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Job description
NEEDED: PHYSICIAN
LOCATION: Pollock, LA 71467
SCHEDULE:
Typically, 40-hour work week
5 days per week, excluding Federal Holidays. Work hours will normally be between 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break.
These hours may be adjusted to meet the needs of the institution.
Will be required to be on-call and available to return calls to the institution within 60 minutes if requested. This on-call requirement is critical for maintaining continuity of care and ensuring the safety and security of the institution.
QUALIFICATIONS:
The contractor must be certified to practice medicine in the State of Louisiana.
Able to provide verification of credentials including education, current licensor/status competency, continuing medical education.
Must have knowledge of routine office related duties including working knowledge of computers, word processing programs and be able to type.
Must possess good organizational skills, good interpersonal relationship skills and be able to work effectively with the medical staff.
Cannot have had a negative employment termination within 36 months prior to initiating background / vouchering process.
Must be free of communicable diseases, may be required to submit testing for/or provide evidence acceptable to the clinical director of recent testing for tuberculosis of other communicable diseases.
adverse action taken by any regulatory body involving certification. This includes, but is not limited to, suspensions, revocations, restrictions on licensure as a Physician.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services
Take medical histories, examine patients, order and interpret laboratory tests and x-rays
Make a diagnosis, provide treatment plans and prescribe medications
Clinically manage injuries by suturing, splinting, and immobilizing
Attend to medical emergencies
Record progress notes, recommend clinically necessary outside consultation, instruct and counsel, and order or carry out therapy
Emergency consultation to be performed in instances where deemed necessary.
Perform minor surgery utilizing local anesthesia during consultation visits
Work collaboratively with the staff physician(s) and consulting physician(s) in planning, instituting, evaluating and revising program plans
Assist in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to delivery of health care services
Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, or mental problems
Manages the daily operation of the clinic and conducts daily sick calls, which may include securing health histories from the patient, recording findings and providing clinical evaluations
Provides a wide range of emergency services, in the absence of the staff physician
Who can apply
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