Duties
- Serves as a Physician (Family Practice) in a Defense Health Agency (DHA) Medical Treatment Facility (MTF). The purpose of the position is to apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients.
- Provide advice by telephone and/or in person to other physicians, non-physician providers, and nursing and para-professional staff on the care of patients with urgent, emergent, and non-urgent medical problems.
- Performs emergency services or crisis intervention, including life-saving emergency procedures when necessary.
- Diagnoses illnesses and prescribes and administers healthcare treatment plans for people suffering from injury or disease. Coordinates with facility and community resources to provide multi-disciplinary comprehensive care to all patients.
- Order and interpret diagnostic and testing procedures to include laboratory and radiological examinations.
- Independently formulates full treatment and management regimens based on sound diagnoses consistent with current evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
- Serves as member of the professional medical staff and provides advisory and consultative services on various meetings, committees, conferences, and/ or boards.