FAMILY PRACTICE PHYSICIAN
Family Practice Clinic, Naval Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Be a graduate from a medical school approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education of the American Medical Association or the American Osteopathic Association or possess certification by the Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).
• Have successfully completed a residency program (corresponding to the specialty required by the task order) which has been approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the Committee on Postdoctoral Training of the American Osteopathic Association or those Canadian training programs approved by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or other appropriate Canadian medical authority.
• Possess a current, valid, unrestricted license in one of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
DUTIES:
• Provide a full range of physician services in accordance with privileges granted by the Commanding Officer.
• Provide technical direction to, perform with, or assist in the instruction of other health care professionals seeing patients within the scope of their clinical privileges or responsibilities.
• Promote preventive and health maintenance care, including annual physicals, positive health behaviors, and self-care skills through education and counseling.
• Request consultation or referral with appropriate physicians, clinics, or other health resources as indicated.
• Order diagnostic tests as applicable.
• Prescribe and dispense medications as delineated by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
• Each contractor physician shall serve as Primary Care Manager (PCM) for a panel of patients enrolled to an HMO-style benefit. The Commanding Officer will enroll to each contractor physician approximately 1200 to 1500 TRICARE Prime enrollees.
• In addition to enrolled patients, the contractor physicians shall treat non-enrolled patients on a space available basis, as assigned.
• During on-call beeper watches, the contractor physicians shall provide telephone consultation and make appropriate patient referrals, including to sources of emergency care.
• Contractor physicians will not be responsible for obstetrical care of their enrollees. Primary Care of pregnant enrollees will be the responsibility of the obstetrician during pregnancy.
• Contractor physicians will not have inpatient responsibilities.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Physicians shall supplement approximately four active duty Navy health care practitioner staff (physicians and physician extenders) assigned to the Family Practice/Primary Care Clinics. The Head, Primary Care Teams will schedule all health care practitioners, active duty and contractor, to ensure adequate coverage across all clinic operating hours. Evening, weekend, and holiday coverage will be equitably rotated among all practitioners. Shifts will generally be scheduled for an 8.5 or 9-hour period, including an uncompensated .5 or 1-hour meal break, respectively. Each contractor physician shall be on duty for about 40 hours each week, except during periods of approved leave and holidays. In no instance will an individual contractor physician be required to provide services (on-site service plus approved leave and holidays) in excess of 160 hours per 4-week period.
On-Call Services (off-site): In addition to regular clinic hours, contractor FP physicians shall rotate on-call duties with the active duty health care practitioner staff. Each Family Practice physician shall provide overnight on-call services approximately three to five times per month. During on-call services, the physicians will only be required to provide telephone consultation and will not be required to return to the hospital. The health care worker shall provide contact information to the Department prior to providing on-call services.
Contractor physicians will each be credited for 8 hours worked for each holiday (those who work on a holiday will have a paid compensatory 8-hour day off).
The contractor physicians will each accrue 10 hours of personal leave (annual plus sick) after every 2-week period worked.
Hours of operation: The Family Practice Clinic operates from 0730 to 1830 Monday through Saturday. The clinics are closed Sunday and the following holidays: New Years Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
