Aerospace Physician Flight Medicine - Physicians Only Apply - Perm

Company: Rob
Location: Trenton
Posted on: September 22, 2024

Job Description:

A Aerospace Physician Flight Medicine practice is seeking a qualified physician for Trenton, NJ. This and other physician jobs brought to you by ExactMD. Medical Doctors Only Apply.

MD/DO -
Flight Medicine Physician

Beaches, Action, History,
Country-Life, City-Life, all combined



The
Community - Delaware River Region - Trenton, NJ

Welcome to New
Jersey---s Delaware River Region, where strolling main streets of days gone by
and hiking winding trails in secluded forests make you feel like you---re in
another time. With more than 150 miles of shoreline along Delaware Bay and the
Delaware River, the Delaware River Region is a boater---s delight. Add some
culture with stops at Camden---s USS New Jersey, the most decorated battleship in
U.S. Navy history and Princeton---s War Memorial. Other attractions in the
Delaware River Region include Camden Children---s Garden, where kids can ride the
garden carousel or climb the treehouse and Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton,
home to 270 outdoor sculptures. Award-winning wineries can be found throughout
the region, including Coda Rossa Winery in Franklinville, which produces an
Ameritage (it's an award-winner) and an assortment of other wines. Beer
drinkers also have options here, with breweries like Berlin Brewing Company
offering microbrews made in-house.
McGuire Air Force Base aka
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL)

McGuire AFB, the
common name of the McGuire unit of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL),
is a United States Air Force base located in Burlington County, New Jersey,
approximately 15 miles from Trenton. It was consolidated with two adjoining US
Army and Navy facilities to become part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
October 2009, but remains commonly known by McGuire or McGuire AFB. McGuire in
nestled in North Hanover Township in a wooded, rural/agricultural area which is
the least densely populated area in the state. McGuire AFB neighbors NYC,
Philadelphia, and Atlantic City.REQUIREMENTS (duties
include but are not limited to)

• 
  
• 
  --Provide
  health care to beneficiaries assigned to the Flight Medicine Clinic.
  
  
• Care
  shall include but not be limited to continuing, comprehensive health
  maintenance and medical care. Maintain a program of comprehensive health, to
  include preventive medicine, behavioral sciences, and community health.
  
• May
  become the primary care manager for a panel of patients. As a PCM, the flight
  medicine provider will be the primary person responsible for the management of
  the health and wellness of his/her assigned patients.
  
• 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.
  
• Determine
  need for consultation and assist in medical care and treatment provided at the
  direction of other specialists.
  
• Approve/disapprove
  subspecialty referrals.
  
• Answer
  patient telephone consults with the assistance of clinic staff.
  
• Provide
  primary and secondary preventive maintenance care.
  
• Provide
  appropriate military specific documentation such as (but not limited to)
  narrative medical summaries for Medical Evaluation Boards and medical profile
  paperwork.
  
• The
  Chief, Flight Medicine Clinic will make specific duties/patient care
  assignments. All inpatients will be admitted as per the local MTF instructions.
  
• Be
  capable of adequately diagnosing and treating a wide-range of adult acute and
  chronic diseases and injuries, including but not limited to, conditions of the:
  
• Skin Pulmonary
  System, Head Gastrointestinal System, Eyes Musculoskeletal System, Ears
  Genitourinary System, Nose Reproductive System, Throat Lymphatic System, Neck
  Central Nervous System, Cardiovascular System Endocrine System, Psychiatric and
  Behavioral Health.
  
• Be
  capable of adequately diagnosing and treating a wide-range of pediatric (ages
  2-18) acute and chronic diseases and injuries, including but not limited, to
  conditions of the:
  
• Skin Pulmonary
  System, Head Gastrointestinal System, Eyes Musculoskeletal System, Ears
  Genitourinary System, Nose Reproductive System, Throat Lymphatic System, Neck
  Central Nervous System, Cardiovascular System Endocrine System, Psychiatric and
  Behavioral Health, Well Child Checks, Normal Age Appropriate Development
  Assessments.
  
• Have
  sufficient experience to be able to adequately perform medical procedures to
  include, but not limited to, the following:
  
• Secure and maintain
  an adequate airway to include endotracheal intubation, Cardioversion of life
  threatening arrhythmias, Simple minor surgical procedures: punch biopsies,
  excision of skin lesions, Simple abscess incision and drainage, Nail
  trephination, Sling or swath injuries, Lumbar puncture, Suture simple
  laceration, Suture removal.
  QUALIFICATIONS
  • 
    
  • Must
    be a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) from an accredited
    school.
    
  • Board
    certification in Aerospace Medicine, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine,
    Occupational Medicine, or Preventative Medicine is highly desirable but not
    required.
    
  • Must
    have at least three (3) years active duty US Military Flight Surgeon experience
    which must be within the previous five (5) years of date of hire. Physicians
    with 10 years active duty Flight Surgeon experience in the US Army or Navy, and
    former Air Force Flight Surgeons who have been separated or retired more than
    two (2) years, must attend the AF Aerospace Medicine Primary (AMP) 201 before
    being granted full Flight Medicine privileges. Having completed a residency or
    fellowship acceptable to the US Air Force Surgeon General, is desirable, but
    not required.
    
  • Must possess current unrestricted license to
    practice in one of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
    of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
    
    
  • Possess
    a current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life
    Support (ACLS), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), and Pediatric Life Support
    (PALS) as approved by the American Heart Association (AHA).--
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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