Physician

Correctional Medicine Associates; Eloy (AZ); On-site; USD 225,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare services provider is seeking a Physician in Eloy, Arizona, to provide high-quality medical care in a correctional facility. Responsibilities include diagnosing medical issues, prescribing treatment, supervising medical teams, and ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations. Candidates must be graduates from accredited medical schools and licensed to practice in the state. The position offers a salary between $225,000 and $325,000 per year, with opportunities for leadership and on-call responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of medicine.
• Must be licensed to practice medicine in the state of employment.
• A valid driver's license is required.
• Minimum age requirement: Must be at least 18 years of age.

Responsibilities

• Provide a variety of professional medical services to inmates.
• Provide leadership direction for the medical program.
• Monitor operations and standards of care.
• Interview inmates and make decisions on admissions.
• Participate in treatment team meetings.
• Perform minor and occasionally major surgeries.
• Hold clinics for nursing specialists.
• Maintain relationships with facility and outside staff.
• Assist in formulating facility policy for medical program.
• Regularly evaluate all medical services.
• Monitor inpatient hospitalizations for early releases.
• Prepare and maintain operational records and reports.
• Facilitate NCCHC/ACA/JCAHO accreditation.
• Provide health counseling and education.
• Communicate responsibilities clearly to subordinates.
• Conduct meetings and promote communication between staff.

Education

Graduate from an accredited school of medicine.

Licensed to practice medicine in the state of employment.

Valid driver's license.

Minimum age: 18 years.

Job description

$225,000 - $325,000 per year

CoreCivic is currently seeking a Physician who has a passion for providing the highest quality care in an institutional setting. The Physician provides professional medical direction, oversight and direct patient care in a correctional facility. The successful applicant should be able to perform ALL of the following functions at a pace and level of performance consistent with the actual job performance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide a variety of professional medical services to inmates/residents, including administering examinations, diagnosing medical and other problems, prescribing medications and providing treatment and follow-up care.
• Provide leadership direction for the medical program in collaboration with the Health Services Supervisor.
• Monitor and review operations and standards of care delivered to inmates/residents.
• Interview inmates/residents and make decisions on admissions.
• Make clinical rounds.
• Participate in treatment team meetings where individual health plans of inmates/residents are devised, reviewed, and altered.
• Perform minor surgery and occasional major surgery, if necessary.
• Hold clinics for nursing specialists to make diagnoses, determine treatment, and give prescriptions and protocols.
• Maintain a good working relationship with facility staff, nursing staff, contract providers and outside provider agencies.
• Utilize established corporate, facility and correctional policies and procedures in making decisions, while exercising sound independent judgment in meeting responsibilities and performing duties.
• Assist in formulating facility policy for the medical program.
• Motivate and encourage staff to perform duties consistently with policy and procedures.
• Regularly evaluate all medical services to prevent inappropriate use or duplication.
• Monitor inpatient hospitalizations and facilitate early release whenever clinically appropriate.
• Closely monitor all potential catastrophic illnesses.
• Prepare and maintain a variety of narrative, statistical, summary, and/or operational records, reports and logs with appropriate grammar and filing.
• Audit medical files for documentation of all provided services.
• Evaluate and recommend methods to improve operational efficiency and cost effectiveness of health-related services.
• Meet with outside hospital/agency administrators to ensure a close working relationship between them and the facility.
• Facilitate, where applicable, NCCHC/ACA/JCAHO accreditation of the medical program by providing required organizational efficiency and approved medical services.
• Accept on‑call status.
• Attend seminars, workshops, conferences, etc., as required.
• Provide health counseling and health education on an individual or group basis.
• Communicate responsibilities, authorities and accountability to all direct subordinates, ensuring they are clearly defined and understood.
• Conduct meetings of subordinate staff, attend scheduled staff meetings, and promote communications and proper flow of information between administration, staff and inmates/residents; assist in maintaining consistency of operation between shifts in the medical unit.
• Communicate effectively and coherently to administration, staff, inmates/residents, visitors and the general public, particularly in situations requiring tact, diplomacy, understanding, fairness, firmness and good judgment.
• Provide information, instructions and directions, mediate disputes and provide reliable testimony in court and other formal settings.
• Read, analyze, comprehend and interpret technical procedures or governmental regulations, legal and non‑legal documents, including the processing of medical instructions, commitment orders, summons and other legal writs.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of medicine.
• Must be licensed to practice medicine in the state of employment.
• A valid driver's license is required.
• Minimum age requirement: Must be at least 18 years of age.

CoreCivic is a Drug Free Workplace & EOE– M/F/Vets/Disabled.