Physician - Dermatologist

Job Title

Dermatologist

Duties

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide dermatological patient care to our patients. This would include physician order entry for prescribing medications, laboratory and radiology requests.
• See patients in an inpatient and outpatient clinic setting.
• Evaluate, diagnose, consult, and order appropriate diagnostic studies; perform surgical and non-surgical dermatology procedures on the skin and certain skin lesions as appropriate on all adults who present with injuries or diseases of the skin.
• Assist in tele-dermatology along with other providers.
• Submit consult requests and patient notes into the Computer Patient Records System (CPRS).
• Provide timely documentation for new patient examinations and extensive follow-up visits.
• Review laboratory, radiology, procedures and consultation reports.
• Communicate normal and abnormal results to patients.
• Appropriately code all outpatient encounters.
• Completes encounters in a timely manner.
• Provide consultative series on patients referred from other sections of the hospital and/or affiliated VA outpatient clinics, and perform administrative functions and other tasks as assigned by the Chief of the Medicine Service.
• Attend hospitals assigned committees, section meetings, and other administrative functions.
• Maintain accurate data on all procedures.
• Prepare and update the policy and procedure manual for the department that complies with JCAHO guidelines.
• Provide guidance to Residents and Medical Students on rotation.
• Train other professional staff in the Dermatology section.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm. Schedule subject to change based on facility needs.