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Physician
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Correctional Medicine
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment
Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)
Academic/Training Program
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Warren, Maine, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
1/16/16
A Physician is one who provides a full range of medical services for inmates. They
provide required documentation of services to the Site Medical Director or designee in
order to monitor provision of clinical services. They notify the Medical Director and
H.S.A. regarding changes in schedule coverage. Assist in arrangements for coverage of
medical services if unavailable for an extended period of time.
Essential Functions:
Reports to assigned facility at designated hour to examine referred patients.
Conducts on-site sick call and chronic care clinics, as established by Medical
Director.
Review and countersigns therapeutic orders and corresponding progress notes of
inmates seen by the P.A./ARNP, if applicable, ensuring they are appropriate and
effective.
Visits the infirmary daily when on-site and records encounters in the patient's
progress notes, as applicable.
Visits the infirmary daily when on-site and records encounters in the patient's
progress notes, as applicable.
Ensures progress note documentation is in SOAP format, problem oriented,
corresponds to the therapeutic order and is dated, timed and legible.
Responds to a code or health emergency within standard guidelines.
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.
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