FAMILY PRACTICE - GERIATRICS PHYSICIAN

Job Description :

The client is seeking BC / BE Internal Medicine or Family Medicine Physician to assist with locum tenens coverage for a full 90-day initial contract .

Experience working with an acute and chronic, SMI adult, and geriatric inpatient populations are recommended. Details for the assignment are provided below :

Assignment :

Available to start immediately (pending credentialing)

Initial Appointment for 3-month assignment, with option to extend 3 -6-month assignment , if the position remains unfilled

Time-off Requests between contracts, preferred

Full-time, 40 hours a week with assigned office hours of Monday to Friday from 8 : 00 a.m. to 5 : 00 pm with 1 hour lunch break; no alternative schedules accepted

approved for overtime

No weekends, no holidays, no on-call duty

Ability to provide cross coverage, to include forensic populations, as required

Once a month, participation in Lunch Coverage Call (12 : 00 PM 1 : 00 PM)

Qualifications :

3 more years as a Physician / Practitioner, autonomous preferred

Strong experience working with patients having Serious Mental Illness (SMI)

Psychiatric Crisis Management and Forensic experience, a plus

Experience working with adult admissions or geriatric admissions and acute and chronic health management of adult and geriatric populations.

Comfortable working on admissions work up and potential rapid turnover

Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary treatment team

BLS Healthcare Provider certification is required

Position Details :

Facility Hospitalizations : Acute, Adult, Inpatient wards (male & female)

Facility Demographics : Forensic, NGRI, Civil, Jail Transfer, and Geriatric populations

Facility Stay : Short and Long-term length of stay

Caseload varies by ward and assignment (40-45)

Psychiatry coverage is provided

Full complement of interdisciplinary team members

Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

Responsible for patient care that includes examination, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of medical illnesses for adult and geriatric psychiatric inpatient population.

Serves as medical consultant to the attending psychiatrist / practitioner.

Completes admission medical assessments (including history and physical examinations, mental status examination) and entering admission orders.

Orders diagnostic / therapeutic tests and procedures.

Monitors patients' progress, including laboratory values and special procedures with appropriate follow-up or referrals as needed.

Consults with authorized representatives / legal guardians on patient medical status.

Collaborates with attending psychiatric practitioner if needed providing DSM-5 Diagnoses that are valid, complete, and supported by timely and appropriate assessment.

Provides coverage to the medical clinic, the admission suit to ensure the admission process is completed.

Prescribes medications at the lowest effective dose in accordance with rational clinical practices. Assesses and address medication side-effects and report adverse drug reactions.

Ensures timely and quality documentation (admissions, follow-up and annual, etc.) in patient records in accordance with policies, procedures, regulatory standards, and guidelines.