Regional Supervising Physician
About The Position
Positions in this job family diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and injuries. This position performs professional work in the diagnosis and treatment of persons in state custody residing in a state facility. This is the supervisory level of the job family, where incumbents are responsible for performing the duties of a physician at all levels of complexity. Position assignments may be to a state facility or a geographic or regional area. Incumbents will supervise lower level professional and non-professional medical staff, perform all administrative, supervisor tasks and functions, and provide mentoring and counseling to lower-level physicians, physician assistants, and other assigned medical staff.
Requirements
- Medical degree
- Unrestricted valid license to practice medicine in the state of Oklahoma
- Board certification is required
- Two (2) years of experience as a practicing physician in a state facility or related environment
Nice To Haves
- Board Certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)
- Two (2) years of experience in a professional medical administrative and or supervisory capacity
Responsibilities
- Performs complete physical examinations on persons in state custody
- Directs laboratory and x-ray procedures and interprets results
- Prescribes treatment and therapy
- Supervises care to patients in infirmary
- Provides emergency care as is appropriate in the health care services unit or at other sites in the facility
- Evaluates medical problems that are complex, changing, or incompletely diagnosed or managed for persons in state custody
- Makes referral of appropriate cases to specialty clinics or the appropriate hospital
- Coordinates mental health care of persons in state custody to psychiatrists and/or psychologists
- Completes, inspects, and interprets charts and prepares periodic progress notes and final discharge summaries
- Develops protocols of care for use by other health care providers
- Recognizes and applies utilization and risk management principals
- Participates in quality improvement activities as assigned
- Supervises lower-level physicians, residents, interns, and other professional and para-professional medical staff
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
