Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician

Patients in respiratory failure and multi-organ crisis need a physician who can decide fast, lead a team, and stay until the plan is working. This role puts you at the center of that care: you will shape outcomes in the ICU and clinic, raise the standard of pulmonary practice, and leave a measurable imprint on survival, length of stay, and how confidently families understand what comes next.

Performance Objectives

• Lead daily ICU rounds so that ventilator, sepsis, and shock plans are set, documented, and owned before noon, with clear handoffs that reduce overnight escalations.
• Manage a pulmonary consult and clinic panel that shortens time-to-diagnosis for complex lung disease and cuts avoidable readmissions through tight follow-up.
• Perform and interpret core procedures—bronchoscopy, airway management, and critical-care ultrasound—with complication rates at or below peer benchmarks.
• Direct multidisciplinary goals-of-care conversations so families leave with a documented plan aligned to the patient’s wishes within the first 48 hours of a high-acuity stay.
• Partner with nursing, respiratory therapy, and pharmacy to close protocol gaps in ventilation liberation, sedation, and DVT prophylaxis, tracked monthly.
• Teach residents and advanced practice clinicians at the bedside so independent decision-making improves across the service within two quarters.
• Contribute to quality reviews that turn sentinel events and near misses into revised pathways adopted by the unit.

Environment & Resources

• You will practice inside a physician-led critical care and pulmonary service, reporting to the medical director of critical care.
• The team includes intensivists, pulmonologists, respiratory therapists, ICU nurses, and care coordinators who share one daily huddle.
• You will have protected procedure time, a modern ICU with bedside ultrasound, and an EMR configured for ventilator and sepsis workflows.
• Administrative support covers scheduling, credentialing, and prior authorization so clinical time stays clinical.
• A defined quality budget funds protocol work, simulation, and conference time tied to your performance goals.

Essential Qualifications

• Board certification or eligibility in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, with an active, unrestricted medical license.
• Demonstrated ICU leadership: you have run rounds, owned ventilator strategy, and closed the loop with nursing on the same shift.
• Procedural competence in bronchoscopy and airway management, with a case log you can discuss.
• A record of improving a measurable outcome—length of stay, ventilator days, readmissions, or complication rates—not just participating in a committee.
• Clear communication with families and trainees under time pressure, including documented goals-of-care practice.
• Eligibility for hospital privileges and a willingness to share call in a high-acuity unit.

Role Selling Points

• Authority to change unit protocols, not just follow them, with leadership that reviews results with you each quarter.
• A balanced mix of ICU, consults, and clinic so procedural skill and longitudinal pulmonary relationships both stay sharp.
• Teaching built into the day, with learners assigned to your service rather than added as an afterthought.
• A recruiting partner who stays with you from first conversation through credentialing, so the process does not stall your start.

Call to Action

If you want your next shift to change how an ICU performs—not only how many patients you see—send your CV and a short note on one outcome you improved. We will respond with a direct conversation about scope, call, and what success looks like in the first year.