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Obstetrician Gynecologist
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment
Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)
Academic/Training Program
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Jonesboro, Georgia, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
9/09/14
Job Responsibilities:
1. Reports to assigned facility on designated dates and hours to examine referred patients.
2. Conducts on-site obstetric and gynecologic sick call and chronic care clinics, as established by the Medical Director and HSA.
3. Reviews and countersigns therapeutic orders and corresponding progress notes of inmates seen by the P.A./CRNP/ARNP, if applicable, ensuring they are appropriate and effective.
4. Ensures progress note documentation is in SOAP format, problem oriented, corresponds to the therapeutic order and is dated, timed and legible, if written.
5. Cares for outpatients in the specialty clinic and outpatient department including performing a diagnostic evaluation, writing treatment plans, and insuring proper follow-up
6. Plans for and arranges, with the HSA’s assistance, required hospital or facility based care for the pregnant patient.
7. Must be able to apply principles of critical thinking to a variety of practical and emergent situations and accurately follow standardized procedures that may call for deviations.
8. Must be able to apply sound judgment beyond a specific set of instructions and apply knowledge to different factual situations.
Education Required qualifications are possession of a doctorate in medicine or osteopathy and completion of the requisite post-graduate training in obstetrics and gynecology.
Experience Board eligibility or certification in obstetrics and gynecology and an unrestricted license to practice medicine in the state or states where services are to be performed or supervised.
Licenses/Certifications He or she will be expected to obtain board certification on the appropriate schedule. He or she is expected to complete the required number of hours of continuing medical education in obstetrics and gynecology to maintain licensure in the state or states where services are to be performed or supervised. Maintains a current unrestricted DEA license and any applicable state controlled substances licenses.