Hospitalist Physician - Duke University, Duke Regional, and Duke Raleigh Hospitals

Duke Clinical Research Institute
United States, North Carolina, Durham
300 West Morgan Street (Show on map)
Dec 05, 2025
At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together. About Duke University Hospital Duke University Hospital is consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking research. Duke University Hospital has 1,048 licensed inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 65 operating rooms; an endo-surgery center; a separate hospital outpatient surgical department with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area. About Duke Regional Hospital Duke Regional has 388 inpatient beds and offers a comprehensive range of medical, surgical and diagnostic services, including orthopedics, weight-loss surgery, women's services, and heart and vascular services. We also offer care at our Duke Rehabilitation Institute, Davis Ambulatory Surgical Center, Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center Arringdon, Health Services Center, and Duke Behavioral Health Center North Durham. About Duke Raleigh Hospital Pursue your passion for caring with Duke Raleigh Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been part of Duke Health since 1998 and has served Wake County for more than 35 years. Duke Raleigh Hospital features 204 inpatient beds and offers a comprehensive array of services, including cancer, cardiovascular, neuroscience, advanced gastrointestinal, and wound healing care. Job Location Positions available at multiple hospitals within Duke Health System Job Summary Hospitalist physicians in the Hospital Medicine Department are clinicians and/or clinician educators who provide clinical care for patients admitted at Duke University Health System hospitals. They support surgical and specialty services through consultative general internal medicine practice, as well as teach staff, graduate medical trainees, and medical students on inpatient educational rotations. Job Duties and Responsibilities Hospitalists will engage in direct patient care activities and medical/clinical practice as the principal component of his/her overall professional responsibility within the Department. Patient care activities will include, but are not be limited to the following: Assessment, evaluation, diagnostic determination, on-going treatment and clinical management of patients When necessary make referral for consultation Direct care planning Order medications and therapeutic treatments when warranted Authorize transfers Conduct risk assessment When appropriate, make determination of readiness and planning for discharge for inpatients in your care. Direct contact and consultation with patient family members, friends, advocates, and others to ensure effective communication of patient status and care plans, and to encourage/ support an open visitor-friendly environment within the hospital environment. Extensive and on-going communications with community primary care physicians who routinely manage the care of patients currently in your care within the hospital Day-to-day patient contact/rounding/care management that actively encourages and includes professional input from all members of the patient care team Completes all clinical and professional records and documentation accurately and in a timely manner to assure compliance with local, state and federal regulatory, licensure and accreditation requirements. Work to create a positive work culture within cross-departmental teams Align your work with other Hospital Medicine initiatives. Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein. Job Eligibility Requirements Education MD or DO graduate from an accredited medical school program and completion Internal Medicine Residency. Licensure Unrestricted medical license issued by NCMB. Federal and State prescriptive authority Certification ABIM (ABIM board eligible recent or pending graduates may also apply) Experience Training experiences as mandated by the ABIM for board eligibility are required. Clinical and teaching experience in an inpatient healthcare environment including experience in both large academic medical center and community hospital environments is preferred but will consider new graduate. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Technical - Clinical training and skills as mandated by the American Board of Internal Medicine for General Internal Medicine physicians Non-Technical - Ability to work with others i n a cooperative, collaborative manner. Strong written and oral communication skills For clinician educators - strong clinical teaching skills. Job Hours 12 hour shifts, 192 shifts per year Job Code: 00005512 HOSPITALIST PHYSICIAN Job Level: K2 Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status. Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values. 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