Urgent Care Physician - Veterans Affairs - Any State License Accepted
Orlando, Florida, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Urgent Care
Salary
$165.00
– $180.00
• hourly
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Full-Time
Moonlighting
Locums/Travel
Part-Time/Contract
Work Environment
Outpatient
Location
New York, New York, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Experience Level
1 year
Job Description
Last Update:
1/16/25
Ghost RX is seeking Urgent Care Physicians to provide coverage at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center located in Bath, NY. Any state license is accepted.
Location:
Bath VA Medical Center
76 Veterans Avenue
Bath, NY 14810
Highlights:
- Experience: 3 years UCC or EM experience
- License: ANY STATE MEDICAL LICENSE ACCEPTED
- EMR: CPRS (VA Software)
- Shifts: Weekdays, Weekends, Nights, holidays, periodic weekdays
- Patients Per Shift: 8-14
- Call Required: No
- Patient Population: Adults
Job Responsibilities
Assess, evaluate, diagnose, and initially treat patients of who present in the Urgent Care Clinic with any symptom, illness, injury or condition and provide services necessary to ameliorate minor illnesses or injuries and stabilize patients with major illnesses or injuries and to assess all patients to determine if additional care is necessary.
Initial evaluation, treatment and management of urgent care patients presenting with any symptom, illness, injury or condition .
Initial evaluation, treatment, and management for Veterans whose acute medical, surgical, or psychiatric illness require a higher level of care than that available in the outpatient Primary Care, Behavioral Health or Specialty Care setting to prevent deterioration of the clinical condition and facilitate either admission to the inpatient acute care unit or transfer to a higher level of care.
Contract physicians will direct the care of the patient and provide treatment and stabilization, as indicated. UCC staff, including the staff consultants, and other ancillary staff, will be utilized as directed by the UCC physician to treat and stabilize the patient.
Ensure that the Urgent Care Clinic’s patients are directed to the appropriate level of care. Patients may be diverted to a higher level of care if they suffer conditions that may require services beyond the capacity of the Urgent Care Clinic. A sample listing of these includes, but is not limited to: chest pain, difficulty breathing or severe shortness of breath, uncontrolled bleeding, sudden or severe pain, coughing up or vomiting blood, sudden dizziness, weakness, or visual changes, severe or persistent vomiting, change in mental status, such as confusion, stupor or coma, etc.
Refer patients who present to Urgent Care with problems that can be appropriately managed in primary care directly to their Primary Care Aligned Teams (PACTs).
Physicians are authorized to admit acute medical patients per InterQual Standards.
Contract physicians will be fully cognizant of procedures concerned with the determination of blood compatibility in blood transfusions and will be responsible for verification of compatibility.
Contractor shall be familiar with Medical Center Disaster Policy and is responsible for treatment of casualties until the arrival of additional VA medical staff and it is deemed that the contract physician is no longer needed.
The On-call Psychiatrist is to be contacted by contract physicians regarding any suicidal/homicidal or acutely psychotic patients for patient/administrative management duties.
Contract physicians shall make telephone arrangements with appropriate VA physicians at VA tertiary care facilities to arrange for referral or transfer of patients to other VA.
Contract physicians shall be familiar with Code Blue Policy. Contractor will serve as code director while on duty.
The UCC physician will be responsible for performing history/physical on all pre-approved domiciliary patients who report to the facility while the UCC is open.
Contract physicians shall apply orthopedic devices such as splints and braces to stabilize orthopedic injuries.
Contract physicians shall initiate appropriate social work referrals for all identified homeless veterans and for patients who do not have primary care providers, but who appear regularly in the UCC.
Qualifications
• Experience: 3 years UCC or EM experience
• License: ANY STATE MEDICAL LICENSE ACCEPTED
• Shifts: Weekdays, Weekends, Nights, holidays, periodic weekdays
• Patients Per Shift: 8-14
• Call Required: No
• Patient Population: Adults
Working Hours
Urgent Care Center: Physician coverage from 8:00AM to 7:00 PM Monday through Sunday.
• Shifts: Weekdays, Weekends, Nights, holidays, periodic weekdays