Details Report for:
29-1229.02 - Hospitalists
Provide inpatient care predominantly in settings such as medical wards, acute care units, intensive care units, rehabilitation centers, or emergency rooms. Manage and coordinate patient care throughout treatment.
Sample of reported job titles: Academic Hospitalist; Associate Chief, Section of Hospital Medicine; Chief of Hospital Medicine; Chief of Internal Medicine; Hospital Medicine Director; Hospitalist; Hospitalist Medical Director; Hospitalist Program Director; Inpatient Services Director
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
Tasks Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Technology Skills Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Accounting software — Billing software
- Electronic mail software — Email software
- Information retrieval or search software — Medical reference software
- Internet browser software — Web browser software
- Medical software — Epic Systems
; Medical decision support software; Medical procedure coding software; MEDITECH software
(see all 8 examples)
- Mobile location based services software — Global positioning system GPS software
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Voice recognition software
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles — Automated defibrillators
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Blood pressure cuff kits — Sphygmomanometers
- Blood pressure recording units — Invasive blood pressure monitors
- Bronchoscopes or accessories — Flexible bronchoscopes; Rigid bronchoscopes
- Cardiac pacemaker generator or cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemaker CRT-P — Pacing generators
- Cardiac ultrasound or doppler or echo units or cardioscopes — Echocardiography systems; Ultrasound catheters
- Cell scrapers — Ayre's spatula
- Central venous catheters
- Dictation machines — Dictaphones
- Digital cameras
- Drug delivery system or accessories — Medication dispensing machines
- Electroencephalograph EEG or accessories — Electroencephalographs
- Electronic stethoscopes or accessories — Electronic stethoscopes
- End tidal carbon dioxide monitors or supplies — Carbon dioxide monitors
- Endoscopic clamp or dissector or grasper or forceps — Surgical graspers
- Endoscopic cytology or microbiology brushes — Cytobrushes; Endo-cervical brushes
- Endoscopic dilators or inflation devices — Inflation devices
- Endotracheal tubes
- Flexible endoscopes or accessories or related products — Flexible endoscopes; Flexible sigmoidoscopes
- Gastrostomy feeding tube kits — Gastrostomy feeding tubes
- Glucose monitors or meters — Blood glucometers
- Handheld thermometer — Digital handheld thermometers
- Hypodermic needle — Hypodermic needles
- Intravenous infusion pumps for general use — Infusion pumps; Pressure infusers
- Intravenous or arterial administration ports or injection sites or caps or protectors — Needleless injection systems
- Laboratory scalpels — Ultrasonic scalpels
- Laryngoscopes or accessories — Laryngoscopes
- Laser fax machine — Laser facsimile machines
- Medical acoustic stethoscope or accessory — Mechanical stethoscopes
- Medical computed tomography CT or CAT scanners or tubes — High-speed multislice computed tomography CT scanners
- Medical examining mirror headbands or accessories — Headband magnifier lights
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners — Clinical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners
- Medical suction cannulas or tubes or accessories — Cannula sets; Medical suction catheters
- Medical ultrasound or doppler or echo transducers or accessories — Continuous wave Doppler ultrasounds; Pulsed Doppler ultrasounds
- Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echo or echography units for general diagnostic use — Fetal ultrasound monitors; Hand-held ultrasound devices
- Mobile phones — Dual-mode cell phones; Smartphones
- Notebook computers — Laptop computers
- Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets — Opthalmoscopes; Otoscopes
- Patient carbon dioxide detectors — Capnograph monitors
- Personal computers
- Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers — Personal digital assistants PDA
- Pharyngeal airways or airways kits — Laryngeal mask airways LMA
- Pulse oximeter units — Pulse oximeters
- Respiratory monitoring kits or its accessories — Cardiorespiratory monitors
- Resuscitation masks or accessories — Bag valve mask BVM resuscitators
- Stethoscopic phonocardiographs — Phonocardiographs
- Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories — Cold biopsy forceps; Dressing forceps; Hot biopsy forceps; Splinter forceps (see all 5 examples)
- Surgical dissectors — Endoscopic dissectors
- Surgical microscopes or loops or magnifiers or accessories — Aspheric lens magnifiers; Galilean loupes; Magnifier glasses; Neckband hanging magnifiers (see all 5 examples)
- Surgical suture or wire passers or related products — Suture passers
- Surgical trocars for general use or accessories — Trocars
- Tablet computers
- Tongue depressors or blades or sticks — Tongue depressors
- Tourniquets — Tourniquet cuffs
- Ultraviolet UV lamps — Wood's lamps
- Urinary catheterization kit — Indwelling catheters
- Vacuum tube needles — Fine biopsy needles
- Vaginal exam specula — Vaginal specula
Knowledge Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Skills Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Abilities Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Work Activities Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Detailed Work Activities Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Diagnose medical conditions.
- Prescribe medications.
- Treat chronic diseases or disorders.
- Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
- Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.
- Process healthcare paperwork.
- Develop medical treatment plans.
- Inform medical professionals regarding patient conditions and care.
- Prepare reports summarizing patient diagnostic or care activities.
- Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
- Maintain medical or professional knowledge.
- Supervise patient care personnel.
- Manage healthcare operations.
- Train medical providers.
Find occupations related to multiple detailed work activities
Work Context Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Job Zone Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Title | Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed |
Education | Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree). |
Related Experience | Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job. |
Job Training | Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training. |
Job Zone Examples | These occupations often involve coordinating, training, supervising, or managing the activities of others to accomplish goals. Very advanced communication and organizational skills are required. Examples include pharmacists, lawyers, astronomers, biologists, clergy, neurologists, and veterinarians. |
SVP Range | (8.0 and above) |
Education
Interests Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. ![]() |
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Work Styles Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Related Occupations Save Table (XLS/CSV)
25-1071.00 | Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary ![]() |
25-1072.00 | Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary ![]() |
29-1071.00 | Physician Assistants ![]() |
29-1141.02 | Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses ![]() |
29-1141.04 | Clinical Nurse Specialists ![]() |
29-1161.00 | Nurse Midwives ![]() |
29-1171.00 | Nurse Practitioners ![]() |
29-1215.00 | Family Medicine Physicians ![]() |
29-1221.00 | Pediatricians, General |
Wages & Employment Trends
Median wage data for Physicians, All Other; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric.
Employment data for Physicians, All Other; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric.
Industry data for Physicians, All Other; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric.
Median wages (2019) | $99.28 hourly, $206,500 annual |
State wages | |
Local wages | |
Employment (2019) | 429,500 employees |
Projected growth (2019-2029) | ![]() |
Projected job openings (2019-2029) | 13,600 |
State trends | |
Top industries (2019) | Health Care and Social Assistance (78% employed in this sector)
Government (10%)
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 wage data
and 2019-2029 employment projections
.
"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2019-2029). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Sources of Additional Information
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