HealthDrive Corporation
Attending Physician
The Attending Physician handles new admissions and collaborates with Nurse Practitioners caring for skilled nursing residents in sub-acute rehab and long-term care units. The role includes participating in administrative and quality initiatives, overseeing clinical care plans, and providing high-quality, patient-centered primary care on-site.
Key Responsibilities
- • serve as the Attending Physician for skilled nursing facilities/rehabs and participate in administrative and quality initiatives for assigned facilities
- • attend and participate in monthly quality assurance/regulatory meetings and quarterly staff meetings
- • participate in quality improvement initiatives, provide guidance to facility staff, oversee clinical care plans, compliance with state and federal regulations, and supervise facility clinical staff
- • collaborate with Nurse Practitioners to manage the daily care for each resident at each facility
- • provide high quality, patient-centered, comprehensive primary care services by rounding on patients residing in SNFs/Rehabs
- • handle new admissions
- • work collaboratively as a member of the medical staff
- • promote good health practices
Required
- • Candidate must hold a valid medical license in the state of practice
- • Candidate must hold a valid DEA/Controlled Substance License in the state of practice
- • Candidate must have completed a valid U.S. residency program
- • Candidate must have completed a medical degree (MD or DO) from an accredited institution
- • Valid driver’s license
- • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with on-site staff
- • Effective communication skills with the geriatric or Medicare population
- • Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and organizational skills
- • Ability to use email, the internet, and to learn other healthcare related software
- • Must be able to move inside a facility frequently and walk briskly in order to see patients, meet with managers/facility staff and attend to patient needs
- • Ability to document in an EMR system on a laptop computer
- • Ability to ascend and descend stairs in a facility
- • Some ability to position oneself to obtain records, tools, medical equipment and other items that may be in locations that are below the knee or above the shoulder
- • Effectively communicate with patients, nurse practitioners, and facility staff in English
- • Must be able to lift at least 25 pounds
Benefits & Perks
- • Flexible schedules
- • No nights, weekends, or on-calls
- • Fully covered Malpractice Insurance
- • Competitive compensation
- • Administrative and billing/coding support services
Overview
HealthDrive is looking for an Attending Physician to handle new admissions and collaborate with Nurse Practitioners that are attending to skilled nursing residents in both the sub-acute rehab and long-term care units . The Attending Physician will promote good health practices and work collaboratively as a member of the medical staff. This is an on-site position (NOT remote).
HealthDrive Can Offer You
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HealthDrive is looking for an Attending Physician to handle new admissions and collaborate with Nurse Practitioners that are attending to skilled nursing residents in both the sub-acute rehab and long-term care units . The Attending Physician will promote good health practices and work collaboratively as a member of the medical staff. This is an on-site position (NOT remote).
HealthDrive Can Offer You
- Flexible schedules
- No nights, weekends, or on-calls
- Fully covered Malpractice Insurance
- Competitive compensation
- Administrative and billing/coding support services
- The physician will serve as the Attending Physician for skilled nursing facilities/rehabs and will participate in administrative and quality initiatives for assigned facilities
- Attending Physician will attend and participate in monthly quality assurance/regulatory meetings and quarterly staff meetings
- The Attending Physician will participate in quality improvement initiatives, provide guidance to facility staff, oversee clinical care plans, compliance with state and federal regulations, and supervise facility clinical staff
- The physician collaborates with Nurse Practitioners to manage the daily care for each resident at each facility. Each facility will have a full-time NP assigned to the facility depending on the acuity and volume of the patient population
- The Attending Physician will provide high quality, patient-centered, comprehensive primary care services by rounding on patients residing in SNFs/Rehabs
- Candidate must hold a valid medical license in the state of practice
- Candidate must hold a valid DEA/Controlled Substance License in the state of practice
- Candidate must have completed a valid U.S. residency program
- Candidate must have completed a medical degree (MD or DO) from an accredited institution
- Valid driver’s license
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with on-site staff
- Effective communication skills with the geriatric or Medicare population
- Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and organizational skills
- Ability to use email, the internet, and to learn other healthcare related software
- Must be able to move inside a facility frequently and walk briskly in order to see patients, meet with managers/facility staff and attend to patient needs
- Ability to document in an EMR system on a laptop computer
- Ability to ascend and descend stairs in a facility
- Some ability to position oneself to obtain records, tools, medical equipment and other items that may be in locations that are below the knee or above the shoulder
- Effectively communicate with patients, nurse practitioners, and facility staff in English
- Must be able to lift at least 25 pounds
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