Physician / Medical Director

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Job description

Description:

PrimeCare Medical, Inc. (PCM) has been in operation since 1986. We are a private, physician-founded, nationally accredited correctional health care practice.

PCM provides comprehensive medical & mental health care services to over 80 county jails, prisons, and juvenile detention centers throughout the states of PA, MD, NY, FL & NH.

Correctional medicine is a unique, challenging, and exciting opportunity for today's medical professional in that it provides the ability to truly utilize all your learned medical skills and knowledge daily. Correctional health care is the perfect hybrid of Primary Care, Urgent Care, Emergency Medicine, and Addiction Medicine; serving an underserved and extremely diverse patient population.

We are currently looking for a Full-Time, Physician/Medical Director to join our team in the medical departments at multiple facilities in the Western Pennsylvania throughout the Butler/ Crawford region. This position would require weekly travel amongst multiple facilities; thus, a company vehicle & fuel card or a vehicle stipend would be provided!

This position offers a 40-hour work week, Monday's - Friday's (i.e. no weekends)! Weekly hours are normally worked during normal business hours; however, there is some flexibility available.

To quickly summary some key points:

Some important key points:

Salaries are negotiable and commensurate based on experience. Annual Salary range is $200,000.00 - $300,000.00
Family health care offered (i.e., medical / prescription / dental / vision).
Company-paid life insurance provided & additional insurance benefits offered.
Retirement benefits offered (i.e., 401k with discretionary company match).
Company-paid liability insurance (including tail coverage) provided.
Generous PTO package provided. Paid time off will accrue for a maximum accrual of twenty (20) days (or 160 hours) per year. In addition, you will also receive six (6) floating holidays, pro-rated within your first year of employment as dictated by your effective hire date.
Annual licensure reimbursement offered and more!

Job Description:

Provide service to the inmate/patient population while utilizing current, acceptable standards of medical practice.
Assume responsibility for clinical management of the medical health program in accordance with NCCHC/ACA Standards, as well as PCM policies and procedures.
Services to be provided on scheduled workdays according to standards and times mutually agreeable to physician, facility administration, and PCM.
Provide medical treatment to confined inmates/patients, when applicable.
Provide medical consultation to all professionals (i.e., physicians/mid-level providers/nursing) within the unit.
Oversee and supervise all medical clinical services provided.
Ensure complete, accurate and timely medical entries are made for each inmate/patient contact.
Available for consultation and/or emergency medical coverage via phone call.
Work collaboratively and supervise clinical activities of fellow physicians and medical staff while on duty.
Evaluate all inmates/patients referred with medical health concerns for presence, or absence, of mental illness and refer to mental health accordingly.
Refer inmates/patients as necessary to appropriate medical facilities when appropriate.
Work collaboratively with pharmacy to evaluate and approve all medications and other medicinal preparations, which comprise the facility formulary.
Establish and monitor standards of care provided by physicians, psychologist and nurses in accordance with NCCHC/ACA and accepted medical standards.
Requirements:
Graduate of an accredited School of Medicine or Osteopathic Medicine, specialty training preferred in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Correctional Medicine, and/or Urgent Care.
Licensed to practice Medicine in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Board Certified or Board Eligible.
Maintain current DEA number and eligible to prescribe medications in Pennsylvania.
Maintain active BLS (i.e. CPR) certification.
Maintain current Driver's License

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