Physician, Medical Doctor, Healthcare Consultant

Job Description

This position is contingent upon award

International Health and Medical Services is looking for an experienced Physician to provide comprehensive medical care to patients, including diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of illnesses while ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations and standards. This role involves collaborating with healthcare staff to address the medical needs of patients, promoting health and well-being within the facility.

• Provide direct patient care to detainees at their facility, who may include adult men and women and children, and will provide clinical oversight and consultation to other medical staff caring for detainees at the facility.
• Serves as on-site medical authority within the scope of services provided.
• Responsible for developing and coordinating all aspects of healthcare delivery at assigned facility.
• Contributes to the production of the clinic with expectation to routinely see a patient at least every 30-45 minutes, depending on complexity of the patient encounter. This includes signing of all assigned patient encounter notes daily.
• Complete chart reviews and co-signatures, referrals submissions, reviews, lab reviews, telephone encounters, actions, and message reviews within policy guidelines.
• Clinical supervisory authority over advanced practice providers (APPs), nursing staff, pharmacists, and medical assistants, including fulfilment of APP collaborative practice duties and requirements and delineation of scope of practice for medical assistants.
• Provide direct care to patients throughout the lifespan within physician scope of practice and performs functions in accordance with currently accepted practice defined by the profession, licensure, certification, and granted privileges.
• Conduct physical assessments, initial and follow-up assessments for acute and chronic medical condition, ensuring appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic tests and services are available, utilized and monitored.
• Act as initial reviewer or approver for all outside referrals and consults to specialty services not offered at the local facility.
• Conduct daily rounds on patients housed in the Medical Housing Unit and consults with clinicians as necessary regarding their care.
• Respond to or coordinate response to medical emergencies.
• Seek guidance from and provides clinical report to the Medical Director, Deputy Medical Director, Regional Clinical Directors or other senior leadership as appropriate.
• Support facility performance improvement activities, grievance and case review taskings
• Perform record keeping functions in accordance with program policies and position.
• Maintain functional proficiency and ease of use utilizing electronic health records as required by, and appropriate to, position.
• Complete all discipline specific testing, initially and during recertification periods. Medical practice privilege requirements must be maintained.
• Complete all initial, annual and ad hoc training and health screening and prevention activities as required.
• Maintain patient confidentiality, and confidentiality of medical records, in compliance with the Privacy Act and HIPAA regulations in all work activities.
• Adhere to, and maintain awareness of, policies, procedures, directives, operational memoranda and accreditation standards.
• Attends and participates in general and medical staff meetings.
• Poses current knowledge of clinical medicine and the current standards of medical practice.
• Serve proficiently as a clinical expert, providing technical assistance and consultation to clinic medical staff.
• Use equipment, materials and supplies involving primary care diagnostic and treatment procedures.
• Review medical cases/records for appropriateness of care and provide recommendations for care management.
• Poses effective managerial and administrative practices, to include expertise in routine management of ambulatory clinic functioning and responsibilities.
• Develop and access clinical educational programs for their staff.
• Teach clinical professionals at all levels.
• Implement program policies, guidelines and operating procedures relating to healthcare delivery system.
• Work in a multi-cultural,…