Physician-PT

Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc.; Breckenridge (MN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. provides medical and behavioral health services to correctional facilities, with on-site physicians and 24/7 on-call coverage. The role requires active medical licensure in the prescribing state, board certification, and DEA registration.

Physicians must perform on-site medical assessments, document hours, and manage patient care while adhering to facility policies. Prior experience in corrections or managed care is preferred.

Qualifications

• Valid medical license in the state where services are provided.
• Current Board Certification required.
• Current DEA registration required.
• Collaborative agreement, if required by state.
• Experience in primary care, corrections, or managed health care delivery.
• Valid driver's license and ability to drive a motor vehicle.
• BLS certification; hands‑on training required.

Responsibilities

• Perform problem‑focused, individualized medical assessments.
• Be physically on-site at assigned correctional facility on a regular basis.
• Document dates and times of provided site coverage by logging hours into online payroll system.
• Provide 24/7 on-call phone services.
• Provide back up call for other facilities as needed.
• Examine patients on-site as needed and stay until all patients are seen.
• Prescribe medications and treatments within prescriptive authority.
• Review patient medical records and sign off on orders.
• Comply with facility policies and procedures.
• Coordinate off-site care when appropriate and with medical staff.
• Attend ACH medical conferences at least once per year.
• Undertake any other duties as assigned.

Skills

Medical assessment

On-site presence

Prescribe medications

Documentation & logging

On-call duties

Education

MD/DO/NP/PA license

Board certification

Job description

Summary

Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.

Summary

Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Perform problem-focused, individualized medical assessments.
• Be physically on-site at assigned correctional facility(s) on a regular basis.
• Must document dates and times of provided site coverage by logging hours into online payroll system.
• Provide 24/7 on-call phone services.
• Provide back up call for other facilities as needed.
• Personally, examine patients as needed. The expectation is that you stay on‑site until all patients that need to be seen are seen.
• Prescribe medication (including narcotics) and treatment within your prescriptive authority, as appropriate in your professional medical judgement, and without regard to cost. When prescribing, you should be mindful of things such as, but not limited to, medication adverse reactions, medication interactions, substance abuse issues, mental health disorders, comorbidities, allergies, pain level, vital signs, contraindications, drug monitoring, etc. in the context of the individual patient. You should prescribe medication for the appropriate duration of time, as determined by your professional medical judgement.
• Review patient medical records, as appropriate
• Sign off on orders, as appropriate.
• Comply with the correctional facility’s policies and procedures, unless doing so would be counter to common sense.
• If a determination is made that off‑site care would be more appropriate for the patient, work with medical staff to send the patient off site or make appointments with the understanding that this can be overruled by the Sheriff/Jailer
• Endeavor to attend a minimum of 1 ACH medical conference per year.
• Any and all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Valid medical license (MD, DO, NP, PA) in the state in which services are to be provided is required.
• Current Board Certification required.
• Current DEA registration required.
• Current collaborative agreement, if required by state.
• Experience in a primary care specialty, corrections, and/or managed health care delivery required.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to drive a motor vehicle required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands‑on training required.