Job Quick Facts:
• Specialty: Geriatric Medicine
• Job Type: Locum Tenens
• Facility Location: Kalispell, MT
• Service Setting: Outpatient/Inpatient
• Reason For Coverage: Supplemental
• Coverage Period: ASAP - Ongoing
• Coverage Type: Clinical only
• Shift Coverage: Skilled Nursing Facility/LTC
• Shift Schedule: 3 days/week (Tues-Thurs); 7a-5p
• Patient Volume: 12-14
• Rounding included: Yes
• Support staff: 1 APP
• Procedures/Duties:
- Routine medical evals and chronic disease management
- Annual wellness and preventive care assessments
- Management of dementia, frailty, and other complex chronic conditions
- Oversight of palliative and comfort-focused care plans when appropriate
- Review and approve admissions to SNF, incl completing comprehensive H&P exams.
- Conduct physician compliance and recertification visits
- Provide medical care for long-term care residents
- Develop, review, and update individualized care plans
- Manage acute changes in condition, evaluate new symptoms
- Prescribe, monitor, and adjust medications while reviewing consultant pharmacist recommendations and ensuring medication safety.
- Participate in interdisciplinary care conferences, family meetings, and goals-of-care discussions as appropriate
- Complete required documentation, physician orders, certifications
• No of Beds: 99
• EMR: Meditech
• Hospital Privileges required: Yes
• temporary Privileges available: Yes
• Travel, lodging, and malpractice insurance covered
Requirements: • Active MT License or IMLC
• BC/BE
• ACLS, BLS
