Physician - Internal Medicine

Physician Opportunity in Quantico, VA

Virginia is for lovers! And physicians! The only town in America literally surrounded by the United States Marine Corps. Sited on the scenic banks of the Potomac, the Town of Quantico is entered through the Quantico Marine base and is literally encircled by this training base's many facilities. Featuring traditional shops and a setting right out of America's past, the town is also the site of numerous special events. Virginia is for mountain hikers, beach-chair sitters, oyster-shuckers, brewery-hoppers, museum-goers, andwell, you get the idea. There are so many things to do, whether you're there for a visit or plan on staying a while. Find yourself at an iconic historic site, in a garden, visiting and art museum, performance hall or theme park. Explore the town of Quantico here.

Naval Health Clinic Quantico

Welcome to Healthcare at the "Crossroads of the Marine Corps." Providing health care to the surrounding military community for generations, where the patient is the center of total health care delivery. The Culture of Excellence here consists of four pillars: employee loyalty, customer loyalty, culture, and standards and communication. Peer-led staff teams, assigned to review and address the organization's needs for culture change, integrated these pillars in the hospital's strategic focus. It is our vision to be a premier healthcare organization in the Defense Department, leading transformation in health care, training and research. We believe in the coming decades, military and civilian health care will embrace these principles in American health care. We see the same principles as imperatives while serving as the Department of Defense's flagship community hospital.

Facility Address: 3259 Catlin Ave, Quantico, VA 22134

Responsibilities

• Shall provide services within the scope of the clinical privileges granted by the commanding officer, the applicable duties provided in the basic contract.
• Review patient consults; conduct medical record reviews along with providing physical examinations to provide the appropriate physical readiness waivers to determine if patients are suitable for isolated, remote, overseas or operational assignment for all referred Active Duty, Reservist and Medically Retired personnel.
• Review electronic lab, imaging, consults, progress note reports on a daily basis, entering progress notes for each visit and/or patient contact, completing electronic clinic reminders, use computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and approving patient results via electronic signature.
• Perform extensive analysis of the service members' medical condition from a potential wide spectrum of medical evaluations, reports and therapeutic plants from disparate specialties and integrate them into a cohesive clinical assessment on how they ultimately affect fitness for duty for the service member. The product of this analysis will be the eventual synthesis of the requisite documents, such as the narrative summary, required of the Medical Evaluation Board process.
• Duties also include appropriate consultation with each service member including appropriate referral of adjunctive primary, alternative and/or specialty care required to either diagnose or treat the service member's medical condition.
• Perform Independent Medical Reviews (IMR) as needed upon request of the patient.
• Participate in assigned committee and/or administrative assignments; other duties are required.
• May be assigned other duties consistent with the normal duties of a physician as directed by the Commanding Officer.

Requirements

• Possess one year of experience within the last two years as a physician in a family practice or internal medicine setting OR have successfully completed the Family Practice or Internal Medicine residency program within one year to applying for this position.
• Must possess and maintain board certifications in either Family Practice or Internal Medicine.
• Must have and maintain a current, unrestricted license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia.
• Must have and maintain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Terms

October 1, 2021-September 30, 2026. However, start date is as soon as possible.

Schedule

Mon-Fri, between the hours of 0700 and 1700 hours. Shifts will normally be scheduled for an 8.5-hour period, including an uncompensated 30-minute meal break. In no instance will the provider be required to provide services in excess of 80 hours per two-week period.

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