CLINICAL ASSOCIATE
Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.
Salary: $283,000 - $300,000 a year
Johns Hopkins University: School of Medicine: Department of Medicine: Hospital Medicine
Description
- 1-year Clinical Associate positions (subject to renewal)
- Primarily assigned to JHH; may work some at JHBMC
- Higher salaries for Flex Hospitalists come with the expectation that providers maintain scheduling flexibility as described below
- Annual clinical expectations based on hours actually worked (as described below), which will be tracked monthly
Clinical duties:
- Flex Duty: Up to 16 weeks per year (M-Su)
- Fill in assignments based on acute staffing needs, including: ED facilitator shifts, Acute moonlighting staffing needs, Other direct care staffing needs at JHH (and potentially JHBMC) as needed
- Flex Duty shifts can be at any time of day, but with attention to sleep hygiene as appropriate
- Baseline Flex Duty assignments will be made at the time of general schedule (occurs twice per year), and these weeks will average 25-40 hours at baseline.
- Updated Flex Duty assignments will generally be made within 1-3 days of the start of the shift
- Clinical credit for Flex Duty weeks will be assigned as follows: The provider will be credited with the actual hours worked during a Flex Duty week.
- Providers are guaranteed at least 35 hours of work during Flex Duty weeks (target 60-80 hours)
- Moonlighting shifts scheduled in advance: Shifts that would otherwise be filled by moonlighters (including admitting shifts, swing shifts, and night shifts).
- Traditional hospitalist shifts: Clinical duties typically performed by hospitalists, including new programs such as Orthopedic Co-management and General Medical Consultations, or to “other duties as assigned”.
Vacation / non-clinical weeks: Flex hospitalists can block out up to 10 non-clinical weeks per year but should expect to be assigned to work at least 1 major holiday week (Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Years).
Weekends: Flex hospitalists should expect to be assigned to clinical duties up to 20 weekends per year. Weekends defined as 12AM on Saturday through 7am on Monday.
Qualifications
- M.D. Degree.
- Licensure by State of Maryland Board of Physicians.
- Licensure to practice medicine in the United States.
- Must be able to obtain CDS and DEA certifications.
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