Physician - Nephrology jobs in Columbus, GA

Physician - Nephrology examines and diagnoses disorders and diseases of the kidneys. Consults with patients to determine the appropriate course of treatment. Being a Physician - Nephrology recommends and orders tests to determine extent of illness or help diagnose condition. Requires a MD degree from an accredited school. Additionally, Physician - Nephrology requires a valid state license to practice. May report to a medical director. Physician - Nephrology's years of experience requirement may be unspecified. Certification and/or licensing in the position's specialty is the main requirement. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)

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Physician
  • corecivic
  • LUMPKIN, GA FULL_TIME
  • $225,000 - $325,000 per year

    At CoreCivic, we do more than manage inmates, we care for people. CoreCivic is currently seeking Physician who have a passion for providing the highest quality care in an institutional setting.

    The Physician provides professional medical direction, oversight and direct patient care in a correctional facility

    The successful applicant should be able to perform ALL of the following functions at a pace and level of performance consistent with the actual job performance requirements.

    • Provide a variety of professional medical services to inmates/residents to include administering examinations, diagnosing medical and other problems, prescribing medications and providing treatment and follow-up care.
    •  Provide direction in leadership for the medical program in collaboration with the Health Services Supervisor
    • Monitor and review operations and standards of care delivered to inmates/residents.
    • Interview inmates/residents and make decisions on admissions.
    • Make clinical rounds

    •  Participate in treatment team meetings where individual health plans of inmates/residents are devised, reviewed and altered.
    •  Direct unit treatment operations.
    •  Perform minor surgery and occasional major surgery, if necessary.
    •  Hold clinics for nursing specialists in making diagnosis, determining treatment, and giving prescriptions and protocols.
    •  Maintain a good working relationship with facility staff, nursing staff, contract providers and outside provider agencies.
    •  Utilize established corporate, facility and correctional policies and procedures in making decisions, but use sound independent judgment in meeting the responsibilities and performing the duties of the position.
    • Assist in the formulation of facility policy for the medical.
    •  Motivate and encourage staff to perform their duties consistent with policy and procedures.
    •  Regularly evaluate the provision of all medical services to prevent the inappropriate use or duplication of those services.
    •  Monitor inmate/resident inpatient hospitalizations and facilitate early release whenever clinically appropriate.
    •  Closely monitor all potential catastrophic illnesses.
    •  Prepare and maintain a variety of standard narrative, statistical, summary and/or operational records, reports and logs, using appropriate grammar, to include filing, alphabetizing and labeling; review reports and records produced by medical staff; properly processes all reports and documents in a timely manner.
    • Maintain absolute security and confidentiality of all medical records.
    • Audit medical files for documentation of all provided services.
    •  Evaluate and recommend methods of improving operational efficiency and cost effectiveness of health-related services.
    •  Meet with outside hospital/agency administrators to ensure a close working relationship between them and the facility.
    •  Facilitate, where applicable, NCCHC/ACA/JCAHO accreditation of the medical program by providing the required level of organizational efficiency and approved, appropriate medical services.
    •  Accept on call status.
    • Attend seminars, workshops, conferences, etc., as required.
    •  Provide for health counseling and health education on individual or group basis.
    •   Communicate responsibilities, authorities and accountability to all direct subordinates, so that they are clearly defined and understood.
    • Conduct meetings of subordinate staff, attend scheduled staff meetings, and promote communications and the proper flow of relevant information between administration, staff and inmates/residents; assist in maintaining communications and consistency of operation between shifts in the medical unit.
    • Communicate effectively and coherently to administration, staff, inmates/residents, visitors and the general public, particularly in situations requiring tact, diplomacy, understanding, fairness, firmness and good judgment.  This includes giving information, instructions and directions, mediating disputes and providing reliable testimony, in court and other formal settings.
    • Read, analyze, comprehend and interpret technical procedures or governmental regulations, legal and non-legal documents, including the processing of such documents as medical instructions, commitment orders, summons and other legal writs.
    • Review, process and respond (via corporate counsel) to lawsuits; attend court hearings, when necessary; conduct research of charts; review status of inmates/residents with serious health problems for completion of all necessary intervention and treatment.
    •  Prepare and disseminate safety and accident reports as required by policy; take appropriate action in cases of serious and unusual incidents and emergencies.
    • Assist with investigations and inquires; exercise independent judgment by determining when probable cause exists to recommend or take disciplinary action.
    • Observe and record inmate/resident behavior.
    • Inspect the medical unit for items that could be used as contraband by inmates/residents; securely store supplies and equipment or provide for their safe disposal.
    • Reliably and repetitively identify inmates/residents by visual means.
    • Perform searches of people and objects capable of concealing contraband, which will involve detecting and identifying objects and detaining people.
    • Engage in functions in confined areas that include such things as physically checking the doors, windows and other areas to verify they are secure.
    • Endure verbal and mental abuse when confronted with the hostile views and opinions of inmates/residents and other, e.g. visitors and family members, encountered in an antagonistic environment. 
    • Take appropriate action to prevent or diffuse potentially disruptive situations.
    • Perform rescue functions at accidents, emergencies and disasters to include administering basic emergency medical aid, physically removing people away from dangerous situations, and securing and evacuating people from confined areas.
    •  Interpret, enforce and comply with applicable rules, regulations, policies, procedures, standards and/or contract requirements.
    •  Establish and maintain effective working relations with others and handle difficult interpersonal contacts.
    •  Effectively present information and respond to questions from supervisors, staff members, contractors, business contacts, representatives from governmental agencies and the general public.
    •  Define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; apply management techniques to problems of administration and devise workable solutions.
    •  Add, subtract, multiply and divide using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals; apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
    •  Interpret an extensive variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
    • Remain alert at all times and react quickly, efficiently and calmly in emergency and other high stress situations.
    • Domestic U. S. travel may be required.
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Physician
  • Core Civic
  • Lumpkin, GA FULL_TIME
  • $225,000 - $325,000 per year At CoreCivic, we do more than manage inmates, we care for people. CoreCivic is currently seeking Physician who have a passion for providing the highest quality care in an ...
  • 8 Days Ago

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Physician
  • Piedmont
  • Columbus, GA FULL_TIME
  • Job Description Mission Statement -Uncompromising Service… One Patient at a Time. We will Delight our Patients, Communities, andCaregivers by Relentlessly Delivering Exceptional Care and a WOW Experie...
  • 15 Days Ago

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Family Medicine Position in Tuskegee & Phenix City, AL
  • Archway Physician Recruitment
  • Phenix, AL FULL_TIME
  • **Locum Family Medicine Opening in Alabama** Start Date: ASAP Hours: Monday through Friday 8 AM 5 PM (No Call Coverage and Closed on all Major Holidays) Assignment: 3 to 6-month minimum with possibili...
  • 21 Days Ago

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Internal Medicine Position in Phenix City, AL
  • Archway Physician Recruitment
  • Phenix, AL FULL_TIME
  • **Internal Medicine Opening on Alabama/Georgia Border** Full-Time, Permanent Placement Phenix City, AL - next to Columbus, GA Visa Candidates Welcome to Apply (H1b & J1) We are currently seeking an ea...
  • 21 Days Ago

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Interventional Cardiology Position in Columbus, GA
  • Archway Physician Recruitment
  • Columbus, GA FULL_TIME
  • **Interventional Cardiology Opening in Columbus, GA** Montgomery, AL 88m; Atlanta 90m Seeking an additional Interventional Cardiologist to join our independent group. * We offer the full scope of card...
  • 21 Days Ago

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Registered Nurse (RN)
  • Fresenius Medical Care
  • Columbus, GA
  • PURPOSE AND SCOPE: The professional registered nurse Outpatient RN CAP 1 is an entry level designation into the Clinical...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Registered Nurse
  • Fresenius Medical Care
  • Columbus, GA
  • PURPOSE AND SCOPE: The professional registered nurse Outpatient RN CAP 1 is an entry level designation into the Clinical...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Outpatient Registered Nurse - RN
  • Fresenius Medical Care
  • Columbus, GA
  • PURPOSE AND SCOPE: The professional registered nurse Outpatient RN CAP 1 is an entry level designation into the Clinical...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Registered Dietitian
  • Dialysis Clinic, Inc.
  • Columbus, GA
  • Overview: Dialysis Clinic, Inc. is recruiting top talent interested in supporting our nonprofit mission to prioritize in...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Front Desk/ Sales Associate
  • Club Pilates Highside Market
  • Columbus, GA
  • Born in San Diego in 2007, Club Pilates has expanded across the nation, bringing Pilates to hundreds of thousands of peo...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Pilates Instructor
  • Club Pilates Highside Market
  • Columbus, GA
  • Club Pilates is actively seeking Certified Pilates Instructors to join our growing family. Born in San Diego in 2007, Cl...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Commercial Door Service Technician (Columbus)
  • Dixie Electric, Plumbing, & Air
  • Columbus, GA
  • Are you looking for a job you can call a career? Want to work for a company that cares about you both professionally and...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Account Executive (GA)
  • RocketLevel
  • Columbus, GA
  • BE AWESOME, DO AWESOME THINGS. Thats what were all about at RocketLevel. Our mission is to empower small businesses to s...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

Columbus is one of Georgia's three Fall Line Cities, along with Augusta and Macon. The Fall Line is where the hilly lands of the Piedmont plateau meet the flat terrain of the coastal plain. As such, Columbus has a varied landscape of rolling hills on the north side and flat plains on the south. The fall line causes rivers in the area to decline rapidly towards sea level. Textile mills were established here in the 19th and early 20th centuries to take advantage of the water power from the falls. Columbus was developed along the Chattahoochee River. Interstate 185 runs east of the city, with acc...
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Income Estimation for Physician - Nephrology jobs
$229,728 to $298,836
Columbus, Georgia area prices
were up 1.5% from a year ago

Physician - Nephrology in Bremerton, WA
Your doctor will give you a thorough assessment and, if necessary, refer you to a kidney specialist, known as a nephrologist.
December 14, 2019
Physician - Nephrology in Las Cruces, NM
Medical and surgical procedures that a Nephrologist can provide and refer patients to other specialists for include kidney biopsy, kidney transplants, dialysis and immunosuppression.
October 19, 2019
Physician - Nephrology in Evansville, IN
The nephrologist manages kidney disease by regulating blood pressure, regulating electrolytes, balancing fluids in the body, and administering dialysis.
October 04, 2019