Supervisory Family Medicine Physician - GP-602-14

Overview

• ability insurance is not required for federal civilian healthcare providers as they are covered by the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U. S. C. § 1346(b)) while acting within the scope of their employment.

Responsibilities

As a Supervisory Family Medicine Physician (GP-602-14) you will:

Serves as the Primary Care team leader providing comprehensive outpatient care to beneficiaries ranging from newborn to geriatric age presenting with complex and interdependent acute and chronic conditions.

Advises other physicians, non-physician providers, and nursing and para-professional staff on the care of patients with urgent, emergent, and non-urgent medical problems.

Documents clinical encounters and patient instructions into the medical record via current electronic medical record system and prepares clinical narrative summaries for both civilian and military occupational programs promptly.

Provides clinical and administrative leadership to the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) team.

Serves as member of the professional medical staff following and modifying hospital plans and policies to meet accrediting agencies’ (AAAHC or TJC) requirements

Supervisory Duties: Provides administrative and technical advice and assistance to physicians, nurses, and physician assistants.

Provides direct primary outpatient care including gynecologic, prenatal obstetric, pediatric, and geriatric care. Performs ambulatory surgical procedures including but not limited to casting/splinting, suturing, excisional skin biopsies.

Independently formulates full treatment and management regimens based on sound diagnoses consistent with current and/or evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

Performs Other Duties as Assigned

Qualifications

• medical education in the United States and graduate education in a foreign country, or successful completion of the U. S. Medical Licensing ExaminationLicensure: Applicants must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Physician from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States. Graduate Training: Subsequent to obtaining a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree, a candidate must have had at least one year of supervised experience providing direct service in a clinical setting, i. e., a one-year internship or the first year of a residency program in a hospital or an institution accredited for such training. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Residency Training: Applicants must have successfully completed the required accredited residency training in the specialty of the position to be filled Family Medicine equal to at least 4 years. Experience may not be substituted for residency training that is required for the specialty identified.

Education

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U. S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U. S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

* Board Certified or Eligible in Family Medicine in order to qualify for this position.*