Family Practice Physician

Location:  Davis Monthan AFB, AZ

 

Qualifications.

Successful completion of an accredited Family Medicine Residency

Current board certification by the American Board of Family Medicine

 

Description.

 

The family practice physician shall provide outpatient health care to qualifying beneficiaries as scheduled by the Government. 

 

Care shall include but not be limited to continuing, comprehensive health maintenance and medical care to entire family regardless of sex, age, or type of problem.  The physician will maintain a program of comprehensive health for the family unit, to include preventive medicine, behavioral sciences, and community health.

 

The physician may become the primary care manager for a panel of patients.  As a PCM, the physician will be the primary person responsible for the management of the health and wellness of his/her assigned patients.  Duties include: 

 

• Examination of patients, formulation differential diagnostic plans, defines and orders required diagnostic testing.

 

• Interpretation of examination findings and test results, and implementation of treatment plans.

 

• Determines need for consultation and assists in medical care and treatment provided at the direction of other specialists.

 

• Approving/disapproving subspecialty referrals.

 

• Answering patient telephone consults with the assistance of clinic staff.

 

• Providing primary and secondary preventive maintenance care.

 

Be capable of adequately diagnosing and treating a wide-range of pediatric and adult acute and chronic diseases and injuries including but not limited to conditions of the:

 

Skin                                Pulmonary System

Head                             Gastrointestinal System

Eyes                               Musculoskeletal System

Ears                                Genitourinary System

Nose                               Reproductive System

Throat                           Lymphatic System

Neck                               Central Nervous System

Cardiovascular System  Endocrine System

Psychiatric and Behavioral Health

 

 

Have sufficient experience to be able to adequately perform medical procedures to include, but not limited to, the following:

 

·    Basic Life Support

·    Advanced Life Support

·    Pediatric Advanced Life Support

·    Crycothyroidotomy

·    Secure and maintain an adequate airway to include endotracheal intubation

·    Cardioversion of life threatening arrhythmias

·    Simple minor surgical procedures:  punch biopsies, excision of skin lesions

·    Simple abscess incision and drainage

·    Nail trephination

·    Sling or swath injuries

·    Lumbar puncture

·    Suture simple laceration

·    Suture removal

·    Tube thoracostomy

·    Cryotherapy

·    Nebulizer treatment

·    Urine catheterization

·    Cultures (throat, wound)

·    Suprapubic tap

·    Remove ocular, nasal and ear foreign bodies

·    Clearing of ears by flush technique

·    Reduce simple dislocations and fractures, when appropriate

·    Bandaging of sprains, minor burns, and minor lacerations

·    Perform venous punctures for lab studies and interpret results

·    Draw arterial blood gases for evaluation and interpret results

·    Administer intravenous, intramuscular and subcutaneous medications as appropriate

·    Stabilize and evaluate cervical spine injuries as appropriate

·    Splint and stabilize traumatic injuries to extremities

 

Ensure a safe work environment and employee safe work habits.

 

Prepare records and reports as required in support of services rendered in accordance with established procedures. 

 

Attend and participate in patient care reports, patient care conferences, team conferences, professional staff conferences and other appropriate professional activities only to the extent that such attendance and participation is relative to his/her assigned cases and/or performance of services as determined by the supervisor.

 

 

Hours of Operation.

 

Duty hours will be 0730-1630 Monday through Friday. On-Call and Overage requirements exist.

Typical call consists of 4 days per month. The call days would include one weekend every 6 weeks or approximately 4 days during a month period. Calls normally consist of triage and no requirement to be present to see patient. Need to respond via telephone communication to page within 10 minutes. The Overage requirement will be when mission dictates at appointment of the section supervisor. Examples are sports/school physicals conducted on Saturdays, Health Fair coverage or to meet additional mission requirements from MDOS/CC and QAP.