Job Information
Capital Health Plan Urgent Care Physician in Tallahassee, Florida
Location:Metropolitan Blvd
Area/Department:Urgent Care
Schedule/Hours:
Full time position with 11-hour shifts at an average of 33 hours per week. Hours include nights, weekends, and holidays.
Job Summary:
- Provides urgent care treatment to CHP members .
- Conduct primary patient assessments that include information from prior medical care.
- Consult with hospitalists and other professionals, such as social workers, regarding patients' hospital admission, continued observation, transition of care, or discharge.
- Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, assistants, specialists, residents, and other medical staff.
- Discuss patients' treatment plans with physicians and other medical professionals.
- Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs and priority of treatment.
- Identify factors that may affect patient management, such as age, gender, barriers to communication, and underlying disease.
- Monitor patients' conditions, and reevaluate treatments, as necessary.
- Perform emergency resuscitations on patients.
- Perform such medical procedures as emergent cricothyrotomy, endotracheal intubation, and emergency thoracotomy.
- Refer patients to specialists or other practitioners.
- Select and prescribe medications to address patient needs.
Minimum Qualifications:
Licensed MD or DO in the State of Florida. Board certification in family medicine, med/peds, or emergency medicine required. Previous experience in an Urgent Care or Emergency Department setting is preferred.
