Physician (Family Medicine)

Summary

About the Position: This is a Physician (Family Medicine) for Navy Hospital Pensacola located in Naval Air station, Florida. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Duties

• Independently formulates full treatment plans based on sound evaluation and diagnoses consistent with current and/ or evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
• Applies new procedures in the evaluation and treatment of complex patient cases and conducts research for the advancement of the Family Medicine program and for quality improvement to other providers and patients.
• Encourages patients to make difficult lifestyle changes to improve their heath and provides follow-up treatment and care to patients to ascertain compliance with therapy and response to treatment.
• Determines and provides assessments of fitness and suitability for duty and deployments of service members.
• Participates in Quality Assurance (QA) functions, performance improvement programs, risk management programs, and peer review programs.
• Develops guidelines and trainings for interns, residents, and other medical staff to follow when carrying out patient care services.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.