Remote Telehealth Emergency Physician for Underserved Care

Wellpath; Tennessee; Remote; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DailyPay

Tuition Assistance

EAP with free counseling

Company paid life insurance

HSA

Wellness program

Discounted banking rates

Job summary

Wellpath is seeking a Telehealth Physician to remotely assess and provide emergent medical care for patients, collaborating with onsite staff. The role includes on-call coverage, pharmacotherapy management, and pathway development to ensure high-quality care across the patient population.

The ideal candidate holds an MD with emergency medicine experience, is licensed in the relevant state, and is willing to obtain additional licenses as needed.

Qualifications

• Licensed in the state of employment.
• Willing to add licenses in states where services are requested.
• Holding additional licenses is a benefit.
• Current DEA registration and applicable certifications.
• Board certified or eligible in internal or family medicine.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly assesses patients' physical and acute psychiatric health through telehealth and determines triage and treatment decisions in collaboration with onsite medical staff.
• Provides clinical oversight of assessment and reassessment, ongoing provision of care activities, and completion of all associated documentation by APPs.
• Provides on-call coverage for after-hours care of patients, treats medical problems including pharmacotherapy, makes referrals for tests and consultations, and follows up on results and recommendations.
• Provides education on the medical diagnoses to patients and onsite medical staff and collaborates with staff in other disciplines in an effective and professional manner.
• Demonstrates knowledge of care and treatment needs of patients of different ages and provides individualized care and treatment that is consistent with/sensitive to the age and life span developmental needs of each patient while complying with special precautions, disaster and fire safety procedures, and abuse reporting.

Skills

Emergency Medicine experience

On-call experience

Education

Medical doctorate (MD) from an accredited university

Job description

Wellpath is seeking a Telehealth Physician to remotely assess and provide emergent medical care for patients, collaborating with onsite staff. The role includes on-call coverage, pharmacotherapy management, and pathway development to ensure high-quality care across the patient population.

The ideal candidate holds an MD with emergency medicine experience, is licensed in the relevant state, and is willing to obtain additional licenses as needed.