SENIOR PHYSICIAN - PRIMARY CARE - 60011114

Requisition No: 861634 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: SENIOR PHYSICIAN - PRIMARY CARE - 60011114

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 60011114 

Salary:  $6,153.85 Bi-Weekly 

Posting Closing Date: 09/30/2025 

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The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the 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.

Northeast Florida State Hospital (NEFSH) is a 613-bed, licensed mental health treatment facility that provides person-centered services to adults suffering from severe and persistent mental illness. The hospital, located in Macclenny, was established in 1959 and is the largest state operated civil treatment facility. 

 

NORTHEAST FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL IS A TOBACCO FREE FACILITY.

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 the Senior Physician – Primary Care within the Clinical Division. 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:

• This is a professional position in a large mental health facility.  The incumbent is expected to maintain a positive and professional attitude and manner at all times in a cost effective, customer oriented manner.  Follows medical ethics and standards in an outcome oriented management system. While maintaining sensitivity to the constitutional rights of patients.
• Evaluates abnormal physical conditions and illness of hospital patients and prescribes medication as necessary. 

• Conducts daily rounds in assigned ward. 
• Provides coverage in the NEFSH Acute Care Clinic (ACC) per rotation schedule.
• Performs physical examinations and establishes diagnoses of physical disorders and institutes treatment of patients in an outcome oriented state mental hospital.
• Consults with other physicians, makes consultation referrals, reviews consultation reports and as a result, institutes medical treatment and follow-up to ensure excellence of treatment and customer satisfaction.
• Provides emergency treatment to patients and employees in the Acute Care Center and on the wards if necessary.
• Performs minor surgical procedures, treats minor injuries and provides follow-up care if needed. 
• Orders laboratory tests and x-ray.
• Investigates cases of contagious disease and other unusual illnesses and takes appropriate prophylactic and therapeutic action. 
• Attends regularly scheduled clinical meetings and participates in committee assignments as necessary.
• Participates in NEFSH Continuing Medical Education program to ensure excellence of treatment.
• Participates in scheduled meetings, as needed, as a member of the multidisciplinary therapeutic team involved in the treatment of patients.  
• Documents in the medical record