Physician (Family Medicine)

Duties

Provide pre-and post deployment health assessments as well as preventive health assessments (PHA).

Formulate full treatment and management regimens based on sound diagnoses consistent with current and/or evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

Provide some sub-specialty services within current granted privileges to patients encountered in the event that consistent medical specialty support is not available due to deployment requirements.

Document clinical encounters and patient instructions into the medical record via current electronic medical record system and prepares appropriate clinical narrative summaries for both civilian and military occupational programs in a timely manner.

Provide advice by telephone and/or in person to other physicians, non-physician providers, and nursing and para-professional staff on the care of patients with urgent, emergent, and non-urgent medical problems.

Facilitate and manage full spectrum of professional and patient care activities for the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) team.

Provide clinical and administrative leadership to the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) team.

Serve as member of the professional medical staff and complies with hospital plans and policies to meet the accrediting agency, The Joint Commission (TJC), requirements.

Provide direct primary outpatient care to include gynecologic, prenatal obstetric, and geriatric care.

Perform ambulatory surgical procedures including but not limited to casting/splinting, suturing, excisional skin biopsies, vasectomies.