Site Medical Director Child Abuse Svcs

Job Description

Overview :

Seeking 1.0 FTE (M-F 40 hours a week) Outpatient Child Abuse Physician Specialist / potential Site Medical Director for Legacy Salmon Creek Child Abuse Assessment Team in Vancouver, WA.

www.legacyhealth.org

Career Portal, Requisitions ID : 24-36184 and 24-39315

Legacy is committed to delivering comprehensive family-centered care with compassion and excellence in a culture that values diversity.

Clinical Role includes :

• Outpatient medical evaluations of children for suspected abuse and neglect.
• Taking histories, performing physical examinations, obtaining physical findings photographs, ordering needed cultures, lab tests, and imaging studies.
• Performing overall health screenings with follow-up referrals.
• Entering detailed, legally acceptable timely reports into EMR of medical evaluations with sign-off, charge entry and accurate coding with inclusion of diagnostic findings and treatment recommendations.
• Contacting internal and outside agencies to ensure understanding of relevant information with timely debrief to develop cooperative follow-up plan.
• Participating in peer review and quality assurance.
• Requesting peer review on cases that pose diagnostic problems.
• Telephone consultations on medical aspects of suspected abuse.
• Triage and engagement with five county multi-disciplinary teams for coordinated child abuse response.
• Expert testimony when subpoenaed to depositions or trials with integration of current research and be a resource for staff preparing for court.
• Attending child abuse professional training for medical providers.
• Inpatient work, if of interest, can be discussed.

CAAT Site Medical Director role includes :

QUALIFICATIONS :

As a condition of hire and throughout employment, the role requires child abuse background checks through the DHS Child Abuse registry check. If a record exists, findings will be reported back to CAAT and addressed in accordance with program policies. For Site Medical Director role consideration, applicant must have prior experience in Child Abuse administration.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Vets / Disabled. Unable to offer J1 or H-1B visa opportunities.

For inquiries about the role, please contact Hiring Manager Lisa Lyons, PhD, at LLYONS@LHS.ORG

For application information, please apply or contact Recruiter Forrest Brown at FoBrown@lhs.org

Our Commitment to Health and Equal Opportunity :

Our Legacy is good for health for Our People, Our Patients, Our Communities, Our World. Above all, we will do the right thing.

If you are passionate about our mission and believe you can contribute to our team, we encourage you to apply—even if you don't meet every qualification listed. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can grow and succeed.

Legacy Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion or creed, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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