ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 12 - CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

* Is present during significant portions of every procedure performed in the operating room and the entire course of all minor procedures.
* Provides appropriate preoperative and postoperative evaluation of patients as required to meet standards of care.
* Provides minor surgical services as needed and as time permits; provides inpatient and outpatient consultations while on call.
* Provides diagnostic and treatment services to patients including benign and malignant disease
* Shares rounding responsibilities with other members of the Division such that the care of all inpatients and observation patients is supervised on a daily basis by an attending
* Documents Attending clinical activity and supervision of surgery residents and mid-level providers including Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) and Physician Assistants (PA) in the
clinic, ward operating room and emergency room including:
o History and Physical, Preoperative Notes, Brief Post Op Notes, Operative Notes, Inpatient and Outpatient Progress Notes, Consult Notes Discharge Summary and all required finance documentation
* Responds promptly to all on-call queries from Residents in situations of pressing acuity.
* Communicates directly with other Attending physicians and surgeons when communication through Residents or Mid-level providers may be unreliable.
* Communicates promptly to the Division Chair all information necessary for the creation of assignments and on-call rosters
* Acts with courtesy and collegiality and upholds the highest standards of professionalism in all arenas as representative of the Surgical Services as a whole.
* Participates in ongoing clinical trials and investigations offered in the division; participates in administrative committees servicing the department and Hospitals as schedule permits.
* In concert with division personnel, helps develop new programs and processes that enhance patient care.
* As coordinated with and approved by the Division Chair and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB), performs research activities; follows all ethical guidelines
* Engages in sufficient Continuing Medical Education to satisfy the requirement of the appropriate Board, Illinois Department of Public Health and Medical Staff by laws; attends Mortality and Morbidity conference, as well as required Division and Department meetings on regular basis and in accordance with established attendance benchmarks.
* Requests appropriate specialty consultations, and performs inpatient rounds and required Resident teaching sessions as assigned and as clinical needs dictate.
* Participates in Quality Assurance activities as assigned .