Physician Anesthesiology - Competitive Salary

Job Description

NEEDED: PHYSICIAN

LOCATION: Pollock, LA 71467

SCHEDULE:

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• Typically, 40-hour work week
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• 5 days per week, excluding Federal Holidays. Work hours will normally be between 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break.
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• These hours may be adjusted to meet the needs of the institution.
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• Will be required to be on-call and available to return calls to the institution within 60 minutes if requested. This on-call requirement is critical for maintaining continuity of care and ensuring the safety and security of the institution.
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QUALIFICATIONS:

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• The contractor must be certified to practice medicine in the State of Louisiana.
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• Able to provide verification of credentials including education, current licensor/status competency, continuing medical education.  
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• Must have knowledge of routine office related duties including working knowledge of computers, word processing programs and be able to type.
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• Must possess good organizational skills, good interpersonal relationship skills and be able to work effectively with the medical staff.
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• Cannot have had a negative employment termination within 36 months prior to initiating background / vouchering process.
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• Must be free of communicable diseases, may be required to submit testing for/or provide evidence acceptable to the clinical director of recent testing for tuberculosis of other communicable diseases.
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• adverse action taken by any regulatory body involving certification. This includes, but is not limited to, suspensions, revocations, restrictions on licensure as a Physician.
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JOB DESCRIPTION:

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• Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services
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• Take medical histories, examine patients, order and interpret laboratory tests and x-rays
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• Make a diagnosis, provide treatment plans and prescribe medications
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• Clinically manage injuries by suturing, splinting, and immobilizing
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• Attend to medical emergencies
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• Record progress notes, recommend clinically necessary outside consultation, instruct and counsel, and order or carry out therapy
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• Emergency consultation to be performed in instances where deemed necessary.
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• Perform minor surgery utilizing local anesthesia during consultation visits
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• Work collaboratively with the staff physician(s) and consulting physician(s) in planning, instituting, evaluating and revising program plans
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• Assist in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to delivery of health care services
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• Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, or mental problems
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• Manages the daily operation of the clinic and conducts daily sick calls, which may include securing health histories from the patient, recording findings and providing clinical evaluations
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• Provides a wide range of emergency services, in the absence of the staff physician
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