Physician, ER Physician - MMCSC at RWJBarnabas Health – WEST ORANGE, New Jersey

Responsibilities of RWJBH Emergency Physicians:

1. Emergency physicians bear a responsibility to practice emergency medicine in an ethical manner consistent with contemporary, evidence-based emergency medicine principles.
2. Emergency physicians must maintain current emergency medicine knowledge and skills through independent study, continuing medical education (CME) activities and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) standards.
3. Emergency physicians should exhibit attributes of professionalism in the healthcare facility where their practice is based including: altruism, accountability, duty, honor, integrity, respect, and positive patient experience.
4. Emergency physicians should participate in medical staff and/or hospital affairs.
5. Emergency physicians should gain knowledge of the basic principles of documentation, coding and reimbursement, practice expense costs, and other applicable physician administration costs, to assist in accurate billing for their services and to properly interpret practice revenue and expense information which they receive.
6. Emergency physicians should gain a working knowledge of national quality and performance measures and patient safety.
7. Emergency physicians must maintain knowledge of and compliance with major federal and state regulations that affect the practice of emergency medicine, such as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996.
8. For services outside the observation unit, Emergency physicians must be on-site for the entire assigned shift.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.