Select Specialty Hospital-Durham

Hospital Profile

• Select Specialty Hospital-Durham (SSH-Durham) is a 30-bed LTAC (Long Term Acute Care) Hospital. Each patient this hospital cares for are referred from area hospitals for an additional 2-4 weeks of continued inpatient acute care with the addition of aggressive rehabilitation services.
• SSH-Durham prides itself on the treatment of acute illnesses, such as respiratory failure and subsequent ventilator weaning (roughly 50% of patient volume), treatment of severe wounds, neuro/neuro-trauma patients, cardiac failure/disease and a variety of other complex medical conditions.
• SSH-Durham is known as a Hospital within a Hospital, located on the sixth floor of Durham Regional Hospital, a Duke University Health System Hospital. SSH-Durham is separate from but a strategic partner with Duke University Health System.Over 60% of SSH-Durham's patients come from Duke Health System hospitals.
• Select Specialty Hospital is managed as a separate entity by Pennsylvania-based Select Medical Corporation. The Durham facility is independent with its own registration process, pharmacy and pharmacists, therapy staff and gym, nutrition program and medical staff.
• Select Specialty Hospital has over 100 employees at this site.

Hospitalist Program Profile

• The Hospitalist Team of three full time physicians will be on site 12 hours a day, seven days a week. Each full time hospitalist will provide up to 168 to 192 hours of clinical professional medical services per month consisting of 12-hour shifts. Schedule will be 7 on 7 off. Night call coverage is provided on a rotating basis.
• The Hospitalist will complete daily patient rounds with the interdisciplinary team, provide support for any daily care needs of the patients, work with the interdisciplinary team to establish and meet goals as they relate to the patient's care plan, hold family conferences and facilitate patient admission/discharges in addition to the other duties that an acute care hospital will require of its attending physicians.

Community

• Durham is located in the central portion of the state, halfway between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the pristine beaches of North Carolina's Outer Banks. It is the fourth largest city in the state, but maintains its friendly character and southern charm.
• The Triangle area includes, Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. These three sister-cities have a joint population of over one million and share resources as rich as the State's Capitol, a world renown basketball rivalry, the 2006 Stanley Cup Winning Carolina Hurricanes, five Universities and Research Triangle Park. It is continuously recognized as one of the most desirable places in the country to live.
• One of the most significant distinguishing characteristics of Durham is the high educational attainment of its residents 43% of adults over 25 years of age in Durham County have attained at least a bachelor's degree. Durham has successfully transformed itself into one of the knowledge-based industries.
• More than 242,000 people make Durham their home. Durham has reasonable cost-of-living, quality schools, first-class health care, plethora of sports, arts, entertainment, and shopping options.
• Durham's diverse community makes it a cultural gem in North Carolina. A diverse and growing economic base continues to attract new investors from all over the globe.
• The presence of renowned colleges and universities, as well as the many high tech, biotech, and research based companies makes Durham a great place for entrepreneurial start-ups.
• Housing options in Durham range from downtown trendy loft-style apartments for your professionals to horse farms in the country; from new suburban developments for family-style living to historic neighborhoods in the heart of the city.
• Durham's temperate four-season climate provides the perfect setting for comfortable living all year round. Average summer temperatures range from 87 degree highs to 66 degree lows, while average winter highs are 51 degrees with 31 degree lows.