Internal Medicine Physician/Wound Care

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Company: Mary Washington Healthcare Group

Location: Fredericksburg, VA 22407

Description:

Start the day excited to make a difference...end the day knowing you did. Come join our team.

Physician who specializes in treating and managing wounds. Quality-focused, business-minded and team-oriented healthcare professional equipped with the skills and experience needed to lead the overall clinical and leadership responsibilities of a Wound Care Clinic.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities
  • Treating acute wounds, including bed sores and other types of infections.
  • Performing wound assessments to evaluate the condition of wounds and determine appropriate treatment plans.
  • Prescribing appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities to ensure the health and comfort of all patients.
  • Develop treatment plans bases on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals and monitoring the effectiveness of all interventions.
  • Takes part in facility orientation and training.
  • Conducts diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
  • Evaluates wound care and hyperbaric care issues.
  • Function autonomously to conduct patient histories and physicals for complex critical, chronically ill and acute patients.
  • Reviews research protocols for IRB-standards compliance.
  • Review hyperbaric and wound care patient records.
  • Change dressings and perform debridement as deemed necessary.
  • Coaches center level providers on appropriate evidence-based care to promote quality outcomes including the use of HBO therapy when appropriate for quality outcomes.
  • Creates an inspiring workplace by proactively communicating with the leadership and appropriately contributes to objectives to achieve success through increased quality of care.
  • Demonstrates on Own It leadership style, taking personal accountability to achieve key results with integrity as well as holding providers within the practice accountable to outcomes and role responsibilities.
  • Supports our culture and leads through a performance driven nature, beginning with setting clear expectations, coaching,, and teaching their teammates and measuring for results.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Education, Experience and Qualifications

Required:
  • Knowledge of care of common chronic health conditions as well as health promotion and prevention guidelines.
  • Detail oriented, dependable, reliable


Preferred:
  • Wound care experience


License and/or Certifications

Required:
  • MD or DO
  • Must be Board Eligible/Board Certified preferred.


As an EOE/AA employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.

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