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TDY Medical Staffing•Biloxi, MS

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Our client is looking for a Critical Care / Pulmonology Physician for every other week coverage on days. The contract physician will provide comprehensive assessment, diagnostic work-up and clinic intervention, including comprehensive patient assessment, health history, physical examination, and patient education to patients in the Primary Care setting. The contract physician is required to make physician-to-physician contact calls with private and client physicians regarding referral of patients and to make telephone arrangements with appropriate physicians at tertiary care medical centers to arrange for referral of patients to other medical centers. The contract physician will be required to enter all notes, request diagnostic tests, consultative requests, order medications and resulting reports into the computerized patient record system (CPRS) utilized by the client. In the event of computer system failure, the physician must maintain sufficient written or typed information to allow for entry in CPRS at a later time. Documentation is expected to meet medical center policies/Clinical Practice Guideline and Joint Commission/HCFA standards for documentation and subsequent coding. The physician needs a strong working knowledge of computers/skills to access the computerized patient record system (CPRS) utilized by the client. CPRS orientation will be provided to the new provider, but this training cannot compensate for limited exposure to computers and poor data entry skills.

Requirements

BE or BC
Hold an active state license (any state will suffice)
Current DEA
Updated BLS/ACLS
Board Certified or Board Eligible and less than four (4) years out of Residency
Current certification in Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Hold a Doctor of Medicine Degree from an accredited college or university approved by the Department of Education
Strong working knowledge of computers/skills to access the computerized patient record system (CPRS)

Responsibilities

Serve as the attending for inpatient and outpatient services
Perform evaluations involving complete history and physical examinations and the ordering of laboratory studies relevant to the patient’s medical problem
Supervise housestaff and midlevel providers and assist with their evaluation and management of patients
Perform specialty specific procedures including but not limited to: Arterial/venous blood sampling, thoracentesis, arterial and venous catheter placement, placement of central venous lines/acute dialysis catheters/PA catheters, intubation, fiberoptic bronchoscopy, lumbar puncture, joint aspiration, placement of NG/feeding tubes, aspiration of subcutaneous fluid collections, bladder catheterizations, and performing portable ultrasound
Services will be rendered in the following patient care areas: Medical Intensive Care Unit, and Coronary Care Unit
Consultative services will be provided in other inpatient and outpatient areas throughout the facility including Emergency Department, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Progressive Care Unit, General Medicine and Surgical Units, and outpatient Pulmonary Clinics
Make physician-to-physician contact calls with private and client physicians regarding referral of patients
Make telephone arrangements with appropriate physicians at tertiary care medical centers to arrange for referral of patients to other medical centers
Enter all notes, request diagnostic tests, consultative requests, order medications and resulting reports into the computerized patient record system (CPRS) on the day of the visit
Maintain sufficient written or typed information to allow for entry in CPRS at a later time in the event of computer system failure