Provide pulmonary and critical care consultation for hospitalized patients and outpatient referrals, with work that includes both inpatient and outpatient follow-up, telephone consults, and coverage across urban and suburban hospital settings. Clinical duties also extend into asthma, chronic lung disease, and ventilator-dependent or neuromuscular respiratory care, with opportunities to work closely with ICU teams and multidisciplinary staff. The role includes teaching residents, students, and fellows, plus participation in quality improvement, committee work, and program development.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide inpatient and outpatient pulmonary consultation for referred patients.
- Respond in writing to referring clinicians with findings and a care plan.
- Provide telephone consultative support for pulmonary patients across the region.
- Maintain continuous pulmonary service coverage with other specialists.
- Develop and support consultative clinics for asthma, chronic lung disease, and follow-up care.
- Collaborate on respiratory therapy practices, policies, and procedures across the health system.
- Participate in quality assurance, continuous improvement, and technology/formulary review.
- Teach residents, students, fellows, and hospital staff in inpatient and outpatient settings.
Required
- Graduate of a four-year U.S. medical school or equivalent.
- Completion of an accredited residency and fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
- Board certified or board eligible in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
- Unrestricted medical license in the applicable state.
- Active medical staff membership in good standing.
- Basic Life Support certification required; Advanced Cardiac Life Support preferred.
Preferred
- Experience in neurocritical care.
- Experience with ECMO.
- Experience with advanced cardiac care, including mechanical support.
- Interest in nocturnal critical care coverage.
- Expertise in outpatient care of chronically ventilator-dependent patients.
- Expertise in caring for patients with neuromuscular diseases.
Benefits & Perks
- Competitive compensation.
- Relocation package.
- Hire-on bonus.
- Scheduling designed to support work-life balance and protected time off.
- Collaboration with a wide variety of specialists and strong nursing support.
- Dedicated daily multidisciplinary critical care rounds and robust ancillary services.
- Research support from a dedicated research institute.
- Generous CME benefits.