Burdick Job Corps Center, 1500 University Avenue West, Minot, ND 58703

Q -- PHYSICIAN SERVICES SOL BJCC 99-03 DUE 033199 POC Thomas E. Bowsher, Contracting Officer (701) 857-9600 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via, bowsher@ndak.net. This position is open to those individuals or groups that maintain current State of North Dakota Licensing or could obtain North Dakota Licensing by April 31, 1999. The Center Physician will be responsible for, but not limited to: Managing the Center Health Program: Advice to the Center Director and health services staff on all medical and health related matters. This shall include staffing requirements; the advisability of medical termination's, including the furnishing of diagnosis, prognosis, and recommendations for future care; the utilization and cost of services; the personalization of patient care; and any other health areas deemed appropriate by the Center Physician and the Center Director. Consultation to Center staff on ordering, accounting for and safeguarding health equipment, supplies, and medications. With due regard for Job Corps requirements, the Center physician may prioritize health needs and set program direction accordingly. To accomplish this, the Center physician should confer with the Health Services Manager, the Center Dentist, and Center Mental Health Consultant and meet with the Center Director on a quarterly basis to review expenditures for that period and establish restraints, if necessary, to stay within budget guidelines. The Center Physician may involve the Regional Health Consultants in this process, if needed. Assist in the coordination and integration of the health components (medical, dental, mental health, environmental health, and health education) with other Center activities. This will be done in cooperation with the health services administrator (i.e., administrator, chief nurse, or medic), the Center dentist, and mental health professional. Assist health education instructors on the Health Education Program when required. Ensurance of the maintenance, confidentiality, and safeguarding of all health records. Issuing and maintaining signed and dated standing orders for medical care in accordance with Technical Assistance Guide 6-Q. Direct medical services to students, including, but not limited to: Provision of a cursory physical examination for each student within the first 48 hours after arrival on Center, and a definitive medical examination and health history of each student, within 2 weeks of arrival on Center. The medical examination will include the interpretation of all routine laboratory tests, and when necessary, x-rays. (fees for consultation by a radiologist are not included in this agreement.) Although much of this work may be delegated, the Center Physician maintains the ultimate responsibility for the quality of work performed. Provisions of diagnosis and treatment of illness and injury, including the Center Physician's availability on Center for sick calls as scheduled by the Health Services Manager. Provision of, or arrangements for preventive immunizations and detection and control of communicable diseases as specified in PRH-6: Appendix 601 and TAG 6-B: Immunization and Communicable Disease Control. Provision of all necessary referrals for specialist and institutional care, and ensuring that medical reports and vouchers are reasonable and delivered to the Center in a timely manner. The Center Physician shall maintain the responsibility for dispensing medications to the Center's students. The physician services shall be for no more than 12 hours per week and begin on May 1, 1999. Posted 02/04/99 (W-SN295233). (0035)

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