Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
As a Medical Specialist, you would actively participate in diagnosing and treating patients within your specialized field and you would advise and confer with members of other disciplines so that patients may receive the benefits of an overall specialized program of care. Medical Specialists 1 serve as junior practicing specialists.
Duties include:
- Obtains, reviews, updates and records individual information such as medical histories, test results, diagnoses, prescribed treatments and individual responses in the Electronic Health Record (EHR).and clarifies information with individuals as needed.
- Conducts physical examinations; orders, performs, and interprets diagnostic tests and procedures; determines and/or confirms diagnoses; and treats a variety of specialized medical conditions.
- Prescribes and/or administers treatments, medication, therapies, vaccinations and other specialized medical care to prevent or treat illness, disease or injury.
- Conducts follow-up examinations and monitors individual’s condition, modifying treatment as needed.
- Collaborates with other health care professionals and disciplines to achieve treatment goals and objectives and ensure continuity of care.
- Explains and discussed procedures, test results, diagnoses and prescribed treatments with individuals, families, and caregivers; and answers questions as needed.
- Refers individuals to other health care providers based on diagnostic and treatment needs.
- Participates in discharge planning and works collaboratively with other providers and disciplines as needed to facilitate medical follow-up after discharge.
- Maintains medical documentation consistent with agency, State and Federal requirements.
- Supervises individual care activities, and prescribes, orders, and oversees the administration of treatments.
- Consults with and advises other Medical Specialists, physicians, medical providers and health care disciplines on diagnoses and treatment plans; and reviews and approves treatment recommendations.
- Provides clinical supervision, guidance and training to other medical professionals, nursing and direct care staff, and monitors the coordination and implementation of care.
- Reviews individual records to confirm diagnoses, and/or ensure that treatments are appropriate for diagnoses and that records are properly maintained.
- May assign individuals and individual care activities to other Medical Specialists, physicians and/or medical providers; approve leave and track time and attendance; and complete performance evaluations.
- Functions as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team, attends meetings, and serves on various committees and workgroups to improve individual services and outcomes.
- Assists in the development, implementation and revision of clinical policies and procedures.
- May develop, implement and/or supervise residency training programs and specialized health care and treatment education program.
Additional Requirements
- Provide after-hours and weekend on-call medical telephone consult on a rotating basis.
- Provide coverage of primary medical care for people living in a Comprehensive Adult Transitional Home if required, when the assigned provider is not available.
- Provide medical expertise to Family Care Program and Community Mental Health Nurses as needed.
- Assist with physician coverage as needed in sister regions.
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Minimum Qualifications
Possession of a license to practice medicine in New York State (see limited license/permit option under notes) AND successful completion of a residency training program in your specialty approved by Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.
If appointed, you may be required to become an enrolled Medicare provider; obtain and provide to your employer a National Provider Identifier (NPI) number issued by the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES); and otherwise actively participate to the degree necessary to allow for your services to be billed through Medicare and Medicaid. If you are appointed and you lose the ability to bill through Medicare and Medicaid, you may be terminated from your employment.
Loss of your license or limited permit or board certification in New York State or failure to maintain board certification may result in action to remove you from the position.
Limited license/permit option: If you are licensed in another state or by written examination in Canada, AND meet the other requirements for Medical Specialist 1 or 2, you are also eligible if you have a current limited permit to practice medicine in New York State. If appointed, you must obtain your license within one year of the date your limited permit was issued. Failure to do so will result in removal from your position.