Physician / Medical Director

PrimeCare Medical, Inc. (PCM) has been in operation since 1986. We are a private, physician-founded, nationally accredited correctional health care practice.

PCM provides comprehensive medical & mental health care services to over 80 county jails, prisons, and juvenile detention centers throughout the states of PA, MD, NY, FL & NH.

Correctional medicine is a unique, challenging, and exciting opportunity for today’s medical professional in that it provides the ability to truly utilize all your learned medical skills and knowledge daily. Correctional health care is the perfect hybrid of Primary Care, Urgent Care, Emergency Medicine, and Addiction Medicine; serving an underserved and extremely diverse patient population.

We are currently looking for a Part-Time, Physician/Medical Director to join our team in the medical departments at multiple facilities in the Western Pennsylvania throughout the Mercer/ Crawford region. This position would require weekly travel amongst multiple facilities.

This position offers 2- 3 days per week, Monday's – Friday's (i.e. no weekends)! Weekly hours are normally worked during normal business hours. average hours are 20 - 24 hours per week.

To quickly summary some key points:

Some important key points:

• Salaries are negotiable and commensurate based on experience. Annual Salary range is $150,000.00 - $220,000.00
• Company-paid liability insurance (including tail coverage) provided.
• Partial PTO package
• Annual licensure reimbursement offered and more!

Job Description:

• Provide service to the inmate/patient population while utilizing current, acceptable standards of medical practice.
• Assume responsibility for clinical management of the medical health program in accordance with NCCHC/ACA Standards, as well as PCM policies and procedures.
• Services to be provided on scheduled workdays according to standards and times mutually agreeable to physician, facility administration, and PCM.
• Provide medical treatment to confined inmates/patients, when applicable.
• Provide medical consultation to all professionals (i.e., physicians/mid-level providers/nursing) within the unit.
• Oversee and supervise all medical clinical services provided.
• Ensure complete, accurate and timely medical entries are made for each inmate/patient contact.
• Available for consultation and/or emergency medical coverage via phone call.
• Work collaboratively and supervise clinical activities of fellow physicians and medical staff while on duty.
• Evaluate all inmates/patients referred with medical health concerns for presence, or absence, of mental illness and refer to mental health accordingly.
• Refer inmates/patients as necessary to appropriate medical facilities when appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with pharmacy to evaluate and approve all medications and other medicinal preparations, which comprise the facility formulary.
• Establish and monitor standards of care provided by physicians, psychologist and nurses in accordance with NCCHC/ACA and accepted medical standards.

• Graduate of an accredited School of Medicine or Osteopathic Medicine, specialty training preferred in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Correctional Medicine, and/or Urgent Care.
• Licensed to practice Medicine in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Board Certified or Board Eligible.
• Maintain current DEA number and eligible to prescribe medications in Pennsylvania.
• Maintain active BLS (i.e. CPR) certification.
• Maintain current Driver’s License