Physician
Company: Core Civic
Location: Columbus
Posted on: May 8, 2024
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Job Description:
$225,000 - $325,000 per yearAtCoreCivic, we do more than manage
inmates, we care for people. CoreCivic is currently
seekingPhysicianwho have a passion for providing the highest
quality care in an institutional setting.The Physicianprovides
professional medical direction, oversight and direct patient care
in acorrectional facilityThe successful applicant should be able
toperform ALL of the following functions at a pace and level of
performance consistent with the actual job performance
requirements.
Participate in treatment team meetings where individual health
plans of inmates/residents are devised, reviewed and altered.Direct
unit treatment operations.Perform minor surgery and occasional
major surgery, if necessary.Hold clinics for nursing specialists in
making diagnosis, determining treatment, and giving prescriptions
and protocols.Maintain a good working relationship with facility
staff, nursing staff, contract providers and outside provider
agencies.Utilize established corporate, facility and correctional
policies and procedures in making decisions, but use sound
independent judgment in meeting the responsibilities and performing
the duties of the position.Assist in the formulation of facility
policy for the medical.Motivate and encourage staff to perform
their duties consistent with policy and procedures.Regularly
evaluate the provision of all medical services to prevent the
inappropriate use or duplication of those services.Monitor
inmate/resident inpatient hospitalizations and facilitate early
release whenever clinically appropriate.Closely monitor all
potential catastrophic illnesses.Prepare and maintain a variety of
standard narrative, statistical, summary and/or operational
records, reports and logs, using appropriate grammar, to include
filing, alphabetizing and labeling; review reports and records
produced by medical staff; properly processes all reports and
documents in a timely manner.Maintain absolute security and
confidentiality of all medical records.Audit medical files for
documentation of all provided services.Evaluate and recommend
methods of improving operational efficiency and cost effectiveness
of health-related services.Meet with outside hospital/agency
administrators to ensure a close working relationship between them
and the facility.Facilitate, where applicable, NCCHC/ACA/JCAHO
accreditation of the medical program by providing the required
level of organizational efficiency and approved, appropriate
medical services.Accept on call status.Attend seminars, workshops,
conferences, etc., as required.Provide for health counseling and
health education on individual or group basis.Communicate
responsibilities, authorities and accountability to all direct
subordinates, so that they are clearly defined and
understood.Conduct meetings of subordinate staff, attend scheduled
staff meetings, and promote communications and the proper flow of
relevant information between administration, staff and
inmates/residents; assist in maintaining communications and
consistency of operation between shifts in the medical unit.
Communicate effectively and coherently to administration, staff,
inmates/residents, visitors and the general public, particularly in
situations requiring tact, diplomacy, understanding, fairness,
firmness and good judgment. This includes giving information,
instructions and directions, mediating disputes and providing
reliable testimony, in court and other formal settings.Read,
analyze, comprehend and interpret technical procedures or
governmental regulations, legal and non-legal documents, including
the processing of such documents as medical instructions,
commitment orders, summons and other legal writs.Review, process
and respond (via corporate counsel) to lawsuits; attend court
hearings, when necessary; conduct research of charts; review status
of inmates/residents with serious health problems for completion of
all necessary intervention and treatment.Prepare and disseminate
safety and accident reports as required by policy; take appropriate
action in cases of serious and unusual incidents and
emergencies.Assist with investigations and inquires; exercise
independent judgment by determining when probable cause exists to
recommend or take disciplinary action.Observe and record
inmate/resident behavior.Inspect the medical unit for items that
could be used as contraband by inmates/residents; securely store
supplies and equipment or provide for their safe disposal.Reliably
and repetitively identify inmates/residents by visual means.Perform
searches of people and objects capable of concealing contraband,
which will involve detecting and identifying objects and detaining
people.Engage in functions in confined areas that include such
things as physically checking the doors, windows and other areas to
verify they are secure.Endure verbal and mental abuse when
confronted with the hostile views and opinions of inmates/residents
and other, e.g. visitors and family members, encountered in an
antagonistic environment.Take appropriate action to prevent or
diffuse potentially disruptive situations.Perform rescue functions
at accidents, emergencies and disasters to include administering
basic emergency medical aid, physically removing people away from
dangerous situations, and securing and evacuating people from
confined areas.Interpret, enforce and comply with applicable rules,
regulations, policies, procedures, standards and/or contract
requirements.Establish and maintain effective working relations
with others and handle difficult interpersonal contacts.Effectively
present information and respond to questions from supervisors,
staff members, contractors, business contacts, representatives from
governmental agencies and the general public.Define problems,
collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; apply
management techniques to problems of administration and devise
workable solutions.Add, subtract, multiply and divide using whole
numbers, common fractions and decimals; apply concepts such as
fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical
situations.Interpret an extensive variety of instructions furnished
in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.Remain alert at all
times and react quickly, efficiently and calmly in emergency and
other high stress situations.Domestic U. S. travel may be
required.
Qualifications:Graduate from an accredited school of medicine. Must
be licensed to practice medicine in the state of employment.A valid
driver's license is required.Minimum age requirement: Must be at
least 18 years of age.CoreCivic is a Drug Free Workplace & EOE
M/F/Vets/Disabled. Associated topics: care, clinic, family, family
medicine physician, general practice, hospitalist, nocturnist,
physician, physician md, primary
Keywords: Core Civic, Albany , Physician, Healthcare , Columbus, Georgia
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