OB/GYN Nocturnist- MAHEC's OB/GYN Department

JOB SUMMARY:

The OBGYN Nocturnist is responsible for clinical care of general OB-GYN patients and supervision of residents, fellows, students, and mid-level care providers in ambulatory and hospital setting.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervise Ob/Gyn residents, Family Practice residents, fellows, and students at Mission Hospitals on Labor and Delivery, as well as patients in the Emergency Room, Antepartum, and Postpartum, Operating room, and Post-operative setting.
• Supervise certified nurse-midwives of MAHEC Ob-Gyn in Mission Hospitals.
• Consult and collaborate with regional care providers seeking care for patients needing transport or with high acuity situations.
• Provide collaboration and consultation for providers for whom MAHEC OB/GYN are the backup providers.
• Provider collaboration and consultation as the Obstetric Hospitalist while fulfilling that role in Mission Hospitals.
• Provide training and didactics on general obstetric and gynecologic topics.  Provides teaching topics for resident night float team.
• Provide evaluation both formative and summative to residents and learners using myTIPreport.
• Provide appropriate face to face feedback to residents and students in a professional and constructive manner.

CLINICAL ACTIVITIES:

• Provide care to patients at Mission Hospitals in a manner consistent with patient safety standards, and evidence based, using standard protocol’s consistent with MAHEC OB/GYN Department.
• Be able to lead team of residents as well as guide chief resident in appropriate delegation of tasks and duties based on level of experience.
• Ensure closed loop communication with other providers, faculty, subspecialists, learners, and staff.
• Work three night shifts per week and/ or Shifts on an as needed basis:  5:45 pm to 8:00 am (continue care via attending check out at 7:00 each morning with L&D team). 
• Being willing to alter schedule if needed based on holidays or MAHEC OB/GYN department faculty scheduling needs.
• Awake and alert throughout shift and providing emergent care as Obstetric Safety Consultant role. 

This role description is a general description of the essential job functions.  It is not intended to describe all the duties the Nocturnist may perform.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Communication Skills

Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals, whether it be a colleague, patient, or patient’s family member and appropriately enumerate information in a manner easily understood by all parties. We do this to foster a culture of understanding between all parties, especially in complex and difficult situations, to ultimately provide the best care possible to our patients and their families.

• Decision Making

Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includes ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time.

• HealthCare Knowledge

Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriate.  This also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within your area expertise along with MAHEC’s organizational training. Finally, the ability to apply the depth of knowledge maintained and gained through this process in real life scenarios as appropriate.

• Interpersonal Skills

Showing the ability to meet difficult situations with grace, professionalism, and understanding. Within your area of expertise, showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their family at all times, even when its most difficult to do so. This is done, in part, by effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others.

• Organizational Values

Adherence to MAHEC’s founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes, among others, having integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures and equitable practices, ability to manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to do the best for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need.

• Problem Solving

Having an analytical mind and ability to work autonomously to solve complex problems that may arise. The wherewithal to think logically through a difficult problem and come to an appropriate resolution for a given issue. This helps to drive continuous improvement by thinking through where we can improve in a novel way. Measures success by understanding where we are currently and where we want to go and then applying those new ideas to affect positive change.

SPECIFIED SKILLS

• COMPUTER
  • Excellent skills in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and database applications required.
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE
  • Spanish speaking skills preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Not Applicable.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: N/A

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Board Certified Obstetrician/gynecologist in the full realm of the practice of specialty

REQUIRED LICENSES:

• Board Certification or active candidate for certification by ABOG
• Current North Carolina Medical License.
• Hospital privileges at Mission Hospitals.
• Current DEA certification.

SCHEDULE:

This position has business hours of 5:45pm-8am. Regular attendance on-site is an essential function of this position. Typical business hours for MAHEC are Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (or flexed to best meet the needs of the clients and/or the Division); 40 hours per workweek; weekend, holiday, or evening coverage is occasionally required. Work hours will need to be flexible in order to respond to special work assignments, or evening activities, as requested by the team leader.