Physician (Pediatrics)

Defense Health Agency; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading medical center in Augusta is seeking a Board Certified Pediatric Physician to provide comprehensive care for patients ranging from newborns to adolescents. The successful candidate will be responsible for examinations, diagnoses, and treatment plans, participating in continuing education and quality assurance activities within a dynamic healthcare team.

Qualifications

• Board Certified/Eligible in Pediatrics.
• Current active license as a Physician in the U.S.
• US Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Examine, diagnose, prevent, and treat patients from newborns through adolescents.
• Provide comprehensive primary care and participate in Continuing Medical Education.
• Oversee clinical staff to enhance team-based care.

Skills

Pediatrics

Education

Doctor of Medicine or equivalent from accredited school

Job description

This position is located in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Eisenhower, Georgia.

Ft Eisenhower is adjacent to Augusta, GA famous for its major attraction, The Masters Golf Tournament. Ft Eisenhower has a moderate year-round climate and offers close proximity to metropolitan areas, beaches along the Atlantic Ocean and the Appalachian Mountains.

Links:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REVySejjbxI

https://eisenhower.tricare.mil/

https://www.augustaga.gov/

Responsibilities

As a Physician (Pediatrics), you will:

• Serve as Pediatrics Physician, responsible for, examination, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of newborns, infants, children, and adolescents.
• Responsible for providing care for a broad spectrum of health services, ranging from preventative health care and developmental health care needs to the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic diseases.
• Address biological, social, and environmental influences of the developing patient, with an impact of disease and dysfunction on development.
• Provide first contact, continuous, comprehensive primary care for newborns, infants, children, and adolescents.
• Participate in Continuing Medical Education (CME) and quality assurance activities as assigned.
• Provide technical oversight of clinical staff (e.g. nurses, social workers, therapists, and various technicians) to enhance team-based care.

Qualifications

US Citizenship required

Board Certified/Eligible in Pediatrics

Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine or equivalent from a school in the United States or Canada. This degree must have been accredited by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, Liaison Committee on Medical Education; Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. A Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school must provide education and medical knowledge equivalent to accredited schools in the United States. Evidence of equivalency to accredited schools in the United States is demonstrated by permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, a fifth pathway certificate for Americans who completed premedical education in the United States and graduate education in a foreign country, or successful completion of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination.

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.