Family Practice Physician

Position Title:              Physician: Family Practice

Reports to:                   Chief Executive Officer

Department:                Clinical

Status:                           Exempt

Pay Type:                      Salaried

Salary Range:               $190,000 - $260,000 (based on experience)

Hours:                           Full-Time; Flexible Schedule

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provides comprehensive primary care services in a community health center - ambulatory clinic setting.
• Works independently using his/her best professional judgement while practicing medicine within his/her scope of practice.
• Renders care following recognized standards of care and evidence-based guidelines.
• Assesses patient needs for specialty referrals, diagnostic imaging, and in-patient care and make appropriate referrals for service.
• Provides patients and family members with counseling and education regarding health maintenance, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and need for follow-up as appropriate.
• Performs minor outpatient procedures and ambulatory treatments and diagnostics in accordance with approved privileges.
• Responsible for accurate, timely, and complete documentation in patient records in accordance with health center policy.
• Provides consultation to other clinic providers either in person or by telephone.
• Provides supervision and maintains a Collaborative Practice Agreement with health center Nurse Practitioners, as needed.
• Participates in shared “call” system with other providers, on a rotational basis, to provide continuous coverage for health center patients on a 24/7 basis.
• Participates in Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement and Risk Management activities and initiatives. Utilizes reports from health center QA/QI/RM monitoring of clinical quality measures to provide leadership for continuous quality improvement on the practice team.