Physician (Part-Time): Coffeewood Correctional Center #W0021
About The Position
This Institutional Physician position is a primary member of the institution’s internal health services multidisciplinary team and operates a Doctor’s Office Practice within the correctional center. 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 assistance from nursing staff. The role may include assignments to other duties or locations 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 of May 1 through April 30, regardless of hire date. The wage employment period resets on May 1 of the following year. Wage employees may work no more than 29 hours per week on average over the 12-month period. This position offers no state benefits.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited medical college.
- Complete an approved residency in a primary care specialty.
- Hold a license to practice medicine in Virginia.
- Be board eligible or board certified in a primary care specialty.
- Have 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.
- Have comprehensive knowledge of mental illness.
- Have comprehensive knowledge of current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnostic criteria.
- Know professional and ethical standards of practice and interventions appropriate for the assigned population.
- Be able to function effectively as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team.
- Have 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 eligibility or certification 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 with attention to 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 self-management of acute or chronic illnesses, tailoring instructions to their circumstances.
- Provide evidence-based health education to the inmate population.
- Perform other duties or work at other locations as needed to meet the Department’s clinical and administrative needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
