Supervisory Physician (Medical Evaluation Board)
Summary
Supervises a medical evaluation board, reviews patient records, orders tests, and coordinates with specialists to assess complex cases at a military medical center.
About the Position: This position is located at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center in Fort Hood, TX. This is an open continuous announcement. Multiple vacancies exist and may be filled from this announcement at any of the locations listed. We accept applications on an ongoing basis; qualified applicants will be considered as vacancies become available. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation.
Supervisory positions will provide leadership and technical direction to a subordinate staff assigned to the MEB Outpatient Clinic.
Supervisory positions will be responsible for comprehensive review of medical records, orders and interprets diagnostic tests and x-rays, ancillary tests, and utilizing sound clinical judgment arranges for other medical specialty consultation.
Dictate comprehensive narrative summaries utilizing consultant contributions and opinions as indicated.
Assess community and patient population needs, mission requirements, and Service resources to plan, implement, and provide a wide array of outpatient and inpatient services
Coordinate with other physicians (family practitioners, general psychiatrists, etc.) in evaluating and correlating conflicting medical evidence for the exceptionally difficult and otherwise untreatable cases.