Infectious Disease Physician
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Job Location:
Brockton, MA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
- Provide consultation services for inpatients with bacterial viral fungal and parasitic infections.
- Manage outpatient infectious disease clinics (e.g. HIV care STDs tuberculosis travel medicine long-term antibiotic therapy) per hospital/community needs.
- Participate in antimicrobial stewardship: review antibiotic prescribing contribute to protocols/guidelines to optimize use.
- Evaluate and manage patients who are immunocompromised (e.g. transplant chemotherapy) including prophylaxis.
- Lead or collaborate in infection prevention initiatives (hospital epidemiology outbreak response).
- Serve as a resource for other medical teams for infectious disease advice.
- Engage in teaching and mentoring of residents fellows (if present) medical students and other clinical staff.
- Participate in hospital committees as needed (infection control quality pharmacy & therapeutics).
- Participate in quality improvement performance measurement and possibly clinical research projects.
- Document patient care thoroughly; follow hospital policies regulatory and compliance requirements.
- MD or DO degree or equivalent.
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Infectious Disease.
- Valid Massachusetts medical license (or ability to obtain).
- Demonstrated experience diagnosing and managing complex infectious disease cases in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Strong clinical decision making communication and collaboration skills with multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience in antimicrobial stewardship programs.
- Experience managing HIV/AIDS patients and/or STDs.
- Experience with TB management and travel/tropical medicine.
- Experience in an academic or teaching environment.
- Research experience or interest.
- Leadership skills; ability to work on hospital/department committees.
- Excellent diagnostic and problem-solving ability.
- Strong interpersonal skills; cultural competence; ability to work with diverse patient populations.
- Ability to work efficiently in fast-paced clinical settings.
- Commitment to patient-centered care and health equity.
- Ability to lead change contribute to protocols and collaborate across departments.
- Good documentation and electronic medical record (EMR) skills.
- Work in both inpatient and outpatient hospital settings.
- On-call/consult coverage possibly nights or weekends depending on schedule.
- Collaboration with nursing pharmacy lab infection control and other hospital services.
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
- Full benefits package: medical dental vision retirement plan paid time off.
- Opportunities for continuing medical education.
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Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Post Residency Experience
- Occupational Health Experience
- Pain Management
- SOAP
- Primary Care Experience
- Medical Management
- Suturing
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Pharmacy Residency
- Botox Experience
- Epic
About Company
Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a private, not-for-profit, 514-bed, academic medical center located in Boston’s historic South End. The hospital is the primary teaching affiliate for Boston University School of Medicine. BMC emphasizes community-based care, with its mission to provide ... View more
