Podiatrist

Position Summary

The Podiatrist provides comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, deformities, and disorders of the human foot within a correctional healthcare setting. The role includes both conservative and surgical interventions, patient education, and collaboration with healthcare and correctional staff to ensure safe, effective, and compliant care.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat foot conditions, including tumors, ulcers, fractures, skin or nail diseases, and congenital or acquired deformities.
• Utilize diagnostic aids, such as X-rays, blood tests, and urinalysis, to support patient assessments.
• Provide conservative and surgical treatments for foot disorders, including corns, calluses, ingrown nails, bunions, cysts, abscesses, and shortened tendons.
• Correct deformities through methods such as plaster casts, strappings, prosthetic appliances, and corrective footwear.
• Prescribe medications as appropriate; administer local anesthetics when indicated.
• Advise patients on foot care, preventive strategies, and ongoing treatment plans to minimize recurrence of disorders.
• Refer patients to physicians for systemic conditions detected in the feet or legs, including arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, or kidney disorders.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation of all patient encounters, procedures, and treatments.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives, audits, and continuing education programs.
• Collaborate with medical, nursing, and security staff to ensure safe and effective patient care in a correctional environment.

Education & Licensure

• Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) or equivalent.
• Current, unrestricted license to practice podiatric medicine in the applicable state.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.

Experience

• Minimum of two (2) years of professional podiatric practice preferred.
• Experience in correctional healthcare preferred.
• Familiarity with electronic health records and medical documentation standards.

Organizational Expectations

• Provides a positive and professional representation of CFG Health Systems, LLC.
• Promotes a culture of safety for patients and employees through proper identification, reporting, documentation, and prevention
• Maintains competency and knowledge of current standards of practice, trends, and developments in related scope of job role or practice
• Adheres to infection control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations
• Participate in ongoing quality improvement activities
• Completes required orientation as directed by the facility
• Follows facility and OSHA safety rules and procedures while on assignment
• Follows facility and CFG Health Systems Occurrence Protocol
• Upholds HIPAA and PREA regulations
• Punctual and dependable for assigned/confirmed shifts
• Maintains security clearance for the assigned facility

Physical Demands   

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made upon written request to your supervisor for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities functions. 

• May regularly be required to stand, sit, walk, reach, bend, kneel, crouch, or stretch, for prolonged periods of time.  
• Ability to communicate and understand written and verbal communication.  
• The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.