Physician

Provides medical care in accordance with best current standards of professional practice

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Takes histories, performs physical examination, prescribes treatment and medication for conditions falling in the scope of his/her specialty following evidence based medicine.

Design and participate in quality improvement activities, including Medical Record Peer Review, performance and procedure audits, outcome audits and focused reviews.

Will provide relevant information about the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) and Chronic Care Management program (CCM) program including brochures, that describe the values and goals of the program to patients. The information disseminated will be based upon the person’s role as it relates to patient care within LISH.

Will obtain a waiver if not already on file for Medically Assisted Treatment for those suffering substance use disorders. This will include obtaining the waiver within 60 days of hire. Time will be allotted during the hours of LISH to accomplish this.

Will become proficient in telemedicine and provide care via this platform as required.

Will assist in the educational growth of the agency by allowing students to shadow as needed.

Will be available if needed for committees such as Quality assurance, peer review and root cause analysis to provide periodic input into the work flow and improvements of the agency.

Will be available for On-Call/ After-hours assignments as needed.

Coordinates tests, referrals and care of LISH patients outside the Health Center.

Provides the patient or representative information necessary to give consent prior to start of any non-emergency procedure or treatment or both.

Ensures prompt follow-up action on patients with abnormal test results or physical findings.

Sets standards for preventive care and diagnostic screening within his/her specialty; participates in the development of programs to carry out these standards.

Provides safe and successful performance including meeting productivity, quality and patient satisfaction standards.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Responsible for supervising a variety of clinical support staff including LPN’s, RN’s, and/or Physician Assistants as needed.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job may require you to travel between clinic sites depending upon scheduling needs

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

May come into contact with human blood or other potentially infectious materials, which may result in possible exposure to blood borne pathogens (Category I)