Physician - Infectious Disease
About The Position
The Infectious Disease Physician serves as a consultant to other physicians for patients with infectious diseases in an outpatient and/or hospital setting. The Infectious Disease is expert in history taking, physical examination, test interpretation, patient counseling and differential diagnosis and medical therapeutics. Accountable to the Associate Medical Specialty Director, for assuring the most effective delivery of care while meeting and exceeding compliance standards. The physician will have responsibility and decision-making for the overall conduct of Infectious Disease diagnosis and treatment of patient related issues in the outpatient setting.
Requirements
- American Board of Internal Medicine or Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
- BC Infectious Disease
- Current DEA certification
- Unrestricted Texas medical license
Responsibilities
- Supervision and management (where appropriate) of patients transitioning from hospital to out-patient care
- Initiation and Supervision of home IV therapies.
- Antibiotic stewardship in conjunction with P&T committee
- Continuity outpatient clinics
- Virtual health as pertains to Infectious Diseases: Availability for telephone and E-consults during regular business hours, Virtual visits, Telephone consults, Virtual consults
- Video curbside consults
- Indirect patient care: returning telephone calls, responding to patient emails, reviewing and renewing prescriptions, reviewing laboratory and imaging data, communicating results to patients, and implementing improved quality in systems delivery.
- Supervision of ID purchased services
- Education of clinical staff regarding infectious disease diagnosis and treatment
- Liaison with Wound Care
- Liaison with Medical Director of Hospital Services
- Regular meetings with Associate Medical Directors
- Office hours to meet demand- time and location to be determined
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
