Responsibilities and Expectations

  DAY

TIME

  COVERAGE

  RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS

Mon-Fri

7A-6P

Hospitalist or Non-Physician Provide

1. Contact house physician by 7AM for hand-off on overnight issues on Consult patients.

2. Answer pages starting at 7AM from nursing and support staff regarding consult patients.

3. NPP arrives at 7AM to begin daily work; Hospitalist arrives at 10AM.  If no NPP scheduled, Hospitalist arrives at 7AM.

4. NPP finishes at 3PM; Hospitalist at 6PM.

5. Prepare written hand-off for house physician.

6. Email billing information to appropriate office.

7. Verbally hand off to house physician for cross-cover at 6PM.

Mon-Fri

  6P-7A

House Physician

1. Answer pages from nursing/support staff regarding patients.

2. Take information on new, non-urgent consult requests and place on written hand off.

3. Triage URGENT/EMERGENT consults to Medicine Nightfloat senior.

4. Hand off overnight issues to staff at 7AM.

Sat-Sun

  7A-3P

  Hospitalist

1. Contact house physician by 7AM for hand-off on Consult patients from house physician.

2. Complete daily work.

3. Prepare written hand-off for house physician.

4. Email billing form to the appropriate billing office.

5. Verbally hand off service to house physician at 3PM.

Sat-Sun

  3P-7A

House Physician

1. Obtain hand off from Consult staff by 3PM.

2. Answer pages from nursing/support staff regarding consult service patients.

3. Take information on new, non-urgent consult requests and place on written hand off.

4. Triage URGENT/EMERGENT consults to Medicine Nightfloat Senior.

5. Hand off overnight issues to staff at 7AM.