Hospital Medicine Post-Graduate Fellowship - Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner (Acute Care)

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Job Summary: Under the supervision of a physician, provides direct diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive healthcare services to patients of a specific population served based on the norms for specialty.

Job Description:

MaineGeneral MeEdical Center is seeking candidates interested in an Advanced Practice Provider Hospital Medicine Post-Graduate Fellowship.

This 12 month program will consist of approximately 2,000 clinical hours, rotating shifts based on preceptor availability, mandatory didactic learning (no less than bi-weekly), holiday rotation, and 12 hour in house shifts (7am-7pm, swing shifts, or 7pm-7am).

Candidate Requirements:

• Proof of completion and graduation from an accredited program (PA)

• Board Certification

• Maine State License (unrestricted)

• DEA license (unrestricted)

• ACLS/BLS Certifications

Responsibilities:

• Work within a team to provide comprehensive, evidence based, compassionate care for patients.

• Be responsible for assessment, diagnosis, management, selection of interventions/treatment, educating patients/families, care coordination with interdisciplinary team, as well as follow-up evaluation of the patient's progress towards goals.

• Have ownership of patients with complex medical conditions, and will manage all aspects of their care.

• Will follow the same shift requirements as Hospitalist team members and will be required to stay for the duration of their shift.

• Opportunities will be provided for additional inpatient learning outside of hospital medicine.

Specialty Externships/Rotations may include, but not be limited to the following, allowing fellow the opportunity to understand inpatient specialty care areas, work-up including testing, procedures and intervention, as well as appropriateness of consultation.

• Infectious Disease

• Critical Care/Pulmonology

• Cardiology

• Nephrology

• Medical Oncology/Hematology

• Palliative Care

• Gastroenterology

• Geriatrics

• Radiology/Interventional Radiology

• Orthopedics

2024-2025 Program begins in July

To apply: Complete the online application process and submit a letter of interest along with three letters of recommendation, including supervisory and peer contacts to .

Certifications: Physician Assistant (PA) - State of Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Scheduled Work Shift:

Benefits:

Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.

Physical Wellness:

• We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs.
• Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents.
• A generous earned time/paid time off plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.

Emotional Wellness:

When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.

Financial Wellness:

• An employee discount program is available to all employees for services provided by MaineGeneral Medical Center.
• Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.
• Educational Loan Reimbursement is available to pay down outstanding eligible medical education debt.
• Eligible medical staff receive both leave days, as well as reimbursement amounts for Continuing Medical Education.
• We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan. Eligible physicians are also provided the opportunity to participate in a 457(b) retirement plan should they meet their contribution limits of their 403(b) plan.
• Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.
• Malpractice is provided, to include tail coverage to all eligible medical staff.
• We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.

Career Mobility:

Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource – they’re how we grow our business and care for our community.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability  Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 .

MaineGeneral Medical Center has an internal referral bonus program for all employed medical staff.  Please contact physician recruitment for more details of this program.