Now they have three neurologists on board full-time, supported by a nurse
practitioner.
neurologic care through the stroke center and an epilepsy monitoring system,
as well as hardwired EEG monitoring available in the ICUs
work days are predictable in their length, if not in their content.
He arrives at the hospital most days by 9, leaving between 5 or 6. The days
themselves are a mixture of patient care, electronic reporting, administrative
oversight, meetings, and mentoring with the medical trainees. Then, every few
days, he will take his rotation in the group as “urgent neurologist”—the point
person for stroke alert for all the WellSpan member hospitals, and for any
non-vascular neurology question that comes up.
In some hospital settings:
This person takes the pager in the morning, switching over to their regular
consults for the second half of the day. Sterling explains the urgent
neurologist as a “very pager-centric role. You may be paged 30 or 40 times in
a half-day period, do five or six tele-consults and just as many phone
conversations. This person is pager-on at 7 a.m
One piece of advice Sterling has for those considering hospital employment is
to
take advantage of leadership opportunities on staff
The neurohospitalist is an amazingly sought-after commodity right now,” he
says. “As a neurologist, it’s powerful to be in the position of being sought
after.” https://careers.aan.com/article/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-hospital-employedneurologist/