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Protean Med LLC

Internal Medicine - Geriatrics Physician

Protean Med LLC, Pensacola, Florida, United States, 32501

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Shift Description: M-F, full time

Hit Apply below to send your application for consideration Ensure that your CV is up to date, and that you have read the job specs first. - Current and active plenary physician license to practice in the state of Florida - REQUIRED - Board Certification Internal Medicine or Family Practice - REQUIRED . Board Certification in Geriatrics preferred. - Experience or added qualifications in geriatrics - Preferred. - CDS Certification and DEA Registration - REQUIRED - Previous supervisory experience - REQUIRED - Minimum of one (1) year of documented experience working with a frail or elderly population. - Effective skills in physical assessment and chronic disease management for frail older adults. - Desire to work in a creative alternate health care setting. - Able to manage changing priorities according to participant needs.

- Conduct history and physical on new participants and event-based and periodic reassessments. Develop medical treatment plan, and provide medically necessary services in the range of locations in which participants may reside. - Discuss each participant's medical conditions and prognosis with him/her and their caregiver to assist them in expressing their wishes and planning their future care. - Collaborate in the nursing treatment program of participants. - Establish and/or maintain as a member of the leadership team a plan to achieve operating goals. - Educates and advises the team regarding the implications of diagnoses, cognitive and physical function and treatment options. - Participate in team and family conferences and decision-making processes. - Educate participants and families regarding health maintenance and their chronic medical conditions, in cooperation with nursing staff. - Supervise the health care and treatment program as developed by the interdisciplinary team. - Perform physical examinations, order and evaluate appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests, and record results in a systematic manner. - Participates in provider on-call rotation as required