Physician (Part-Time): Buckingham Correctional Center #W0026

DHRM • Buckingham, VA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Institutional Physician is a primary member of the correctional center’s multidisciplinary internal health services team and operates a Doctor’s Office Practice. The practice is supported by a Nurse Manager who operates the site’s health services system. The physician provides professional medical care and medication management to inmates with nursing staff assistance. Assignments to other duties or locations may be necessary to meet the Department’s clinical and administrative needs.

This is a wage position limited to no more than 1,500 hours per agency during the 12-month period from May 1 through April 30, regardless of hire date. The wage employment period resets on May 1. Wage employees are limited to an average of no more than 29 hours per week over the 12-month period. This position offers no state benefits.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited medical college.
• Licensed to practice medicine in Virginia.
• Extensive knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities, including symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
• Comprehensive knowledge of mental illness.
• Comprehensive knowledge of current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnostic criteria.
• Knowledge of professional and ethical standards of practice and interventions appropriate for the assigned population.
• Ability to function effectively as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience providing medical care in a correctional setting.
• Completion of an approved residency in a primary care specialty.
• Board eligible or certified in a primary care specialty.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and interpret patients’ histories, symptoms, physical findings, and diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses.
• Diagnose or treat acute health care problems, including illnesses, infections, and injuries.
• Recommend diagnostic or therapeutic interventions, considering safety, cost, invasiveness, simplicity, acceptability, adherence, and efficacy.
• Prescribe medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost, as legally authorized.
• Prescribe appropriate chemical or mechanical measures to assist inmates in improving behaviors.
• Assist with preparing and modifying treatment plans and recommend appropriate programs.
• Educate patients about managing acute or chronic illnesses, tailoring instructions to individual circumstances.
• Provide evidence-based health education to the inmate population.
• Perform other duties or work at other locations as needed to meet clinical and administrative needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree