Physician

Baptist Health; Lexington, Northern (KY, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Kentucky seeks a physician to manage clinical primary care, urgent care or occupational medicine services. The role includes supervising patient care, developing treatment plans, and ensuring adherence to medical policies.

The position requires Kentucky medical licensure, DEA registration, Board eligibility or certification, and BCLS. You may participate in community outreach and collaborate with administration to maintain high standards of care.

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid and unrestricted Kentucky medical license.
• Must hold a valid DEA registration.
• Eligible to maintain professional liability coverage.
• Board certification or eligible in a relevant specialty.
• BCLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily physician management and treatment of patients.
• Deliver clinical services including diagnosis, treatment and referrals.
• Contribute to office policies and medical protocols.
• Refer patients to medical specialists as needed.
• Maintain compliance with BCHS policies and pricing.
• Document patient encounters using charting systems.
• Participate in case management and QA plans.
• Collaborate with administration to align with medical policies.
• Engage in community events when time permits.
• Perform physical exams including DOT, OI, CDL, etc.
• Potentially serve as Medical Review Officer for drug screens.
• Potentially direct on-site Laboratory services if applicable.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Team collaboration

Medical policy adherence

Nursing practice regulations

Quality improvement

Patient care excellence

Education

Medical Doctor license in KY

DEA registration

Professional liability eligibility

Board certification/eligibility

BCLS

Job description

Summary

Maintains responsibility for delivery of clinical primary care, urgent care or occupational medicine services.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

The following is a summary of the major functions of this individual's job. He or she may perform other duties, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below, and specific functions may change from time to time.

1. Provides daily physician management and treatment of patients at the Clinic/ Practice.
2. Provides clinical services to patients, including diagnosis, treatment and referral.
3. Participates in the establishment of office policies, procedures and medical protocol necessary to provide physician clinic services.
4. Appropriately refers patients to medical specialists.
5. Complies with BMA/BCHS policies, procedures and pricing.
6. Utilizes program forms/computer system for charting
7. Complies with case management protocols.
8. Agrees to assist with the clinic/practice’s quality assurance and quality improvement plan.
9. Works with Administration to ensure that the program operates in a manner consistent with appropriate medical policy and current professional standards in specific area of care.
10. Participates in community events and periodic public relations calls as time permits. It is understood that, on occasion, these duties may fall outside of regularly scheduled office hours.
11. Maintains appropriate telephone contact with patients, payers and pharmacies.
12. Performs physical exams to include, but not limited to: Routine Examinations, Department of Transportation (DOT) examinations, Post-Offer Examinations, Executive Physicals, Commercial Drivers License (CDL), Annual Examinations, and School/Sport Physicals.
13. May serve as Medical Review Officer (MRO) for drug screens.
14. May serve as Director for on-site Laboratory services if applicable to specific site.

Key Accountabilities

Key Accountability Weight Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Daily physician management and treatment of patients.
2. Directs appropriate clinical services, tests and referrals.
3. Performs physical exams and develops treatment plan.
4. Maintains appropriate telephone contact with patients, payers and pharmacies.

50% Compliance

1. Complies with BCHS policies, procedures and pricing.
2. Complies with clinical protocols.
3. Complies with quality assurance and quality improvement.
4. Participates in chart reviews and staff education when appropriate and maintains continuing education requirements.

25% Policies and Procedures

1. Works with administration to help assure that the management program operates within appropriate medical policies and procedures.
2. Gives feedback regarding treatment protocols.
3. Participates in community events and public relations when appropriate.

25% Standards of Conduct

Communication: The goal of good communication is being committed to listening attentively to our customers to fully understand their needs. It is speaking in terms customers can easily understand to deliver messages with courtesy, clarity and care. This includes face-to-face encounters, telephone and email.

Confidentiality/Privacy: It is the responsibility of all Baptist Medical Associates employees to protect our patients’ privacy and modesty by creating a secure and trusting environment.

Professionalism/Excellence Orientation: Professionalism and Excellence Orientation refer to the way in which our employees work to meet our customers’ needs and further the mission of the hospital.

Ownership/Stewardship: The work we do is a reflection of ourselves. Ownership and Stewardship mean taking PRIDE in what we do and demonstrating a sense of responsibility for the outcomes of our work and job.

Teamwork/Commitment to Co-Workers: We rely on each other to give the best possible service and care to our patients, visitors, coworkers and physicians. Respect and collaboration are essential Baptist Medical Associates values.

Minimum Education, Training and Experience Required

• Current valid & unrestricted license to practice in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
• Current valid & unrestricted DEA registration number.
• Eligible at all times to be insured for professional liability insurance.
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in appropriate specialty.
• BCLS required.

Skills and Abilities Required

• Excellent understanding of limits and appropriate supervision
• Ability to collaborate with other departments
• Assist the surgeon in the office and operating room until all patients have been taken care of
• Familiarly with laws and state regulations relation to advanced nursing practice
• Desires to maintain high level of quality of care
• Promote application of research to clinical setting

Physical Requirements

• Strength -- Position requires ability to occasionally lift objects less than 20 pounds or push/pull carts in excess of 20 pounds.
• Manual Dexterity -- Position requires ability to constantly perform simple motor skills such as moving from area to area in the building, on campus and off campus.
• Position requires ability to frequently perform moderately difficult manipulative skills such as typing, data entry.
• Coordination -- Position requires ability to constantly perform gross body movement such as stooping, filing, etc, and constantly to perform tasks, which require hand-eye coordination such as keyboard skills.
• Mobility -- Position requires ability to frequently move from department to department, building to building, and to sit for prolonged periods of time.
• Visual Discrimination -- Position requires ability to constantly see objects closely as in reading and viewing paper records and computer screen.
• Hearing -- Position requires ability to constantly hear normal sounds with some background noise as in answering the telephone.

Mental Requirements

• Concentration -- Position requires ability to constantly concentrate on minimal and fine detail with some interruption.
• Attention Span -- Position requires ability to frequently attend to task/function for more than 60 minutes at a time and to frequently attend to task/function for less than 10 minutes at a time.
• Conceptualization -- Position requires ability to frequently understand and relate to concepts behind specific ideas, to frequently understand and relate to the theories behind several related concepts.
• Memory -- Position requires ability to constantly remember multiple tasks/functions given to self and others over long periods of time.
• Communication -- Position requires ability to constantly communicate verbally and in writing using advanced level vocabulary and advanced writing skills.
• Ability to communicate in reassuring fashion with patients and family's.
• Clerical perception needed to prevent errors in proofreading prescription labels and other work performed by others.

Working and Environmental Conditions

Position requires exposure to infectious or communicable diseases, biohazard us and /or chemical materials. Category A – Job classification employee may be expected to incur occupational exposure.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law.

Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug‑free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post‑offer, pre‑employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRMISSION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES

Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll‑free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.