Family Medicine Physician

Job Description:
Experience working with an acute and chronic SMI adult inpatient population is required. Details for the assignment are provided below:

Assignment:

• Available to start immediately (pending credentialing).
  
• Initial Appointment for 3month assignment with option to extend 3 6month assignment if the position remains unfilled.
  
• Fulltime 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.
  
• NOT approved for overtime.
  
• No weekends no holidays no oncall 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 Longterm length of stay.
  
• Caseload varies by ward and assignment (4045)
  
• 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 followup or referrals as needed.
  
• Consults with authorized representatives/legal guardians on patient medical status.
  
• Collaborates with attending psychiatric practitioner if needed providing DSM5 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 sideeffects and report adverse drug reactions.
  
• Ensures timely and quality documentation (admissions followup and annual etc.) in patient records in accordance with policies procedures regulatory standards and guidelines.
  

Remarks:

Eastern State Hospital is seeking BC/BE Internal Medicine or Family Medicine Physician (MD/DO) to assist with locum tenens coverage.