Adelphi is seeking a primary care physician to provide services at a correctional facility in North Carolina. The physician should exhibit competency in community standard treatment principles and techniques. The physician should not have a restriction or revocation of medical staff membership or clinical privileges at any institution. Quick Job Facts:
- Ref : BD-50-143
- Profession: Physician (MD/DO)
- Specialty: EM/Urgent Care
- Service Setting: Inpatient
- Coverage Type: On site
- Job Type: Contract
- Contract Length: Ongoing
- Start Date: ASAP
- Shift/Schedule: Mon-Sun,7pm-7am 7 nights on, 7 nights off
Requirements: - Medical school degree
- At least one year of post graduate training
- Completed a training program in general practice, family practice, internal medicine, or emergency medicine
- Active NC license
- BC/BE
- BLS certification
- ACLS certification
- DEA certification
Responsibilities: - Review diagnostic examination results such as laboratory, radiology, specialists findings, and nursing care notes.
- Review and document patient history into an electronic healthcare record system.
- Initiate and perform diagnostic testing or procedures, examinations, treatments, and surgical procedures.
- Document and make referrals for other medically necessary services.
- Prescribe medications in accordance with the facility's drug formulary.
- Provide adequate and timely documentation for all patient encounters in Problem Oriented Medical Record format.
- Conduct telephone consultation during regular business hours, with facility health services staff.
- Assign PULHEAT physical health ratings to be used in assignment and/or change of work grade and living assignment.
- Conduct chronic disease assessments per facility's guidelines.
- Respond to any and all urgent call backs from the facility
- Review and co-sign mid-level providers charts as appropriate
- Provide consultation to mid-level providers either verbally or by direct patient re-evaluation as needed