Family Physician

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA).; Illinois; On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Une organisation de premier plan recherche un médecin de famille pour diriger les soins aux patients dans un centre de santé communautaire. Ce rôle comprend la supervision de l'activité clinique, l'éducation des patients et l'assurance qualité. Les candidats doivent avoir un doctorat en médecine ou en ostéopathie et de l'expérience en médecine primaire. Ce poste offre un salaire compétitif et une possibilité d'approbation pour un programme d'effacement de prêts pour le service de santé national.

Qualifications

• Doctorat en médecine ou ostéopathie requis.
• Résidence en soins primaires terminée.
• 2 à 3 ans d'expérience en médecine de soins primaires dans un centre de santé communautaire préféré.

Responsibilities

• Dirige et supervise l'offre de soins aux patients.
• Éducation des patients sur les maladies et traitements.
• Assure la documentation clinique et suivi des patients.

Skills

Communication écrite

Flexibilité

Leadership

Travail d'équipe

Compétences informatiques

Education

Doctorat en médecine (M.D.) ou Doctorat en ostéopathie (D.O.)

Résidence en soins primaires

Tools

EHR Athenahealth

Job description

Department:Primary Care

Reports To: Chief Medical Officer with a dotted line to the Lead Site Provider

Compensation Range: $200,000 - $250,000

Exemption Status:Exempt/Salary

HR Approval Date:2015

Position Summary:

The Family Physician directs and oversees the provision of and provides quality care to those patients assigned to him/her consistent with guidelines contained within the quality management, risk management, infection control, customer service and safety programs for Hamdard Healthcare.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Must be able to see patients from 0 to the entire lifespan

Assures the daily health center patient load is seen promptly and clinically appropriately.

Assures all clinical activity occurring within the health center is accomplished according to acceptable guidelines for reimbursement.

Completes all progress notes with date/time immediately following the patient visit.

Participates in after-hours call rotation and responds to after-hours calls within 20 minutes when on call. *** Currently, this on-call is not active as Hamdard has hired a service to complete this requirement.

Adheres to approved Hamdard Healthcare treatment protocols.

Conducts patient education activities, including pre and post instruction exams and procedures, instructions related to illness and treatment such as diet and reinforcement of physician’s follow-up instructions.

Utilizes printed health education materials as appropriate and documents all instructions given.

Considers health literacy of patients and taylors education accordingly to ensure the patient is knowledgeable of medical conditions and plan of care.

Assures core team staff properly carry out effective treatment and education. Assures core team staff performs clinical tasks in accordance with accepted policy and procedure.

Participates in the orientation and training of staff as needed. Ensures core team staffs meet internal certification requirements for patient education and the administration of medication.

Assures follow-up records, as assigned, to determine conformance with accepted clinical protocols.

Ensures incident reports are completed for those occurrences defined as incidents in accordance with policy and procedure.

Ensures patients presenting with greater acuity than what is clinically appropriate within the health center are transferred appropriately.

Assures the patient’s medical record meets documentation standards.

Meets scheduled health center times and productivity standards.

Monitors and ensures the cost-effective utilization of clinical resources.

Work with core team and case management staff to provide for coordinated delivery of case management services.

Provides triage services for emergency walk-in patients, identifying those patients who can't wait to receive care and those patients who require immediate medical attention. Schedules service for the patient within a time frame which meets the patient’s medical needs.

Effectively demonstrates required competencies in the provision of educational, case management, triage and medication administration services.

Adheres to the organization’s mission based approach “to promote physical and emotional health and psychological well being of individuals and families by offering hope, health, and healing.”

Other duties as outlined in the position’s process manual and other duties that may be assigned to support the mission of the organization and within the person’s skill set.

Qualifications:

Advanced Study: Broad or in-depth knowledge which would be acquired and demonstrated through the attainment of a Doctor Osteopathy (D.O.) or a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Degree.

Completed Residency in Primary Care specialty is required and Board Certification in their primary care specialty is preferred.

Two (2) to three (3) years work experience in the practice of primary care medicine in a community health center is preferred.

OB-GYN additional specialty preferred

Current Illinois Registration and Advanced Practice Licensure.

Weekends and Evenings availability required

Bilingual in Spanish Preferred

Must have EHR experience. Athenahealth preferred

Must have good verbal and written communication skills

Must be able to respond appropriately in emergency situation, must demonstrate flexibility, leadership and teamwork ability

***Computer Skills A Must***

Annual influenza and COVID vaccination required or approved religious or medical accommodations.

This role is eligible for approval to the National Health Service Corp loan forgiveness program.

Hamdard recognizes and supports employees under the Americans with Disabilities Act, which allows for reasonable accommodations. Employees who wish to request an accommodation should contact the HR team confidentially to learn more about this process. Hamdard reserves the right to change the job description upon written notification to the employee.