Licensed Physician

4ES Corporation is looking to fill the role of a Licensed Physician . The contractor will normally provide 8 (1) hour sessions per day, Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays. Work hours will normally be between 7:00 and 3:30 with a 30 minute unpaid lunch break. These hours may be adjusted to meet the needs of the institution. The contractor shall not normally exceed 40 hours per week.

Education and Experience

The physician (contractor) must be certified to practice medicine in the State of California. Providing verification of credentials (education, current licensor/status competency, continuing medical education), and proof of malpractice insurance, as required by the Joint Commission.

Supplies and Equipment

The following will be provided by the institution: all necessary equipment and supplies.

Description of Duties

The contractor shall be responsible for, but is not limited to:

• Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services for the inmate

• Take medical histories, examine patients, and order and interpret laboratory tests and x-rays

• Make a diagnosis, provide treatment plans and prescribe medications

• Clinically manage injuries by suturing, splinting, and immobilizing

• Attend to medical emergencies

• Record progress notes, recommend clinically necessary outside consultation, instruct and counsel, and order or carry out therapy

• Emergency consultation to be performed by the contractor in instances where deemed necessary. Perform minor surgery utilizing local anesthesia during consultation visits

• Work collaboratively with the staff physician(s) and consulting physician(s) in planning, instituting, evaluating and revising program plans

• Assists in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to delivery of the health care services

• Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, or mental problems

• Manages the daily operation of the clinic and conducts daily sick call; which may include securing health histories from the patient, recording findings and providing clinical evaluations

• Provides a wide range of emergency services, in the absence of the physician

Health Requirements

The contractor shall ensure their employee is free of communicable diseases. Any individual who subsequently develops a medical condition which might reasonably be expected to place other workers, inmates, or the public at risk shall be immediately removed from affected activities. In any such case, the contractor shall be responsible, at no additional cost to the institution, for securing the services of any replacement personnel required to perform this contract.

The contract employee may be required to submit to testing for/or provide evidence acceptable to the clinical director of recent testing for tuberculosis of other communicable diseases. Failure to submit to testing for or providing acceptable evidence of recent testing for or immunity to selected communicable diseases shall be grounds for denying access to inmates.

Patient Management

The contractor will be responsible for receiving patients and explaining procedures to alleviate undue anxiety, submitting reports and evaluations as requested. The contractor will be responsible for following directives and comply with Bureau of Prisons Health Services Manual, local institutional mandates, and the Health Services Department's policies in the management of all patient encounters.

Patients shall be afforded impartial access to treatment or accommodations that are available or medically indicated, regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, or religion. Staffing shall be commensurate with the expected needs of the patients and within the scope of services offered.

Inmate Management

Provision of services will require frequent and unsupervised contact with inmates. The contract employee shall not be responsible for the management of any inmates, other than to ensure inmates involved within the contract's scope of work abide by all rules to ensure their safety and well-being. The successful contractor shall attend the Institution Familiarization Orientation program prior to assuming institution involvement.

Institution Security

The contractor/contract employees shall agree to all regulations prescribed by the institution for the safety, custody, and conduct of inmates. The contract employee will be required to operate a system of records as identified for medical treatment documentation and will require adherence to the Privacy Act of 1974. All contractors shall attend an Institutional Familiarization Training Program prior to commencing work on this BPA and annually thereafter as designated by the COR or HSA

The contractor agrees to adhere to all regulations prescribed by the institution for safety, custody, and conduct of staff, contract workers, and inmates. The contractor is to be constantly aware of security and to maintain a professional relationship with the inmates at all times.

Attire

The contractor is expected to wear professional clothing while on duty (scrub uniforms are approved). The attire worn shall also be appropriate for the correctional environment in which the contract employee will be performing.

Benefits:

• 401(k)

• Dental insurance

• Health insurance

• Paid time off

• Vision insurance

Work Location: Atwater, California, 95301