Senior Physician - Primary Care

senior physician - primary care -

date: jan 27, 2026

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requisition no: 866743

agency: children and families

working title: senior physician - primary care -

the florida department of children and families (dcf) isthe state of florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking, and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

within dcf, the substance abuse and mental health (samh) program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The office of samh is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.

florida state hospital (fsh) is a mental health treatment facility owned and operated by the state of florida and is part of the department of children and families. The department’s mission is to “work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.”

to be considered for this position responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application.

this is a highly responsible and professional position serving as senior physician – primary care within clinical services. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative team player who works seamlessly across all sections within the program office. This role requires the use of independent judgment, a proactive approach to responsibilities, and exceptional attention to detail. If you are driven, organized, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply.

specific duties and responsibilities include:

• evaluates patients in the emergency room providing care ranging from routine or minor to critical, i.e., cardiac arrest and severe head trauma. Patients that are best handled in general referral hospitals are stabilized first, then transferred after consultation with the appropriate specialist.
• admits patients to the medical ward after doing comprehensive evaluations.
• acts as consultant in problematic cases in other units.
• leads the code blue team in treating critically ill patients hospital-wide.
• teaches nursing and ancillary staff the proper use of medical equipment, treatment procedures and general health care. Serves as active member of different hospital medical committees.
• screens for potential health problems.
• performs physical examinations on new employees.
• provides treatment of patients in the medical ward until discharge criteria are satisfactory, write transfer summaries for patients discharged from the medical unit.
• responds to issues both medical and psychiatric in the entire facility, initiates and completes all restraint and seclusion requirements.
• provides orders for emergency treatment orders and documents outcomes.
• performs other related duties as assigned by supervisor.
• the applicant selected to fill this position shall be required to submit to a pre-employment medical examination. This position requires lifting, pulling and squatting. Duties of this position require the incumbent to be knowledgeable of and utilize the principles of total quality management. The incumbent must be certified in cpr and be able to perform the procedure proficiently.

knowledge, skills and abilities required for the position:

• demonstrates diagnostic competence by utilizing appropriate physical and psychiatric examinations based on current icd 9/dsm iv criteria within the time frames and guidelines specified in the dcf/fsh policies.
• chooses treatment based on current…