Physician (MD / DO)

Job Description

Job Description

NEEDED: Physician (MD / DO)

LOCATION: Fort Worth, TX 76114

SCHEDULE: 680 hours per year, 120 workdays, 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must possess knowledge, skills, abilities, and a current, valid license to practice medicine in the state of Texas.
• Serious applicants must submit a current CV, photocopies of documents evidencing education, license, certification and training.

JOB DUTIES:

• Responsible for providing in-house medical care for the inmate population.
• Will perform complete physical examinations, collect comprehensive medical and social history to include a review of all body systems, perform physical assessment in correlation with historical findings, record preliminary objective findings, examine and order appropriate diagnostic testing and provide necessary treatment and/or medications as required.
• Refer selected cases to consultant specialists when necessary and refer inmates requiring hospitalization to a community hospital and to an appropriate admitting  physician.
• All duties shall be performed in accordance with standards and methods generally accepted within the field of medicine, and in compliance with all Federal and State policy and regulations.
• Detailed medical record documentation must be maintained.
• Document accurately and thoroughly in the electronic medical record and will have all documentation completed by the end of the workday.
• Any recommendations for further diagnostic testing and/or treatment will be made in the appropriate section of the electronic record, pending review by the Utilization Review committee.

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