Urgent Care Physician

Overview

Accelerating the delivery of care and providing superior force health readiness across the Military, Federal, and Civilian landscapes. Goldbelt Glacier is committed to providing transformative and comprehensive health operational capabilities to support customers across scientific, clinical, technological, and program management areas.

Summary:

Goldbelt Glacier is seeking a qualified Physician to collaborate with hospitals, healthcare coalitions, biotech firms, community members, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, and other partners across the country to improve readiness and response capabilities. The Physician will work with patients to diagnose and treat a wide variety of common health problems, illnesses, disorders, and injuries.

This position includes 100% travel to all 50 states and US territories.

Responsibilities

Essential Job Functions:

• This position is 100% travel and is not based in one particular location
• Utilize expertise to mitigate and treat injuries and illnesses to ensure proper injury care and disease diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, request necessary tests and follow-up visits and refer patients to specialists as necessary. 
• Responds to emergency situations. This includes routine minor illness, medical emergencies, and trauma. Builds volunteer medical response teams. 
• Directs triage, patient transport, and medical supervision at mass casualty incidents. Interfaces with other response team sections. 
• Determines the need for emergency air evacuation of seriously ill or injured patients to appropriate level of care.
• Diagnoses and treats illnesses and injuries of the workforce according to collaborative agreement with the supervising physicians.
• Conducts laboratory and electro-cardiograph diagnostic procedures as required.
• Refers patients to appropriate consulting physicians when required.
• Prescribes and dispenses appropriate pharmaceuticals including controlled substances as approved by the supervising physician, within the scope of the collaborative agreement and in accordance with DEA regulations.
• Maintains medical records according to company policies and expected standards of medical practice. 

Qualifications

Necessary Skills and Knowledge:

• Organization, written communication, and oral communication skills
• Practice aseptic techniques as necessary; comply with infection control guidelines to include the proper handling, storage, and disposal of infectious wastes, and the use of universal precautions to prevent the spread of infection.
• Function with an awareness and application of safety procedures.
• Apply an awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and strive to manage situations in a reduced risk manner.
• Exercise awareness and sensitivity to patient/significant others' rights, as identified within the MTF.
• Exercise appropriate delegation of tasks and duties in the direction and coordination of health care team members, patient care, and clinic activities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software applications including Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Analytical thinker and complex problem-solver

Minimum Qualifications:

• Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy 
• Board Certification or Eligibility by their specialty American or Osteopathic Board
• A current, valid unrestricted medical license in one of the U.S. states, territories, or commonwealths
• Active hospital credentials and privileges
• Certifications: Applicable certification according to requirements for specialties, i.e., Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS), etc.
• Actively practicing in specialty with minimum experience of three (3) years in their respective specialty post-board certification.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Board certification in a primary care specialty, such as Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine, or Emergency medicine
• Board certification in Psychiatry

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