Part time Physician

Duties/Responsibilities

• Participates in the evaluation and monitoring of chronic illness programs.
• Ensures that the operation of the on-site infirmary at their site is in compliance with national standards (ACA and NCCHC).
• Ensures that established sick call processes ensure patient access to medically necessary services.
• Ensures that established suicide prevention programs are implemented to identify, refer, and treat patients who are at risk for suicide.
• Participates in the development of proposed priorities for services and programs.
• Participates in discussions regarding the need for new chronic care programs, new medical equipment, and selection of general medical supplies.
• Affixes to the review of corporate, regional, state, and site-specific medical practices.
• Ensures consistency with Wexford Health Sources' overriding objective to promote high-quality medical care.
• Participates in a call rotation, as requested, for their site which ensures 24/7/365 physician coverage and consultation for the clinical and security staff.
• Returns pages and calls promptly and in a time efficient manner respecting the emergent and urgent needs of the facility.
• Participates in Wexford Health/Facility Quality Management Committees as requested.
• Participates in reviews applicable federal, state and local laws, and standards of conduct, as well as other policies and procedures from national accreditation standards (e.g., ACA, NCCHC, etc.) in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional behavior.
• Participates in peer review activities as requested and in compliance with Wexford policies and procedures.
• Participates in mortality and sentinel event reviews for the site and/or region and when requested by the Regional or Site Medical Director.
• Maintains an effective infection control program that includes the prevention, identification, reporting, and control of communicable diseases in accordance with Wexford infection control policies and procedures.
• Participates in and actively supports all efforts at their site(s) towards the implementation and maintenance of electronic medical records, telemedicine, or administrative technology enhancements.
• Participates in all Utilization Management (UM) efforts at their site.
• Works closely with the Corporate UM Medical Director when requested.
• Participates in collegial reviews for all off-site referrals regarding all patients from their site when requested by the Site Medical Director.
• Facilitates communication with all outside providers of care for their patients (e.g. inpatient attendings, specialists seeing referred patients, etc.).
• Participates in pharmacy collegial reviews, ER retrospective reviews, and laboratory and radiology utilization review for their site as requested.
• Participates in the review and evaluation of all off-site utilization for their site in order to ensure its cost effectiveness and clinical quality.
• Helps to identify and implement cost reduction strategies.
• Responsible for maintaining appropriate collegial/professional relationships within their referral region with specialists, hospitalists, ancillary providers, transport providers, community and tertiary hospitals, and all other support groups that may be called upon to provide health care services for their patient population.
• Responsible for helping to identify (in conjunction with the Site Medical Director) appropriate, qualified specialists, hospitalists, ancillary providers, transport providers, and other support groups necessary to provide high-quality, cost-effective care to their site's patient population.

Job Requirements

• LICENSURE: Must have a current, unrestricted medical license in the state of Louisiana. Current DEA license.
• CERTIFICATION: Current CPR certification
• EDUCATION: Must be a graduate of medical school; Board certified or Board eligible preferred
• PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: Five (5) years of clinical experience preferred; correctional experience preferred. Prior experience with use of electronic medical record system preferred