Physician (Geriatrics)

Overview

Physician (Geriatrics)   San Antonio, TX

Time to invest in some new footwear because if you’re San Antonio-bound, you’d better show up in boots! The Alamo City is one of the military’s most envied postings and is often referred to as “Military City USA”. Low cost of living, affordable homes, and the lack of state tax on retirement income are a few financial perks to living and retiring in this Texas city. A robust job market that seems partial to government and defense/security contracting ensures employment opportunities for spouses or transitioning service members. San Antonio is the country’s seventh fastest growing city yet has somehow managed to retain a “small town feel.” Quality schools and friendly locals (most with military ties) are additional  perks to living in San Antonio.

Some things you should know before you get here: trucks are the norm (the bigger, the better), love for The Spurs (NBA) runs deep, the H-E-B obsession is real (it’s a grocery store), rodeos are life, and don’t call it “San Antone”—that’s just wrong. The community boasts a vibrant Hispanic population, and enhances everything from the food, to the music, to community events. You don’t necessarily need to speak Spanish to get around, but you’d better know how to say barbacoa, tamales, and cascarones. Name brand shopping (IKEA is the latest arrival of note), restaurants, and all variety of entertainment all add to San Antonio’s quality of life. SeaWorld, the San Antonio Zoo, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, and downtown museums are all fun outings for kids and families. Tube or kayak down a river, play or fish in the lakes, or relax by San Antonio’s famous downtown River Walk. Museums, art galleries, and historical landmarks—remember The Alamo?—round out San Antonio’s cultural offerings. Tex-mex cuisine arguably originated here, and some up and coming culinary trendsetters are making a name for themselves in the Pearl District downtown, alongside several notable breweries.

San Antonio has over 300 days of sunshine with some hot summers, mild winters and pleasant spring and fall seasons. San Antonio is in Bexar County (it’s pronounced “BEAR”) in south central Texas, and is just south of the gorgeous Hill Country. It’s only about two hours from Austin, the beach, or the desert.

Working for the Department of Defense comes with an abundance of benefits and perks to include competitive compensation packages, paid-time off, medical benefits, student loan repayments, and retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions.

Responsibilities

POSITION DUTIES:

Serves as subject matter expert and consultant as a Physician (Geriatrics) in a Medical Treatment Facility, responsible for patient care, diagnosis, and treatment of illnesses and injuries associated with elderly adults.MAJOR DUTIES1. Provides direct patient care in the inpatient setting as well as the ambulatory setting. Provides expert advice and consultative geriatric care for illnesses and injuries of traditional, nontraditional, and very complex nature for elderly adults. Provides examinations, diagnoses, physical assistance to patients during procedures and/or transfers, prescribed courses of treatment and/or attempts to prevent diseases of the elderly and provides perioperative risk stratification for age related conditions. Evaluates laboratory and clinical findings, differentiating among the various contributory causes and prescribes appropriate treatment. Writes prescriptions, orders the administration of medications, dispenses medications, and prescribes controlled substances in accordance with approved treatment protocols. Documents patients' chart including progress notes, treatment rendered, tests or procedures ordered, notations of prescriptions, and drugs dispensed or administered. Follows through on cases to ensure effectiveness and alters course of treatment, as indicated. Educates and counsels patients and families regarding preventive and treatment aspects of health care. Provides psychosocial and therapeutic support to patients and families to facilitate adaptation to illness and injury, death and dying, and lifestyle changes related to illness and injury. As a recognized subject matter exert in the field of study, provides consultation, presentations, and informative briefs to appropriate panels, organizations, Defense Health Agency representatives and/or departments. Assists fellow physicians and physician extenders in the management or disposition of complex cases.2. Contributes to the teaching of medical learners (medical students, residents, and fellows) through precepting and lecturing in the ambulatory and inpatient settings. Guides, instructs, and trains general surgery and internal medicine residents in other specialties in aspects of geriatric care related to their specialized field of study. Signs appropriate house staff notes, completes requested learner evaluations, and adheres to local teaching requirements.3. Participates in team-based quality improvement, case review and patient/customer satisfaction initiatives.Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

US Citizenship required

Board Certified/Eligible

Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy from a school in the United States or Canada approved by a recognized accrediting body in the year of the applicants graduation. [A Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school that provided education and medical knowledge substantially equivalent to accredited schools in the United States may be demonstrated by permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) (or a fifth pathway certificate for Americans who completed premedical education in the United States and graduate education in a foreign country).

Candidates must have a permanent, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.