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Physician Contractor

The contractor shall provide two physicians who possess the necessary skills, abilities, and credentials to perform various medical services in a correctional facility setting.

Job Description

• Possess typing and keyboarding skills and perform electronic documentation with accuracy.
• Navigate through numerous aspects of the computer-based program and self-enter information into the electronic medical record following an approximate 1-2 week training period.
• Perform complete physical examinations as needed and collect comprehensive medical and social history, including a review of all body systems and preliminary objective findings.
• Perform outpatient and/or inpatient general medical examinations and treatment to male inmates.
• Perform chronic care clinic evaluations.
• Follow up on inmates who return from an inpatient stay at the area hospital.
• Make determinations for when services of a specialist are required to treat unusual cases.
• Make necessary arrangements for the admission for an inpatient stay at the area hospital.
• Analyze the clinical records of new inmates with a chronic care diagnosis within 14 days of their arrival; determine preliminary diagnosis, afford professional care to patients confined, obtain necessary consultation for cases presenting difficulty in diagnosis or treatment, and authorize admission of patients to the contracted hospital for emergency medical care and surgery.
• Ensure appropriate medical records are maintained and updated.
• Communicate effectively with inmates with multiple health problems and a variety of cultural, sexual orientation, regional, racial, religious, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Perform all duties in accordance with standards and methods generally accepted within the field of medicine, and compliance with all Federal and State policy and regulations.
• Adhere to all standards and regulations associated with the Joint Commission and American Correctional Association Foundation/Core Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions.
• Complete history and evaluations as scheduled due to Joint Commission regulations, as well as BOP Health Services policies.
• Maintain detailed medical record documentation for each patient encounter using the electronic medical record.
• Advise the Clinical Director and the HSU staff on conditions pertaining to medical and/or surgical problems, including follow-up on surgical cases and instructions for rehabilitation (physical therapy).