Staff Physician
About The Position
Under general direction, performs professional work in the diagnosis and treatment of inmate patients in correctional facilities. 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
- Unrestricted valid license to practice medicine in the state of Oklahoma.
- Knowledge of modern principles and practices of medicine.
- Knowledge of the use of pharmacologic medications.
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of management and supervision.
- Skill in applying management and supervision principles and practices.
- Skill in problem solving.
- Skill in analysis.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
- Ability to exercise independent judgement.
- Ability to diagnose and treat patients according to accepted medical practices.
- Ability to provide leadership to assigned staff.
Responsibilities
- Conducts medical treatment and diagnostic services at a correctional institution or facility.
- Performs complete physical examinations on inmates according to health services policy.
- 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, as appropriate, at other sites in the facility.
- Supervises mid-level providers assigned to the facility. Provides overall clinical supervision and guidance of the health care providers at the facility.
- Develops protocols of care for use by other health care providers.
- Evaluates inmate medical problems that are complex, changing, or incompletely diagnosed or managed and makes referral of appropriate cases to specialty clinics or the appropriate hospital.
- Collaborates with mental health care of inmates with departmental psychiatrists and/or psychologists.
- Completes, inspects, and interprets charts; prepares periodic progress notes and final discharge summaries as needed.
- Utilizes formulary medications whenever possible and adheres to the request for non-formulary drug process.
- Recognizes and applies both utilization and risk management principals.
- Participates in quality improvement activities as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
