Physician

Correctional Medicine Associates; Youngstown (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A correctional healthcare provider in Youngstown, Ohio, is seeking a Physician to provide high-quality medical care in a correctional setting. Responsibilities include examining patients, providing treatment, and directing medical operations. Qualified candidates should be graduates of accredited medical schools and hold a valid medical license for Ohio. This role offers opportunities for professional development and serves a unique patient demographic within the correctional system.

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: at least 18 years of age.

Responsibilities

• Provide a variety of professional medical services to inmates/residents.
• Provide leadership direction for the medical program.
• Interview inmates/residents and make decisions on admissions.
• Make clinical rounds.
• Direct unit treatment operations.
• Perform minor and occasional major surgery.
• Maintain working relationships with facility staff.
• Monitor inmate/resident inpatient hospitalizations.
• Audit medical files for documentation of services.

Job description

At CoreCivic, we do more than manage inmates, we care for people. CoreCivic is currently seeking 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.

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.
• Direct unit treatment operations.
• Perform minor surgery and occasional major surgery, if necessary.
• Hold clinics for nursing specialists in making diagnosis, determining treatment, and giving 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 independent judgment.
• Assist in formulating facility medical policy.
• Motivate and encourage staff to perform duties consistent with policy and procedures.
• Regularly evaluate the provision of all medical services to prevent inappropriate use or duplication.
• Monitor inmate/resident inpatient hospitalizations and facilitate early release when clinically appropriate.
• Closely monitor all potential catastrophic illnesses.
• Prepare and maintain a variety of standard narrative, statistical, summary and operational records, reports and logs with appropriate grammar, filing, and labeling; review reports produced by medical staff and process them in a timely manner.
• Maintain absolute security and confidentiality of all medical records.
• 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 ensuring 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 communication and the proper flow of relevant information between administration, staff, and inmates/residents; assist in maintaining consistency across shifts in the medical unit.
• Communicate effectively and coherently to administration, staff, inmates/residents, visitors and the general public, especially in situations requiring tact, diplomacy, fairness, firmness, and good judgment. This includes giving information, instructions and directions, mediating disputes, and providing reliable testimony in court and other formal settings.
• Read, analyze, comprehend and interpret technical procedures or governmental regulations, legal and non‑legal documents, including 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: at least 18 years of age.

CoreCivic is a Drug Free Workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled).