Physician / Hospitalist / Texas / Permanent / Hospitalist - MD/DO Job
Company: Kurz Solutions
Location: Temple
Posted on: August 4, 2022
Job Description:
Job Description
MD/DO - Hospitalist
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The Community - Temple, TX
Temple is a city in central Texas in the Killeen - Temple - Fort
Hood metro area with a population of approximately 450,000. (65
miles north of Austin and 34 miles south of Waco)
The primary economic drivers are the extensive medical community.
Temple is home to many regional distribution centers and is
headquarters to two large, multi-national companies, Wilsonart
International and McLane Company as well as parent McLane Group.
Temple is also home to one of the Texas A&M College of Medicine
campuses.
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The Facility - Central Texas VAMC
The Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (CTVHCS) is a Joint
Commission accredited, complexity level 1-A facility serving
Veterans in 39 counties in Central Texas.
In fiscal year (FY) 2020, CTVHCS treated 108,659 Veteran unique
patients and recorded 6,660 inpatient admissions. Outpatient
workload totaled 1,218,648 visits. CTVHCS collaborates with Fort
Hood, the largest military base in the world with the biggest troop
commitment to Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom,
and Operation New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND). CTVHCS provides transitional
medical services and conducts PTSD and traumatic brain injury (TBI)
research -- the signature illnesses of these conflicts. Opened in
November 2014, is a 16-bed Joint VA/DoD Central Texas Sleep Clinic
in Killeen jointly operated by CTVHCS and Carl R. Darnall Army
Medical Center.
Location: 1901 Veterans Memorial Drive, Temple TX 76054
Requirements (duties include, but are not limited to)
- Evaluation, treatment and management of minor wound care,
respiratory illness, gastrointestinal illness, burns that do not
require specialty care, musculoskeletal trauma, dermatological
illness, basic ENT evaluation that are within the purview of family
medicine/family practice physician, eye and urological
problems.
- Evaluation, treatment and management of minor procedures such
as local infiltration anesthesia, incision and drainage, simple
laceration repair, nail trephination, electro-coagulation, nasal
cautery, gastric lavage, bladder catheterization, peripheral venous
line insertion, and spinal immobilization.
- Evaluation, treatment and management of abdominal and
gastrointestinal disorders of the esophagus, stomach, small bowel
and colon rectum and anus, liver and biliary tree and
pancreas.
- Evaluation, treatment and management of cardiovascular
disorders involving cardiac failure, differential diagnosis of
chest pain, cardiac structural disorders, cardiac rhythm and
conduction defects, pericardial disorders, disease of peripheral
arteries and veins, shock, and cutaneous disorders.
- Evaluation, treatment and management of end of life care
(Advanced directives/ Palliative care)
- Evaluation, treatment and management of emergent disorders
caused by antigens, organisms and other foreign substances such as
reactions of hypersensitivity; reactions from venoms, bites and
stings; reactions caused by infectious agents; disorders due to
chemical, drug and physical agents; and disorders associated with
the environment to include barotraumas, near drowning, electrical
injury, hypothermia and radiation injury.
- Evaluation, treatment and management of emergent disorders of
the hematopoietic system such as anemia, coagulopathy and
management of acute neoplastic disease complication.
- Evaluation, treatment and management of emergent disorders of
endocrine, metabolic and nutritional natures relating to acid-base
disturbances, adrenal, parathyroid and thyroid disturbances.
- Evaluation, emergent treatment and management of emergent
disorders of the head and neck involving the ears, nose, oral
cavity, larynx/trachea, face and vestibular system.
- Evaluation, treatment and management of post-emergent disorders
of the eye involving the lids and lachrymal apparatus conjunctiva,
cornea, sclera.
- Evaluation, treatment and management of post-emergent disorders
of the musculoskeletal system involving shoulder girdle, upper
extremity and hand, lower extremity and foot, thorax and vertebrae
and arthopathies.
- Evaluation, treatment and management of post-emergent disorders
(including trauma) of the nervous system including cerebral edema,
coma, cranial nerve disease, cerebro-vascular disease and
infection.
- Evaluation, treatment and management of post-emergent
respiratory disorders including pulmonary, infection, trauma,
neoplasia, metabolic and complications of cardiovascular
disease.
- Initial evaluation, treatment and management of renal and
urologic disorders including acute/chronic renal failure,
infections, obstructive uropathy and hematuria and trauma.
- Evaluation, treatment and management of OB/GYN disorders such
as pelvic pain, ovarian cysts, and infection.
- Suture minor lacerations. Qualifications
- Must have graduated from an accredited Doctor of Medicine (MD)
or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) program to include an Internal
Medicine residency program.
- Must be Board Certified in Internal Medicine by the American
Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) or Family Medicine by the
American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM).
- Possess and maintain a valid, unrestricted license to practice
medicine in one of the 50 United States, District of Columbia,
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam or U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Possess and maintain at all times a current Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) registration.
- Possess and maintain certification in Basic Life Support (BLS)
and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACL
Keywords: Kurz Solutions, Temple , Physician / Hospitalist / Texas / Permanent / Hospitalist - MD/DO Job, Healthcare , Temple, Texas
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