Physician, Family Medicine (Part-time)

FQHC Talent; Camden (NJ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Cahaba Medical Care Foundation seeks a part-time Administrative Professional/Physician to oversee credentialing, supervision, and clinical guidance for learners within our community health system in Wilcox County, AL.

You will ensure credentialing, maintain licensure, participate in privileging activities, and support quality improvement projects while collaborating with the Medical Director and CMO. This role emphasizes service to underserved populations and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Must be able to secure credentialing through identified agencies.
• Board certification in field of residency training.
• Experience with target populations highly desired.
• DEA certification and Alabama licensure required.
• Maintain board certification and license in good standing.
• Privileging requirements including peer review, background checks, random drug tests, attestation by physician and CMO, PQRS/MU/METRIC participation.

Responsibilities

• Treats a mixed patient population across gender, age and ethnicity.
• Interviews and examines patient to determine health history and physical condition.
• Orders or executes tests and diagnostics.
• Analyzes lab and imaging reports.
• Diagnoses conditions as appropriate.
• Prescribes or recommends treatments.
• Orders vaccinations as appropriate.
• Refers patients to specialists.
• Educates patients on health topics during encounters.
• Documents patient encounters accurately including phone encounters.
• Completes Electronic Superbills daily with ICD-9 and CPT codes.
• Reports births, deaths and disease outbreaks to authorities.
• Participates in provider staff meetings and peer reviews.
• Represents CMCF at conferences and education programs.
• Takes call at local facility and shares call with Cahaba providers.
• Admin and supervisory: will precept medical students/residents and serve as resource to mid-level providers.
• Signs notes of residents/preceptees.

Skills

Credentialing knowledge

Medical licensure

Clinical supervision

Education

Residency in field

Tools

DEA Certification

Privileging process

Job description

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Administration Part Time Professional Camden, AL, US

Reports to Chief Medical Officer

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.

**This position is Part-Time and located in Wilcox County**

Background:

Cahaba Medical Care Foundation is a community health center providing medical, pharmacy, dental, and behavioral health services to diverse underserved communities in Jefferson, Bibb, Perry, Chilton, Shelby, Marengo, and Wilcox counties. We are a Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home and Joint Commission accredited organization, committed to increasing integration and coordination of behavioral health and primary care. This is an exciting, fast-paced practice with a strong mission and commitment to providing high-quality care.

Responsibilities and 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

Takes call at local facility; also, will share phones call with the other providers for Cahaba Medical Care

Performs other duties as assigned or as needed.

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.

Will sign off on the notes of the residents and mid-levels that were precepted on the assigned half days

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