Über diese Physician Stelle bei State of Nebraska
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Correctional Services - Agency 46
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Job Description:
Please submit your CV to NDCS Medical Director Dr. Jerry Lovelace at [email protected]. Salary is negotiable based on experience.
As a primary care physician, you will play a vital role in improving the health and rehabilitation of individuals who are committed to personal growth and change. Your work will be deeply rewarding, knowing that your care helps shape a healthier future for those striving toward transformation. Join us in making a lasting impact and providing high-quality, compassionate healthcare to a community dedicated to growth and renewal.
Why choose NDCS?
• Serve a mission-driven population: Work with individuals facing unique health challenges,
offering compassionate, comprehensive care to a population that often lacks access to quality
healthcare.
• Educational opportunities: Encounter medical conditions that are uncommon in the general
population, providing a rich and rewarding environment for professional growth and learning.
• Work-life balance: Enjoy a predictable schedule with little to no on-call duty, allowing you to
maintain a healthy work-life balance while dedicating your time to meaningful patient care.
• Back to basics: Practice medicine the way you envisioned it would be. Provide community-
based care based on actual patient needs rather than wants. No hospital association to be sold.
Lose the multiple hats associated with private practice. You will have the ability to watch your
chronic care management and education manifest over a period of time, improving the patients’
quality of life.
• Superior benefit package: Includes state retirement, excellent health and wellness insurance and
more.
• Superior security: Benefit from a secure environment where safety is prioritized. With trained
staff close by the security is unparalleled compared to other healthcare settings, ensuring both
your well-being and that of your patient.
DUTIES
• Performs varying levels of professional supervisory and medical work in a primary care section
of a public service health/correctional facility.
• Supervises and/or participates in the examination and diagnosis of acutely ill patients and
assumes responsibility for treatment.
• Recommends admission and release of acutely ill patients to our skilled nursing facilities.
• Reads and interprets x-rays films. All films overread by a radiologist.
• Performs minor surgery (I&D abscess, joint injections, suturing) if medically necessary.
• Assists in the instruction of mid-level staff at the facility.
• May participate in the examination and treatment of mentally ill patients.
Requirements / Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: M.D. degree and license to practice medicine in the state of Nebraska plus three years' experience as a visiting physician at an approved hospital or two years of experience as a staff physician at an approved hospital.
Other: Applicants accepting a job offer must pass the following pre-employment exams in this order: medical exam, and at a randomly announced time, pass a drug test. Once at the Staff Training Academy, must successfully complete the fully paid NE Corrections Training Program
Please submit your CV to NDCS Medical Director Dr. Jerry Lovelace at [email protected].
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Benefits
We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.
Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer! Benefit eligibility may vary by position, agency and employment status. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits
Equal Opportunity Statement
The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.
