Principal Physician (40 Hour)

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• Meet Minimum Qualifications:Ensure you meet the Minimum Qualifications listed on the job opening by the job closing date. You must specify your qualifications on your application. The minimum experience and training requirements listed must be met by the close date on the job opening unless otherwise specified.
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In a state agency this class is accountable for providing clinical administrative and/or supervisory functions and/or direct care medical services as a board certified physician.

In theOffice of the Chief Medical Examiner this class is accountable for performing autopsies and conducting investigations of sudden and medically unattended deaths.

• Provides 24 hour medical supervision to specified groups of patients and facility coverage as scheduled including on-call and weekend coverage;
• Makes rounds and provides direct care and clinical oversight of multi-disciplinary treatment teams;
• Coordinates work of medical staff with related programs;
• Reviews treatment plans medical records diagnoses and patient discharge plans for adherence to policies and/or The Joint Commission (TJC) and Health Care Financing Authority (HCFA) standards;
• Provides education and training as indicated e.g. grand rounds and case conferences;
• Assigns oversees and evaluates work of staff and on-site night duty physicians;
• Conducts and/or participates in meetings on medical and administrative policy research programs medical program development and treatment techniques;
• Assesses examines and evaluates patients for admission or discharge;
• Monitors the use of special treatment procedures;
• Assesses examines diagnoses and prescribes appropriate medications and other biologic treatments;
• Consults on difficult and/or complex cases;
• Develops and implements QA/QI process improvement initiatives;
• Prepares and/or reviews reports medical records and correspondence;
• Perform utilization review and management functions;
• Attends court hearings as a state witness;
• Performs related duties as required.

• Performs autopsies at Office of the Medical Examiner or other facilities for determination of cause of death trace evidence establishment of identification and estimation of time of death;
• Conducts investigation and examination at scene of sudden or medically unattended death or hospital where a person may have been pronounced dead on arrival or following hospitalization for injury;
• Makes inquiries into circumstances of death for purposes of establishing cause and manner of death;
• Compares findings at scene of death with results of autopsies to establish cause and time of death;
• Testifies about findings in courts of law;
• Exchanges information and works with municipal and State Police health departments and other agencies in resolving cases;
• Participates in educational programs for medical and law enforcement students and officials;
• Performs related duties as required.

• Considerable knowledge of
  • methods and principles of medicine and surgery;
  • current principles and methods of assessment and treatment of patients with medical illness mental illness and substance abuse disorders;
  • recent developments in field of medicine and substance abuse including treatment models and best practices;
• Considerable
  • interpersonal skills;
  • oral and written communication skills;
• Considerable ability to
  • examine for diagnose assess and treat patients with illnesses and substance abuse disorders;
  • prescribe medications and other treatments specific to medical illness mental illness and substance abuse disorders;
• Ability to
  • develop a collaborative group practice environment with other physicians psychiatrists and members of interdisciplinary teams;
  • analyze and interpret laboratory reports x-ray reports and other medical reports and findings;
• Administrative/supervisory ability.

• Considerable knowledge of principles and practices of anatomic pathology;
• Knowledge of
  • forensic pathology;
  • principles and practices of general medicine and surgery;
• Considerable
  • interpersonal skills;
  • oral and written communications skills;
  • skill in pathological technique and determination of cause of death;
• Ability to
  • supervise and teach laboratory technicians anatomical pathology techniques;
  • prepare reports of medicolegal autopsies.

Incumbents in this class must possess and retain certification in the field of internal medicine family medicine or related specialty from an appropriate medical specialty board.

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER: Incumbents in this class must be certified in anatomic pathology by the American Board of Pathology and board eligible in forensic pathology.

• Incumbents in this class must possess and retain a license to practice medicine and surgery in Connecticut. A temporary license may be granted for a period not to exceed one (1) year.
• Office of the Chief Medical Examiner: incumbents must be certified in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology within two (2) years of employment.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain certification as a specialist in addictions medicine from the American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM).
• Incumbents in this class (except for Office of the Chief Medical Examiner) must possess and maintain eligibility for participation in federal health care programs as defined in 42 U.S. 1320a-7b(f).
• Office of the Chief Medical Examiner: incumbents in this class will be required to work on call during evenings/nights on a rotating basis. During an evening on-call the physician is responsible for disposition of all new cases and must conduct any required scene investigations. Evening on call coverage is from 4:30 P.M. to 9:00 A.M. the next day.
• Office of the Chief Medical Examiner: incumbents in this class will be required to work weekends on a rotating basis. When working a weekend the physician must be in the Farmington facility and conduct whatever postmortem examinations are required.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and maintain relevant registration(s) and/or certification(s).
• Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to be bilingual.

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women minorities and persons with disabilities.