Advanced Care at Home Physician

Advanced Care at Home Physician -Nemours Children's Heath - Home Office

Nemours Virtual Care 

Nemours is searching for an Advanced Care at Home physician to deliver acute, hospital-level medical care directly to a patient's residence using a blend of virtual technology, remote monitoring, and in-person visits. 

Nemours Virtual Care is a centralized, enterprise-wide model that delivers technology-enabled clinical services to support patient safety, care coordination, access, capacity optimization and acute care delivery across the health system.

Core Responsibilities

• Patient Acquisition: Review and accept new hospital admissions or patient transfers into the home care program.
• Daily Rounding: Conduct virtual or in-person rounds to monitor recovery, update treatment plans, and evaluate vital signs.
• Care Coordination: Collaborate with nurses, pharmacists, case managers, and medical specialists to ensure seamless treatment.
• Diagnostics and Treatment: Order and interpret lab tests, imaging, and medications tailored to a home setting.
• Discharge Planning: Manage safe transitions out of the acute home program back to primary care. 

Key Qualifications

• Clinical Experience: Inpatient, hospitalist, or acute care experience.
• Licensure: Active medical license (MD/DO) 
• Tech Skills: High comfort level using Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) and remote patient monitoring tools.
• Autonomy: Ability to make independent clinical decisions in a non-traditional environment

Qualifications

• Clinical Qualifications: Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO).

• Clinical experience in managing children with medical complexity 

• Must be eligible for licensing in PA, NL, DE, MD and FL

• Direct clinical experience managing acutely ill patients with experience in providing comprehensive hospital-based care, home and community care, and familiarity with Mobile Integrated Health (MIH)/Community Paramedicine. 

Skills 

• Strong clinical judgment with a systems-thinking mindset.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment with ambiguity.
• Commitment to patient-centered, high-quality, and technology-enabled care.
• Proficiency with Epic EMR, telehealth platforms, and virtual care technologies.