Neurologist

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Contractor - 1099 Professional Fort Hood, TX, Fort Hood, TX, US 1 Attachments

5 days ago Requisition

Location: Fort Hood, TX

Position Type:
Full time (30-40+ hours/week), 1099

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Education Level: MD or DO

Job Category:
Healthcare

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We are committed to providing our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Vighter’s Mission is to provide efficient, fast, high quality healthcare staffing to our clients. Our Culture’s 5 key elements are crucial to the effectiveness of our employees in accomplishing our mission. These elements are:

• Integrity
• Personability
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Creating and cultivating this Culture within the organization is our commitment to our employees. Above all, Vighter employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude that they are expected to share externally with every Vighter Client and Customer.

Vighter is recruiting an Neurologist to serve at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at and around Fort Hood, TX. This role delivers patient-centered, evidence-based care while ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations, and Vighter clinical policies. The Neurologist performs a wide range of medical duties covering all aspects of disorders involving the nervous system and neurologic disorders with possible multiple overlapping problems Vighter is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) which provides professional healthcare staffing services to Federal, State, and Local government clients.

The company is quality focused and registered ISO 9001:2015 and accredited by The Joint Commission in Healthcare Staffing Services.

• Provide medical evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care for adult patients.
• Provide inpatient consultation during normal duty hours. May be required to provide consultation outside of normal duty hours.
• Performs a wide range of medical duties covering all aspects of disorders involving the nervous system and neurologic disorders with possible multiple overlapping problems to include, but not limited to, neurologic complications of system disorders, trauma to the nervous system, vascular disorders of the nervous system, tumors involving or affecting the nervous system, infections of the nervous system, demyelinating disorders, ischemic injuries to the nervous system, metabolic derangements, dementia, movement disorders, sleep disorders, seizures, headaches, neuromuscular and/or other degenerative disorders.
• Examines patients, orders, and evaluates the full range of tests to include, but not limited to, electrophysiology, radiology, and laboratory tests.
• Makes diagnosis and prescribes appropriate treatments to include drugs and behavioral modalities.
• Make referrals to other specialty clinics.
• Communicate with patients referring physician and appropriate primary care manager for management of disorders outside the specialty of neurology.
• Provides recommendations or definitive evaluation for neurology problems.
• Provides episodic care to clinic patients on walk-in basis.
• Evaluates and treats patients with multiple complicated problems screened and referred by the Emergency Room for urgent and emergency neurologic issues.
• Occasionally consults services for pediatric patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
• An unshakeable adherence to quality and continuous process improvement.
• An apolitical, patient-centered focus that drives to enhanced care and patient satisfaction
• Knowledge of regulations (HIPAA/Privacy Act) regarding the confidentiality of patient medical records and information as well as Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
• Performs other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

• Must have exceptional customer service skills.
• Employees shall be technically proficient in the skills necessary to fulfill the job requirements, including ability to speak, understand, read and write English fluently.
• Ability to work in a…