Physician Family Medicine OB

Cahaba Medical Care Foundation; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Cahaba Medical Care Foundation seeks a full-time physician to deliver comprehensive care in Selma, AL. The role involves treating a diverse patient population, conducting exams, preventive care, and coordinating care with specialists, while adhering to credentialing and privileging requirements.

The physician will document encounters, order tests and vaccines, assign ICD-9/CPT codes, and participate in quality improvement and continuing education activities.

Qualifications

• Must be able to secure credentialing through identified agencies (Hospitals, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.)
• Board certification in field of residency training
• Previous experience working with target population highly desired.
• Certifications through the Drug Enforcement Agency and valid licensure in Alabama
• Must maintain board certification and a license in good standing with the state
• Must submit to privileging requirements including peer review, background checks, random drug tests, attestation by the physician and CMO, and participation in PQRS, MU, METRIC

Responsibilities

• Treats a mixed patient population, across gender, age and ethnicity, as well as insured and uninsured patients.
• Interviews and examines patient to determine health history and general physical condition.
• Performs physical examinations and preventive health measures within prescribed guidelines.
• Orders or executes tests, analyses, and diagnostic images to provide information on patient’s condition.
• Analyzes reports and findings from labwork and imaging ordered by providers
• Diagnoses conditions as appropriate
• Prescribes or recommends drugs or other forms of treatment such as physical therapy or inhalation therapy
• Orders vaccinations for patients as appropriate
• Refers patients to medical specialists or other practitioners for specialized treatment
• Educates patients on a variety of health topics during encounters
• Provides accurate and timely documentation of all patient encounters including phone encounters
• Completes Electronic Superbills daily with ICD-9 and CPT codes
• Reports births, deaths, and outbreaks to governmental authorities
• Participates in provider staff meetings to develop problem-solving techniques and team-building
• Participates in peer reviews
• Represents CMCF at conferences, meetings, and continuing education programs
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed
• Prompts, regular attendance at the clinic
• Will perform clinical and/or other organizational related services as directed by the Medical Director
• Hosts learners from time to time as part of a teaching institution pipeline

Skills

Credentialing

Board certification

Target population experience

DEA registration

Alabama licensure

Peer review participation

Background checks

Drug testing

Quality improvement

Job description

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Full Time Selma Medical

3 days ago Requisition ID: 2004

Responsibilities & Duties

Treats a mixed patient population, across gender, age and ethnicity, as well as insured and uninsured patients.

Interviews and examines patient to determine health history and general physical condition. Performs physical examinations and preventive health measures within prescribed guidelines.

Orders or executes various tests, analyses, and diagnostic images to provide information on patient’s condition.

Analyzes reports and findings from labwork and imaging ordered by providers

Diagnoses conditions as appropriate

Prescribes or recommends drugs or other forms of treatment such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.

Orders vaccinations for patients as appropriate

Refers patients to medical specialist or other practitioner for specialized treatment.

Educates patients on a variety of health topics as appropriate during patient encounters

Provides accurate and timely documentation of all patient encounters including phone encounters

Completes Electronic Superbills on a daily basis that includes accurate ICD-9 and CPT codes

Reports births, deaths, and outbreak of contagious diseases to governmental authorities.

Participates in provider staff meetings to develop problem-solving techniques, and acquire team-building skills.

Participates in peer reviews.

Represent CMCF at conferences, meetings, and continuing education programs

Performs other duties as assigned or as needed.

Promt, regular attendance at the clinic.

Administrative and Supervisory responsibility:

Will perform clinical and/or other organizational related services as directed by the Medical Director. Will also participate in precepting medical students and residents as assigned by the CMO. Serves as a resource to mid-level providers in clinic.

Cahaba Medical Care expects all of our licensed providers to host learners from time to time, since we are a teaching institution. This is our pipeline for recruiting excellent providers who want to serve the populations we take care of. Every student we accept applies for the chance to be here through a competitive process and is reviewed and assessed for their likelihood of working in an underserved, underresourced area in the future. We want to ensure they fit our mission. We try to give our newer providers time to get settled before adding them to our pool of available preceptors, and we offer best practices for integrating learners into your clinic without compromising efficiency.

Qualifications:

Must be able to secure credentialing through identified agencies (Hospitals, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.)

Board certification in field of residency training

Previous experience working with target population highly desired.

Certifications through the Drug Enforcement Agency and valid licensure in Alabama

Must maintain board certification and a license in good standing with the state

Must submit to the necessary privileging requirements including peer review, background checks, random drug tests, attestation by the physician and CMO that the physician is fit to perform his / her duties, participating in necessary quality improvement projects including PQRS, MU, and METRIC