Medical Team - Home-Based Primary Care Physician

Medical Team - Home-Based Primary Care Physician Job Description

Schedule:

Monday
- Friday with occasional on-call

Position Summary:

The Home-Based Primary Care Physician provides direct patient care in patients’ homes, assisted living facilities, and personal care facilities. This physician also serves as a clinical supervisor and subject matter expert for home-based primary care nurse practitioners practicing in the same settings. Responsibilities include evaluating and treating chronic conditions and urgent episodic illnesses and injuries; ordering and interpreting selected laboratory and diagnostic tests;

making referrals to specialists as needed; prescribing medications; and performing procedures within the physician’s scope of practice, established protocols, and available equipment.

Position

Qualifications:

• M.D. or D.O. required.
• Current licensure, or eligibility for licensure, to practice medicine in Kentucky, including DEA registration and controlled substance authority, required.
• Fellowship training in Geriatrics is preferred but not required.
• Board certified or board eligible, with board certification expected within five years of employment, required.
• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile in good working order, that is insured in accordance with state minimum requirements.

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