Physician – Flight Medicine

Job Description

• Care shall include but not be limited to continuing, comprehensive health maintenance and medical care to entire family regardless of sex, age, or type of problem.

• Will maintain a program of comprehensive health for the family unit, to include preventive medicine, behavioral sciences, and community health.

• May become the primary care manager for a panel of patients. As a PCM, will be the primary person responsible for the management of the health and wellness of his/her assigned patients. Duties include:

• Examination of patients, formulation differential diagnostic plans, defines and orders required diagnostic testing.

• Interpretation of examination findings and test results, and implementation of treatment plans.

• Determines need for consultation and assists in medical care and treatment provided at the direction of other specialists.

• Approving/disapproving subspecialty referrals.

• Answering patient telephone consults with the assistance of clinic staff.

• Providing primary and secondary preventive maintenance care.

• All inpatients will be admitted as per the local MTF instructions.