Physician Administrator (Part-Time)

Title: Physician Administrator\n
Location: Cambridge, OH 43725\n
Duration: On-going Contract\n
Schedule: 16-24 hours/week, Standard Shift\n
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Summary:\n
\n• Oversee the medical care provided to residents of both developmental centers by planning, coordinating, and directing delivery of medical services, establishing policies & procedures for medically related topics to be consistent with required standards for Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID).\n
\n• Working with interdisciplinary team members (e.g. psychology, psychiatry, case managers, direct care staff, nursing staff, family/guardians) to problem solve issues affecting the health and safety of the individuals and making/implementing recommendations by ordering any medical interventions (e.g. medications, diagnostic testing, treatments, referrals to other medical providers).\n
\n• Serving as the primary care physician (e.g., conducting physicals, evaluating/diagnosing medical concerns, monitoring reactions to treatment/medications, writing prescriptions and medical orders, completing documentation) for designated individuals residing at the facilities.\n
\n• Collaborates with Certified Nurse Practitioners at each facility.\n
\n• Consulting with facility committees (admission/discharge, unusual incidents, infection control, emergency preparedness, medication review, and human rights) and other parties (e.g., medical professionals/providers, DD county boards, DD Central Office Major Unusual Incident & Legal divisions).\n
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Responsibilities: \n
\n• In Ohio Department of Health, directs systems for children with special health care needs & all medical policies related to their diagnosis & treatment.\n
\nOR\n
\n• In Ohio Department of Health, acts as medical director for bureau of infectious disease control, assists bureau/division chief in defining parameters for surveillance of infectious diseases statewide, directs development of methods, design & evaluation of data to ascertain spread of infectious diseases & directs activities of staff.\n
\nOR\n
\n• In Ohio Department of Health, administers infectious disease control investigation section. \n
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\n• In addition to one of previous options, supervises lower-level medical &/or medical support personnel or health/human services program administrators & health care professionals’/support staff or health care professional’s/support staff; Formulates medical policy on behalf of agency director & responsibly directs implementation thereof.\n
\n• Provides direct medical or psychiatric care or clinical laboratory services in most complex cases (e.g., administers comprehensive physical, psychiatric &/or neurological examinations, diagnoses & treats patients or conducts most difficult lab tests); handles special cases for training & demonstration purposes; assists in coordinating public health problems which involve more than one area of assigned division; acts as medical supervisor when investigations of disease outbreaks or other medical conditions occur as directed & assists medical director of bureau of infectious diseases in evaluating infectious disease conditions; oversees medial aspects of development of maternal & child health services block grant & oversees development of resource allocation proposals or other grants; provides for medical consultation to all programs in division of child & family health services, establishes program policies & standards of care for program areas services mothers & children with bureau/division chief, participates in comprehensive planning of statewide services.\n
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Requirements:\n
\n• Ohio Medical License\n
\n• Board Certification\n
\n• BLS Certification\n
\n• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Certification