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Hospitalist

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AVG. SALARY

$243,060

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EDUCATION

First professional degree

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JOB OUTLOOK

Stable

What They Do

Hospitalists Career Video

About This Career

Provides inpatient care predominantly in settings such as medical wards, acute care units, intensive care units, rehabilitation centers, or emergency rooms. Manages and coordinates patient care throughout treatment.

This career is part of the Health Science cluster Therapeutic Services pathway.

A person in this career:

  • Diagnoses, treats, or provides continuous care to hospital inpatients.
  • Prescribes medications or treatment regimens to hospital inpatients.
  • Orders or interprets the results of tests such as laboratory tests and radiographs (x-rays).
  • Admits patients for hospital stays.
  • Conducts discharge planning and discharges patients.
  • Writes patient discharge summaries and sends them to primary care physicians.
  • Refers patients to medical specialists, social services, or other professionals as appropriate.
  • Directs, coordinates, or supervises the patient care activities of nursing or support staff.
  • Attends inpatient consultations in areas of specialty.
  • Communicates with patients' primary care physicians upon admission, when treatment plans change, or at discharge to maintain continuity and quality of care.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

People who do this job report that:

  • You would often handle loads up to 10 lbs., sometimes up to 20 lbs. You might do a lot of walking or standing, or you might sit but use your arms and legs to control machines, equipment or tools.
  • Work in this occupation involves use of protective items such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, a hard hat, or personal flotation devices
  • Exposed to disease and infections more than once a month through work such as patient care, laboratory work, and sanitation control
  • Work in this occupation requires being inside most of the time

Working in this career involves (physical activities):

  • Seeing clearly up close
  • Speaking clearly enough to be able to be understood by others
  • Identifying and understanding the speech of another person

Work Hours and Travel

  • Rotating shift work
  • Weekend work

Specialty and Similar Careers

Careers that are more detailed or close to this career:

  • Academic Hospitalist
  • Consultant Physician
  • Hospitalist Medical Doctor (Hospitalist MD)
  • MD (Medical Doctor)
  • Physician

Contact

  • Email Support

  • 1-800-GO-TO-XAP (1-800-468-6927)
    From outside the U.S., please call +1 (424) 750-3900

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