Physician-PT

Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc.; Wheaton (MN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. seeks licensed medical professionals to deliver on-site care at correctional facilities in Minnesota. Responsibilities include conducting medical assessments, documenting hours, and providing 24/7 on-call services.

Prescribe medications with clinical judgement and ensure compliance with facility policies. Required are a current medical license in the service state, board certification, DEA registration, and BLS.

Qualifications

• Valid medical license in the state where services are provided.
• Board Certification required.
• DEA registration required.
• Collaborative agreement may be required by state.
• Experience in primary care, corrections, or managed health care delivery preferred.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to drive a motor vehicle.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on training required.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Examine patients on-site and stay until all patients seen.
• Prescribe medications and treatments within prescriptive authority, mindful of safety and interactions.
• Review patient medical records and sign off on orders as appropriate.
• Comply with facility policies and procedures.
• Coordinate off-site referrals when needed, subject to Sheriff/Jailer review.
• Attend minimum ACH medical conferences annually.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Clinical assessment

On-site availability

Documentation

Education

MD/DO/NP/PA license

Board Certification

DEA registration

Collaborative agreement (state dependent)

Tools

Payroll system

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.