Physician - Rheumatology Lapalco Clinic

100 LCMC Health; Harvey (LA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

100 LCMC Health in Harvey, LA is seeking a Rheumatology Physician to provide comprehensive medical care and supervision to the clinical staff. You will perform routine examinations, diagnose illnesses, and develop treatment plans to promote patient wellbeing in a busy hospital setting.

This role involves responding to patient calls, maintaining accurate records, participating in call schedules, and ensuring safety and infection control standards.

Qualifications

• Completed residency training.
• Doctoral Degree in Medicine or Osteopathy.
• Licensure as a Medical Physician by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.

Responsibilities

• Provides medical care and treatment to patients and supervises clinical staff.
• Performs routine examinations, diagnoses and develops treatment plans.
• Responds to patient calls and messages and maintains patient encounters.
• Maintains records and ensures safety, infection control and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Medical skills

EHR proficiency

ICD-10 & CPT-4 knowledge

Communication

Guest relations

Education

Doctoral Degree in Medicine or Osteopathy

Job description

Your job is more than a job Rheumatology Physician Harvey, LA The Physician provides medical care and treatment to patients. Provides consultation and medical supervision to the clinical staff. Performs routine examinations, diagnoses and provides treatment for illnesses and injuries to promote the patients' overall well-being.

GENERAL DUTIES

• Provides quality care to the patient. Responds to patients' calls and messages and attends patients.
• Maintains patient and business records including the completion of daily patient encounters.
• Observes patients for signs and symptoms of abuse/neglect and reports immediately in accordance with appropriate policy.
• Recognizes emergencies and responds appropriately in adherence to organizational policies and procedures.

Patient Access

• Participates in a physician call schedule which is evenly distributed between providers and offers patient meeting slots as deemed by the designed template.

Safety and Infection Control Standards

• Assists with compliance to safety, environmental, infection control, quality improvement and other regulatory standards.
• Implements standard and transmission-based precautions and ensures patient safety during clinic visits, in accordance with the hospital/regulatory policies.
• Maintains a clean clinic working environment.
• Reports any safety hazards or violations in patient or clinic environment to clinic manager or designee.

Regional Medical Director Duties (if applicable)

• Ensures provider compliance with patient access, patient care, etc.
• Communicates provider concerns to administration, communicates initiatives and solutions to providers.
• Completes provider assessment and reviews including reviewing this with the provider.
• Develops and maintains work and call schedules.

EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

• Completed residency training.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

• Doctoral Degree Medicine or Osteopathy.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Certification Name: Medical Physician Required
• Issuer: Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
• Licensure Speciality: Licensure

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Medical skills.
• Computer software skills.
• ICD-10 and CPT-4, working knowledge.
• Communication and guest relation skills.

WORK SHIFT

• Days (United States of America) LCMC Health is a community.

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary.

About West Jefferson Medical Center

West Jefferson Medical Center, a cornerstone of LCMC Health's incredible community of care, is regionally recognized and nationally accredited. For over 60 years, we’ve been the hospital-of-choice on the west bank of Jefferson Parish for health, wellness, and family-centered care. Learn more about West Jefferson Medical Center and our Leapfrog "Grade A" Hospital Safety distinction

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems - it's all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you - because we do You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

About LCMC Health

One-of-a-kind care comes from one-of-a-kind people. At LCMC Health, our people are the magic ingredient that makes our care so extra-extraordinary. We are compassionate, driven, and dedicated to bringing a little something extra to healthcare and to the people of New Orleans and beyond. If you’re the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family. From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary. Let’s make every day extraordinary, together.