MD/DO Internal Medicine

Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center; Waianae (HI); On-site; USD 210,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center seeks an Internal Medicine Physician to diagnose and treat a broad range of adult and elderly conditions within a community health center setting. The role emphasizes management of internal disorders and chronic diseases, with an outpatient focus and potential inpatient continuation of care.

The physician will provide comprehensive primary care, guided by evidence-based prevention strategies, in a supportive team environment that may include supervision

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited medical school.
• Board Certified in a specific medical specialty or have completed residency and be Board eligible.
• Must be licensed in the State of Hawaii.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and treat a variety of diseases and injuries in adults and elderly patients within a community health center setting, focusing on internal disorders and chronic diseases (e.g., hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, lung, brain, kidneys, and GI).
• Provide comprehensive outpatient medical services for adults and elderly on a continuing basis; may extend care into inpatient and/or residential settings as needed.
• Provide primary prevention using current evidence-based guidelines.
• May serve as supervising physician for mid-level practitioners who require an authorizing signatory for prescribing Controlled substances; may oversee clinical verification of medical assistants' skills.
• At certain sites, may serve as lab director for CLIA-waived tests performed in the clinic.

Education

Graduate of an accredited medical school

Job description

LOCATION: ADULT MEDICINE (MAIN CAMPUS WAIANAE)

POSITION SUMMARY

The Internal Medicine Physician is responsible for diagnosing and treating a variety of diseases and injuries in a community health center model setting; primarily focusing on the treatment and management of internal disorders, and chronic diseases, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, and problems of the lung, brain, kidneys and gastrointestinal tract of adult and elderly patients. The Internal Medicine Physician also provides comprehensive outpatient medical services for adults and elderly patients in a continuing basis, and may provide a continuum of care into inpatient and/or residential settings. The Internal Medicine Physician is also responsible for primary prevention using current evidence-based guidelines. The Internal Medicine Physician may also serve in the capacity of a supervising physician in such instances where mid-level practitioners may require an authorizing signatory for prescribing Controlled substances listed in Schedules II, IIN, III, IIIN, IV, and V of regulated chemicals, and may also be responsible to provide clinical supervision and continuing verification of the medical assistant’s (MA) clinical skills and competency. Additionally, at certain sites, the Internal Medicine physician may serve as lab director for CLIA waived tests performed in the clinic.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Graduate of an accredited medical school
• Board Certified in a specific medical specialty or have completed residency and be Board eligible
• Must be licensed in the State of Hawaii

An Equal Employment Opportunity /affirmative Action Employer