Physician
Impact Employment Solutions
- Corbin, KY
- $210,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Benefits:
- Annual company/personal performance bonus
- 9 Paid Holidays
- 3 Weeks and 1 Day of Paid Time Off Accrued from the Date of Hire for Full-Time Employees
- Medical, Dental, & Vision
- Free Life and AD&D Insurance Plan
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short Term Disability Insurance
- Group Voluntary Term Life Insurance for Employee, Spouses, and Dependents
- Paid Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Retirement Plan with Up to 5K Matching Annually / Vesting Schedule (Pre-taxable Savings)
- Performs interval history and physicals on established participants; completed at intake and quarterly or as indicated.
- Evaluates and treats Participants with episodic illnesses.
- Refers Participants to and oversees care by medical specialists as indicated.
- Maintains required privileges with contracted and ad hoc facilities to maintain continuity of care.
- Responsible for coordinating discharge planning with the team.
- Manages all care of Participants in the nursing home.
- Performs telephone visits with nursing home staff as required.
- Admits nursing home Participants to the hospital when necessary.
- Actively participates in family conferences.
- Participates in team meetings, committees, and work groups as assigned.
- Communicates participant changes to team members.
- Participates in the development of the IDT Plan of Care.
- Participates in the coordination of a 24-hour care delivery.
- Completes all documentation in the medical record as required.
- Work collaboratively, including prescriptive authority, with nurse practitioners.
- Other duties as required.
- Experience working in managed care setting.
- Current knowledge of the physical, mental and social needs of frail older adults is required.
- The knowledge, ability, and experience in working with, and advocating for the elderly and their families.
- Experience working with a collaborative interdisciplinary team.
- Comfort working in multicultural health care environment
- Physician holding MD degree and board certified in Internal Medicine.
- Prefer Board Certification in Geriatric Medicine.
- Prefer 2 – 5 years’ experience in Geriatric Medicine.
- The ability to lead and work in an interdisciplinary setting.
- Ability to deliver service to physicians, patients, and fellow employees with compassion in a responsive, courteous, and concerned manner following policies and procedures.
- Ability to manage changing priorities in response to program needs.
- Must meet a standardized set of CMS approved competencies before working independently.
- Must be legally authorized to practice in the state of Kentucky. Licensed physician in the State of Kentucky.
- Experience or advanced degree in geriatrics is required. Current state license, DEA registration and staff privileges at Mountain View PACE and contracted hospitals are required.
- Must have 1 year of experience with a frail or elderly population. (Will only act within the scope of their authority to practice).