Internal Medicine Physician

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Job Title:
Physician
Specialty:
Internal Medicine
Location:
Clarksburg WV 26301
Duration: 1 Year to Long term
Benefits:
Yes, Federal Benefits
Shift: 7:00am to 7:00pm and/or 7:00pm to 7:00am

Job description:
Direct Patient Care: estimated 95% of the time involved in direct patient care.

Scope of Care:

• Shall be responsible for providing Hospital Medicine Physician care, including, but not limited to:
• Evaluation, Treatment and Management:
  Contractor's physicians shall admit and coordinate all aspects of care for hospitalized medical patients including:
• Admission, including history and physical examinations
• Appropriate placement within the Hospital
• Evaluation and treatment, including the ordering and interpretation of diagnostic studies, including laboratory, diagnostic imaging, and electrocardiographic examinations, and the administration of medications normally considered part of the practice of hospital medicine.
• Discussion of end-of-life preferences/advanced care planning
• Consultations with sub-specialists
• Timely and proactive discharge planning
• Coordination of care with primary care physicians
• Discharge including ensuring appropriate follow-up is arranged
• Perioperative care
• Contractor's physicians shall assess, stabilize, and determine the disposition of inpatients with emergent conditions consistent with medical staff policy regarding emergency and consultative call services. This includes running code teams and rapid response teams.

The core privileges in this specialty include the procedures on the procedures list (below) and such other procedures that are extensions of the same techniques and skills.
1. Abscess incision and drainage
2. Thoracentesis
3. Nasogastric tube insertion
4. Reinsertion of gastric tube
5. Fecal occult blood testing
6. Paracentesis
7. Placement of transurethral catheter
8. Aspiration and injection of joints except ankle and hip Injection of lateral epicondyle (tennis elbow)
9. All ACLS procedures
10. Removal of lines and tubes
11. Lumbar Puncture

Requirement:

• License:
  Physician(s) must hold a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia
• Board Certification and
  
  Experience:
  
  Physician(s) must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine .
• Certifications:
  
  VHA-approved Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• DEA
• NPI
• 2 References

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.