Location
Terre Haute, IN | United States
Job description
Dymentum Health is seeking two Board Certified Physicians to provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services for the inmate population at a local Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Terre Haute, Indiana. This is a 1099 contractor position.
Required Qualifications:
- Shall be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a government security clearance.
- Board Certified Physician. (must be able to provide verification of credentials and proof of malpractice insurance).
- Experience practicing General Medicine.
- Ability to begin work as soon as possible.
- Experience working with inmate populations or in inmate facilities preferred.
Scheduling Details:
- The contractor shall provide an estimated five (5) days of work per week. Each day will consist of eight (8), one (1) hour sessions, with a thirty (30) minute unpaid lunch break. A session is defined as one (1) hour. Specific days/hours will be subject to the agreement of the Health Services
Administrator (HSA), however, services will normally be performed Monday through Friday (specific working days negotiated), excluding Federal Holidays, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. for an estimated total of forty (40) hours per week. The contractor shall receive a minimum of one (1) hour pay for showing up at the work site unless they are notified in advance that they will not be able to work that day.
Duties include, but are not limited to the following:
- Take medical histories, examine patients, and order/interpret laboratory and diagnostic tests and x - rays.
- Make a diagnosis, provide treatment plans and prescribe medications.\
- Clinically manage injuries by suturing, splinting, and immobilizing.
- Attend to medical emergencies.
- Document in the Bureau’s Electronic Medical Record (BEMR on each inmate the same day that the inmate is evaluated.
- Record progress notes, recommend clinically necessary outside consultations, instruct/counsel and order or carry out therapy.
- Emergency consultation to be performed by the Physicians in instances where deemed necessary.
- Minor surgeries utilizing local anesthesia may be performed during consultation visits.
- Call outside hospitals to document the status of our inmates admitted to various hospitals as determined by the Clinical Director or his designee.
- Conduct 14 day chronic care clinic (CCC) assessment and conduct the CCC’s to ensure compliance with AAAHC, ACA, and Program Review guidelines.
- Work collaboratively with the staff physician(s), consulting physician(s) in planning, instituting, evaluating and revising program plans; assists in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to delivery of the health care services and discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, or mental problems.
- Manage the daily operation of the CCC clinic and may be required to conducts sick call, which may include securing health histories from the patient, recording findings and providing clinical evaluations.
- Provide a wide range of emergency services, including primary care for trauma and life - saving procedures.
Professionals who take pride in their work and want to be appreciated for their efforts are encouraged to apply! In exchange for our staff members’ dedication and expertise, we are proud to offer a team environment and competitive compensation packages with an opportunity to establish rewarding careers. If you fit this description and would like to be considered for this position, please apply online by visiting . Feel free to e-mail us at [email protected] if you have any additional questions. We would love to hear from you! If you do not find interest in this opportunity but know of someone who may, we kindly ask that you refer the individual to Dymentum Health b y forwarding this job posting. Dymentum Health is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business with its corporate office located in the Washington DC Metropolitan area. Dymentum Health provides worldwide support to the Department of Defense as well as Commercial clientele with staffing of qualified professionals in the fields of Information Security, Technology, Administrative and Health Care Services.
We are an equal opportunity employer and make employment decisions without regard to race, gender, disability or protected veteran status.
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