Infectious Disease Physician

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⚜️ Louisiana – Remote

⚜️ Louisiana – Remote

💵 $110 - $120 / hour

⏱ Part Time

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Greenlife Healthcare Staffing

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11 - 50 employees

Greenlife Healthcare Staffing is a New York based healthcare recruitment agency specializing in permanent hires and locum tenens. We match physicians and advanced practitioners to hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, multi-specialty groups, and private practices.

📋 Description

• **Position Overview:** • We are seeking a skilled **Infectious Disease Physician** to join a **Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) / Community Clinic** in **Zachary, LA**. This role involves providing clinical leadership, overseeing outpatient care, and ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations while delivering high-quality patient care. • **Key Responsibilities:** • - Directs and coordinates medical care at the outpatient clinic. • - Serves as a clinical director and physician for the outpatient clinic. • - Provides clinical supervision for outpatient clinic staff: nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants, etc. • - Participates in administrative decision making, establishes policies, procedures and guidelines designed to ensure the provision of adequate, comprehensive care. • - Communicates with the medical staff regarding policies, standards and specific patient problems. • - Serves as a member of the organized medical staff, attends medical staff meetings and ensures adherence to the medical staff bylaws and rules and regulations. • - Participates in the development and implementation of educational programs at the clinic for staff and the community. • - Able to evaluate medical services provided by the outpatient clinic and makes recommendations as appropriate. • - Understands and ensures compliance with the clinic's policies and procedures for safety, infection control, hazardous materials and waste, etc. • - Available for consultation for outpatient clinic staff. • - Knowledgeable of social, regulatory, political and economic factors that relate to patient care services. • - Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors. • - Monitors and evaluates the quality and appropriateness of medical services as an integral part of the overall quality management program. • - Provides medical leadership for research and development activities in outpatient care. • - Provides direct patient medical care: • - Performs histories and physicals • - Makes diagnoses • - Treat a variety of disease processes and acute injuries • - Orders appropriate diagnostic tests and treatments • - Prescribes drugs and regulated medical devices • - Provide preventive healthcare education to patients and the community • - Refers patients to other healthcare professionals as appropriate • - Takes patient phone calls as needed • - Provides clinical training to nurses and other staff

🎯 Requirements

• **Qualifications:** • - **Education:** MD/DO degree with specialization in Infectious Disease. • - **Licensure:** • - Active Louisiana medical license. • - Board Certified or Board Eligible in Infectious Disease. • - Current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Registration & Controlled Dangerous Substance License. • - **Experience:** Prior experience in outpatient infectious disease care preferred. • - **Technical Skills:** • - Proficiency in EMR systems (preferred). • - Basic computer literacy. • - **Soft Skills:** • - Excellent communication (written & verbal) in English. • - Strong interpersonal and leadership abilities. • - Multilingual skills a plus. • - Physical Demands: • - Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position without compromising patient care.