplant biopsies are done daily (from 1-4 / day) and reads are done with path same day candidates who are trained in this would be plus.

Outpatient work, estimate of 3 clinics a week. Once we have a candidate and can understand their experience level, we can better identify which clinics we would assign them to, but we do post-transplant clinic, pre-transplant eval clinic, wait list clinic, out-reach clinic, and living donor eval clinics. All current providers do 2-3 clinics a week (these cohort of clinics is divided up amongst the group).

Call : Candidate will field calls from offsite; Fellow will handle calls and then will call for guidance, if needed.

APP / Mid-Level Coverage Avail : No

Will provider work solo? Yes

Other specialties on-site : Surgery, other transplant services (hepatology, abdominal, liver), etc.

How recent are the transplants? Daily.

Are any surgical procedures a requirement : Not required, but experience with biopsy is a plus.

Do they need OR experience? No- co-round with surg on F service.

5 transplant Nephrologist onsite

What is the patient census on the hospital of post-transplant patients? Varies, 80-90 transplants a year

Team of 35 general nephrologist

Dialysis Center visits not required

Adult 100%

EMR : Epic

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Nephrology, Transplant Nephrology, Kidney Transplant, Board Certified, Patient Care, Inpatient Services, Outpatient Clinics, Medical Consultation, Healthcare, Epic EMR