Family and General Practitioners /Claverack, NY, 24 Months Contract

Family Health Physician

This Family Health Physician (or Pediatrician) will be filled on a part-time basis to cover an approximate range of 6 to 10 hours per month. The Family Health Physician is a supervisory position that requires the incumbent to oversee and supervise the work of other medical professional staff in this DJJOY facility.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Providing clinical supervision, guidance, and training to other medical professionals including, but not limited to, nurse practitioners, physician's assistants, nurse supervisors and nurses.
• Educating, guiding, and directing the work of non-medical, direct care staff as that work relates to the support and implementation of medical interventions for youth.
• Monitoring the coordination and implementation of medical care for youth by all staff.
• Assigning individuals and/or individual care activities to lower-level clinical physicians and or medical providers.
• Working with other members of the medical team to ensure compliance with federal, state, and OCFS laws, regulations and policies for the provision of medical services to youth in OCFS care.
• Monitoring and facilitating the implementation of the most current standards and practices for the medical care of adolescents and young adults.

In addition, this position requires periodic direct medical service and contact with youth to confirm the medical impressions and diagnoses of other medical staff and to verify treatment outcomes. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Medical examinations, monitoring individuals' conditions, and modifying treatments on the request of the mid-level practitioner.
• Providing a variety of general medical care and treatment services to individual youth in DJJOY care - including but not limited to - prescribe and/or administer treatments, medications, therapies, vaccinations, and other medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury in collaboration with the mid-level practitioner. Conducting physical examinations; order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests and procedures; determine and/or confirm diagnoses.
• Explaining and discussing procedures, test results, diagnoses, and prescribed treatments with individual youth, families, caregivers, and other OCFS staff when indicated; and responds to their questions and concerns.
• Monitoring and implementing the most current standards and practices for the medical care of adolescents and young adults.

PLEASE NOTE: Resumes are STRONGLY PREFERRED to be accompanied with the bid. Background Investigation Requirements:

• All prospective employees will be investigated through a Criminal Background Check (CBC), which includes State and federal Criminal History Record Checks. Prospective employees will be fingerprinted in order to obtain a record of their criminal history information.
• All prospective employees will be screened against the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR).
• Prospective appointees will be checked against the Staff Exclusion List (SEL) maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs.

All background requirement fees will be paid by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (NYS OCFS), therefore there will be no background check reimbursement for this position. Once NYS OCFS is made aware of the awarded vendors selected candidate, the vendor will be provided the necessary forms for the SCR and SEL checks. The vendors selected candidate will then be contacted directly by NYS OCFS to schedule fingerprinting. After all results have been reviewed, the vendor will be provided with a start date for the selected candidate.