Physician

TMG The Moore Group DBA TMG Solutions; Williamsburg (VA); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Virginia is seeking a qualified Physician/Practitioner for a full-time role. Candidates should have over 3 years of relevant experience and be certified as a BLS Healthcare Provider. The role involves providing medical care to an adult psychiatric inpatient population. Responsibilities include conducting evaluations, managing treatments, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams. The position requires no weekend or holiday work, ensuring a consistent work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Experience working with geriatric admissions and acute/chronic health management.
• Ability to provide cross coverage for forensic populations.
• Participate in Lunch Coverage Call once a month.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for patient care including examination, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment.
• Serves as medical consultant to attending psychiatrist/practitioner.
• Completes admission medical assessments and entering admission orders.

Skills

Experience working with adult admissions

Ability to work independently

BLS Healthcare Provider certification

Comfortable working on admissions work up

Education

3+ years as a Physician/Practitioner

Job description

Job Description

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

Assignment

• Available to start immediately (pending credentialing)
• Initial Appointment for 3‑month assignment, with option to extend 3‑6‑month assignment, if the position remains unfilled
• Full‑time, 40 hours a week with assigned office hours of Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with 1 hour lunch break
• NOT approved for overtime
• No weekends, no holidays, no on‑call duty
• Ability to provide cross coverage, to include forensic populations, as required
• Once a month, participation in Lunch Coverage Call (12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.)

Qualifications

• 3+ more years as a Physician/Practitioner
• 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
• Facility Hospitalizations: Acute, Adult, Inpatient wards (male & female)
• Facility Demographics: Forensic, NGRI, Civil, Jail Transfer, and Geriatric populations
• Facility Stay: Short and Long‑term length of stay
• Caseload varies by ward and assignment (40‑45)
• Psychiatry coverage is provided
• Full complement of interdisciplinary team members

Responsibilities

• 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 follow‑up or referrals as needed.
• Consults with authorized representatives/legal guardians on patient medical status.
• Collaborates with attending psychiatric practitioner if needed providing DSM‑5 Diagnoses that are valid, complete, and supported by timely and appropriate assessment.
• Provides coverage to the medical clinic, the admission suite to ensure the admission process is completed.
• Prescribes medications at the lowest effective dose in accordance with rational clinical practices. Assesses and addresses medication side‑effects and reports adverse drug reactions.
• Ensures timely and quality documentation (admissions, follow‑up and annual, etc.) in patient records in accordance with policies, procedures, regulatory standards, and guidelines.

Remarks

Full‑time 40 hours a week with assigned office hours
Days: Monday to Friday
Shift timings : 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
1 hour lunch break