Healthcare Talent Support is a nationwide healthcare recruitment company. We are actively seeking an Internal Medicine Physician for a long term opportunity in Belleville, IL.

Summary:

Are you passionate about internal medicine and helping patients that serve our country's active Military? As an integral member of this facility, you will be responsible for providing high-quality medical care to patients.

Status: 1099

Schedule:

• 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 7:30am to 4:30pm

• No on-call

About the opportunity:

• 14 scheduled outpatient visits daily

  • Acute visits 20 minutes scheduled

  • Annual physical 40 minutes scheduled

  • Physicians have their own office and two exam rooms (all have windows!)

• Facilitate patient access to medical care by recommending appropriate referrals to other health care providers in accordance with MTF policies and regulations.

• Provide services for patients as scheduled by the Government.

• Care shall include but not be limited to routine general internal medicine care to include care for acute and chronic patient conditions.

• Will become the primary care manager for a panel of patients.

• Duties include managing patient care to include approving/disapproving subspecialty referrals, answering patient telephone consults with the assistance of clinic staff, refilling prescriptions, providing primary and secondary preventative maintenance care.

• The physician internal medicine shall provide immediate evaluation and management of emergency problems as they occur.

• Have sufficient experience to be able to adequately diagnose and treat diseases and injuries to include, but not limited to the following:

• Cardiovascular diseases - congestive heart failure, hyper-tension, arrhythmias, acute myocardial infarction

• Respiratory diseases - asthma, bronchitis, pulmonary thromboembolism, and pulmonary insufficiency and adult respiratory distress syndrome

• Gastrointestinal diseases - peptic ulcer disease, gastritis, pancreatitis, cirrhosis and alcoholic liver

• Endocrinology - diseases of the thyroid, diabetes mellitus

• Rheumatology - sarcoidosis, degenerative joint disease

• Renal - acute renal failure, urinary tract infection

• Infectious diseases - infectious diarrheas, bacterial infections, hospital-acquired infections, infections of the compromised host, tuberculosis, and other microbacterial infections

• Neurology - epilepsy, cerebrovascular disease.

• Have sufficient experience to be able to adequately perform the following medical procedures, to include, but not limited to the following:

• Electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation

• CPR

• Prepare all records and reports as may be required in support of services rendered and as required by the MTF.

• Take part in clinic Quality Assurance Program as required to meet the standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

• Participates in educational activities involving the Internal Medicine residents, when required. These activities may include giving lectures to the residents, supervising residents in clinic, and mentoring residents.

Requirements:

• Board certification in Internal Medicine

• Any active state license

• Current BLS and ACLS

• Active DEA registration

• 2 years of experience within the last 3 years