Physician - Internal Medicine

Family Centers Health Care; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service organization in St. Louis is seeking a Primary Care Physician to provide comprehensive medical care, including examination, diagnosis, treatment, and management of patient health. The ideal candidate must have an MD or DO, a valid Missouri medical license, and a strong commitment towards quality patient care and community health. Responsibilities include consultations and participation in after-hours coverage. Professional development and continuing education are also required for this position.

Qualifications

• Must be licensed to practice medicine in Missouri and be in good standing.
• Must maintain client and staff confidentiality.
• Current membership in the respective medical specialty is encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive primary medical care including diagnosis and treatment.
• Consults with Nurse Practitioners and other staff regarding patient health.
• Participates in the development of in-service programs related to medical issues.

Skills

Board-certified or board-eligible status

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy

Completion of residency training program in primary care specialty

Job description

Job Title

PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN: INTERNAL MEDICINE, FAMILY PRACTICE, OB/GYN, PEDIATRICIAN AND GENERAL PRACTICE.

Department

MEDICAL SERVICES

Overview

Responsible for providing comprehensive primary care services for patients who receive health care at Family Care Health Centers. All employees of FCHC must ensure service standards are delivered, including quality patient care, customer service, professionalism, safety, and adherence to FCHC core values.

Core Values and Standards

• Demonstrates a commitment to FCHC mission and vision.
• Demonstrates a positive attitude toward patients, employees, role, and the health center.
• Demonstrates FCHC core values (accountability, courtesy, excellence, flexibility, integrity, respect).

Customer Service and Professionalism

• Smiles and makes appropriate contact, greets individuals upon entry into the building and space.
• Is customer‑service oriented to both internal (colleagues) and external (patients, clients, vendors, etc.) customers. Treats patients, customers and colleagues with dignity and respect.
• Provides timely response to requests, tasks, and inquiries. Demonstrates good service turnaround.
• Demonstrates good communication skills and communicates in a tactful manner.
• Exhibits conflict‑resolution skills to foster effective working relationships and embraces a team approach.
• Adheres to FCHC’s dress code policies. Employee appearance and grooming are appropriate.

Show(s)

• Consistently shows commitment to position and team performance (i.e., attendance and punctuality).
• Considers and accepts cultural differences of others; works well with individuals of diverse backgrounds, supporting a culture of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Participates in training and professional development and completes required trainings in a timely manner.

Safety

• Adheres to and promotes a culture of safety and cleanliness.
• Adheres to HIPAA/Confidentiality standards.
• Respectful of FCHC property; properly and safely uses Health Center equipment.

Intra‑Departmental Relationships

Department Officer: Chief Medical Officer.

Reports to: Chief Medical Officer and/or Associate Medical Director.

Supervises: Medical consultation to Nurse Practitioners of same specialty.

Primary Responsibilities

1. Provides comprehensive primary medical care including examination, diagnosis, treatment, patient counseling, referral and medical follow‑up, including lab result and diagnostic test interpretation.
2. Provides consultation to Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Midwives and Physician Assistants.
3. Provides telephone consultation to patients and families as necessary.
4. Maintains appropriate policies, protocols, records, reports, and statistical data relevant to services provided.
5. Contributes to the quality and maintenance of on‑site clinical support services such as laboratory, pharmacy, emergency kit, specialty referrals, and arrangements for outside clinical support services such as x‑ray, pharmacy, and specialty referrals.
6. Consults with staff members regarding the comprehensive health care needs of individual clients.
7. Participates in Health Center’s system of after‑hours coverage including weeknight, weekend call and/or hospital in‑patient rounds.
8. Plans and implements Health Center programs and projects in cooperation with identified staff members.
9. Participates in the development of in‑service programs related to medical issues and other pertinent patient healthcare management issues.
10. Accepts assignments and responsibilities regarding time schedules for patient care, committee work, quality assurance and other areas related to special competence.
11. Obtains hospital admitting privileges for care of hospitalized patients or utilizes services hospitalist or residency in‑patient services.
12. Precepts medical students, medical residents, nurse practitioner students and physician assistant students.

Periodic Duties

1. Contributes to Health Center community health activities outside of regular job responsibilities.
2. Participates in Health Center staff problem‑solving groups.
3. Performs other duties as assigned.

Working Relationships

Inside Health Center: All inclusive.

Outside Health Center: Patients/Clients, students, vendors, community health agencies, grant agencies, funding agencies, professional colleagues, professional organizations and educational institutions, managed care plans, hospital committees especially physician/hospital collaboration groups, City, State and Federal agencies, etc.

Qualifications

1. Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy required.
2. License to practice medicine in the State of Missouri and be in good standing required.
3. Drug licensed including DEA and BNDD numbers required.
4. Medicare and Medicaid provider enrollment numbers including Medicare UPIN number.
5. Board‑eligible or Board‑certified status preferred.
6. Completion of residency training program in primary care specialty preferred.
7. Work experience or strong desire to work in an urban community health setting preferred.

Professional Memberships

Current membership(s) and active participation in respective medical specialty is encouraged.

Continuing Education

Satisfactory maintenance of continuing education standards as established by the Missouri State Medical Association required.

Confidentiality

Respect for and maintenance of client and staff confidentiality is required.

Notes

The above responsibilities/duties describe the chief function (requirements) of the job (holder) and are not to be considered a detailed description of every responsibility/duty (requirement) of the job (holder).