Schedule: Monday- Friday with occasional on-callPosition Summary: The Home-Based Primary Care Physician provides direct patient care in patients' homes, assisted living facilities, and personal care facilities. This physician also serves as a clinical supervisor and subject matter expert for home-based primary care nurse practitioners practicing in the same settings. Responsibilities include evaluating and treating chronic conditions and urgent episodic illnesses and injuries; ordering and interpreting selected laboratory and diagnostic tests; making referrals to specialists as needed; prescribing medications; and performing procedures within the physician's scope of practice, established protocols, and available equipment.
Position Qualifications: - M.D. or D.O. required.
- Current licensure, or eligibility for licensure, to practice medicine in Kentucky, including DEA registration and controlled substance authority, required.
- Fellowship training in Geriatrics is preferred but not required.
- Board certified or board eligible, with board certification expected within five years of employment, required.
- Must be a licensed driver with an automobile in good working order, that is insured in accordance with state minimum requirements.
