Pain Management Medical Doctor

Compensation Range: $200,000-$220,000 commensurate with experience 

Benefits:We have three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from based on your priorities and budget. Housing Works covers most of the plan; you pay a portion, based on your salary. Staff begins accruing PTO immediately for a total of up to 30 days earned in the first year. We offer employees an educational benefit. This money is available for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.

Overview:

The Medical Doctor provides comprehensive medical evaluation, education and management for clients that present for routine, preventative, acute and chronic disease health care services at the site. The medical doctor will coordinate all the services necessary for health promotion, maintenance, rehabilitation and the prevention of disease and disability.

Responsibilities:

• Performs complete history and physical examinations in accordance with current standards of professional practice, regulatory requirements and agency policies and procedures.

• Provides primary medical care to people of all ages and manages acute and chronic conditions.

• Assesses patients’ conditions and age-specific medical needs; sets goals and prescribes appropriate clinical interventions to meet those goals.

• Provides complete and appropriate documentation in the electronic health record regarding clinical observations, diagnoses, treatment objectives and patients’ responses to treatment regimens. Maintains patient confidentiality.

• Collaborates effectively with other health care providers in planning interventions to best meet patients’ needs in a timely manner and to promote the continuum of care.

• Prescribes appropriate laboratory and diagnostic procedures related to patients’ health status and facilitates appropriate treatment interventions predicated on results of these procedures

• Performs direct patient care procedures in accordance with agency policies and procedures, acceptable standards of practice, and in accordance with approved delineation of privileges

• Serves as the collaborating physician for the agency’s Family Nurse Practitioners in accordance with the requirements of Collaborative Practice Agreements.

• Participates in the development of standards of care as assigned by the Chief Medical Officer and/or provider designee.

• Orders medical subspecialty consultation and evaluates for the need for hospitalizations and coordinates the transfer of the resident/patient.

• Provides emergency medical care as maybe required by resident/patient.

• Participates in continuing education programs appropriate to the practice.

• Participates in the Quality Management Program at the request of the committee.

• Participates in the meetings of the Medical Department.

• Maintains confidential case records, medical charts and files pertaining to the resident/patient.

• Provides health promotion/disease prevention education specific to the needs of the AIDS patient.

• Participates in the development of patient care protocols

Requirements:

• Current, valid license to practice medicine in the State of New York including DEA license and CPR, required.

• Must be Board certified or eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine

• Demonstrated expertise in HIV/AIDS care.

• Willing to participate in managed care, Medicaid, and Medicare

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Housing Works was founded in 1990; With a long-term commitment to AIDS advocacy. Housing Works established New York State’s first harm reduction-based, OASAS-licensed outpatient drug treatment program. Other services include Health Home care management, behavioral health, and syringe exchange programs. A pioneer in the social entrepreneurship movement, Housing Works operates 10 high-end thrift shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn and a much-loved Bookstore Cafe in Soho. For more information, visit www.housingworks.org

Housing Works fights for funding and legislation to ensure that all people living with HIV/AIDS have access to quality housing, healthcare, HIV prevention, and treatment, among other lifesaving services.

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