Supervisory Family Medicine Physician - GP-602-14

DHA • Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The position will be located at Kirk U.S. Army Health Clinic, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. This role serves as the Primary Care team leader, providing comprehensive outpatient care to beneficiaries ranging from newborn to geriatric age with complex acute and chronic conditions. The physician will advise other healthcare professionals, document clinical encounters in the electronic medical record, and provide clinical and administrative leadership to the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) team. Supervisory duties include providing administrative and technical advice to physicians, nurses, and physician assistants. Direct patient care includes gynecologic, prenatal obstetric, pediatric, and geriatric care, as well as ambulatory surgical procedures like casting/splinting, suturing, and excisional skin biopsies. The physician will formulate treatment and management regimens based on sound diagnoses and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• US Citizenship required
• Degree: Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, or equivalent from a school in the United States or Canada. This degree must have been accredited by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association; Association of American Medical Colleges; Liaison Committee on Medical Education; Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.
• A Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school must have provided education and medical knowledge equivalent to accredited schools in the United States. Evidence of equivalency to accredited schools in the United States is demonstrated by permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, a fifth pathway certificate for Americans who completed premedical education in the United States and graduate education in a foreign country, or successful completion of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination
• Licensure: Applicants must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Physician from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
• Graduate Training: Subsequent to obtaining a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree, a candidate must have had at least one year of supervised experience providing direct service in a clinical setting, i.e., a one-year internship or the first year of a residency program in a hospital or an institution accredited for such training.
• Residency Training: Applicants must have successfully completed the required accredited residency training in the specialty of the position to be filled Family Medicine equal to at least 4 years. Experience may not be substituted for residency training that is required for the specialty identified.
• Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
• Board Certified or Eligible in Family Medicine

Responsibilities

• Serves as the Primary Care team leader providing comprehensive outpatient care to beneficiaries ranging from newborn to geriatric age presenting with complex and interdependent acute and chronic conditions.
• Advises other physicians, non-physician providers, and nursing and para-professional staff on the care of patients with urgent, emergent, and non-urgent medical problems.
• Documents clinical encounters and patient instructions into the medical record via current electronic medical record system and prepares clinical narrative summaries for both civilian and military occupational programs promptly.
• Provides clinical and administrative leadership to the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) team.
• Serves as member of the professional medical staff following and modifying hospital plans and policies to meet accrediting agencies’ (AAAHC or TJC) requirements
• Provides administrative and technical advice and assistance to physicians, nurses, and physician assistants.
• Provides direct primary outpatient care including gynecologic, prenatal obstetric, pediatric, and geriatric care.
• Performs ambulatory surgical procedures including but not limited to casting/splinting, suturing, excisional skin biopsies.
• Independently formulates full treatment and management regimens based on sound diagnoses consistent with current and/or evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

Benefits

• competitive compensation packages
• paid time off
• medical benefits
• student loan repayments
• retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions
• Medical malpractice liability insurance is not required for federal civilian healthcare providers as they are covered by the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. § 1346(b)) while acting within the scope of their employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree