Physician / Medical Director - Part Time - Lockport, NY -Correctional Health Care

Professional Care Medical Practices PC ("Professional Care”) is a private, physician founded, nationally accredited correctional health care practice.

Professional Care provides comprehensive medical & mental health care services in the state of New York

Correctional health care is a unique, challenging, and exciting opportunity for today’s medical professional in that it provides the ability to truly utilize all of your learned medical skills and knowledge on a daily basis. It is the perfect hybrid of Primary Care, Urgent Care, Emergency Medicine, and Addiction Medicine; providing care to an under-served, diverse, and appreciative patient population.

We are currently looking for a Part Time - Physician / Medical Director to join our team and provide on-site medical care at the Niagara County Jail in Lockport, NY.

This is a flexible Part-Time position, thus requiring up to 12 hours of on-site care per week Monday - Friday.

To quickly summary some key spoints:

• Salaries are negotiable and commensurate based on experience;
• Company-paid liability insurance (including tail) included;
• PTO /Sick Package for Part Time employees provided;
• Particle licensure reimbursement offered, and more.

Job Description:

• Provide service to the inmate/patient population while utilizing current, acceptable standards of medical practice.
• Assume responsibility for clinical management of the medical health program in accordance with NCCHC/ACA Standards, as well as PCM policies and procedures.
• Services to be provided on scheduled workdays according to standards and times mutually agreeable to physician, facility administration, and PCM.
• Provide medical treatment to confined inmates/patients, when applicable.
• Provide medical consultation to all professionals (i.e., physicians/mid-level providers/nursing) within the unit.
• Oversee and supervise all medical clinical services provided.
• Ensure complete, accurate and timely medical entries are made for each inmate/patient contact.
• Available for consultation and/or emergency medical coverage via phone call.
• Work collaboratively and supervise clinical activities of fellow physicians and medical staff while on duty.
• Evaluate all inmates/patients referred with medical health concerns for presence, or absence, of mental illness and refer to mental health accordingly.
• Refer inmates/patients as necessary to appropriate medical facilities when appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with pharmacy to evaluate and approve all medications and other medicinal preparations, which comprise the facility formulary.
• Establish and monitor standards of care provided by physicians, psychologist and nurses in accordance with NCCHC/ACA and accepted medical standards.

This position is exciting and fast paced, and as such we must have someone who is able to multi-task well and has excellent time management skills. They must also have the ability to work independently and be comfortable with making patient diagnosis on their own.