Physician - Nocturnist

The VISN 8 Sunshine Healthcare Network, is recruiting for a Hospital/Nocturnist. The position utilizes a variety of telehealth modalities to deliver urgent care services to patients throughout VISN 8 as part of Clinical Contact Center.The position utilizes a variety of telehealth modalities to deliver urgent care services to patients throughout VISN 8 as part of Clinical Resource Hub. The work of this position involves a combination of telehealth skills and urgent care clinical services, both of which require the exercise of mature professional judgment and the flexible use of a wide range of professional abilities duties consist of but are not limited to the following:

• Provide urgent care via telephone or video and work collaboratively with other professionals in the Clinical Contact Center to support first contact resolution.
• Recieve referrals and provide direction for assessment, medical care, and follow-up, as appropriate to Clinical Contact Center nurse triage staff.
• Perform histories and physical examinations on patients. History and physical examinations will mostly use rely on the use of Telehealth technology.
• Screen patients to determine need for further care.
• Conduct handoff for direct referral to VISN 8 medical center for emergent or urgent medical.
• Prescribe medications within defined scope of practice and order diagnostic studies such as laboratory tests and imaging. Consults may also need to be ordered.
• Provide education and counseling of patients and families as it relates to medical conditions, follow-up care and the use of prescribed treatments and drugs.
• Provide clinically appropriate follow-up care for previously evaluated patients based on results of lab work and imaging.
• Minimal administrative work, but the physician will be required to attend staff meetings, team meetings, some committee meetings and complete some peer review evaluations.