Family Practice - With OB Physician

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Job description

TITLE: Physician
REPORTS TO: Chief Medical Officer
SUPERVISES: Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Patient Care:

• Provide medical care to pediatric, adolescent, and adult patients.
  
• Take relevant patient history.
  
• Identify patient needs and make diagnoses.
  
• Perform complete well-care examinations, including complete physicals.
  
• Perform complete gynecological histories and physical examinations as indicated.
  
• Write prescriptions and inform patients about medications prescribed.
  
• Complete medical forms and documentation related to patient care.
  
• Answer patient telephone inquiries as needed.
• Make referrals to other agencies and providers, with follow-up care provided.
  
• Assist with immunization and phlebotomy as needed to ensure smooth patient flow.
  
• Encourage health promotion, disease prevention, and health maintenance.
• Provide health education on topics including preventative medicine and counseling on chronic diseases, as well as parenting, prenatal, nutrition, family-planning, medication usage and stress management.
• Provide patient advocacy, as appropriate for site.
  
• Work in a supervisory role with mid-levels and collaboratively with specialists for consultation and referral purposes.
• Participate in Peer Review process, as defined by the hospital.
  
• Provide technical assistance and teach Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.
  
• Maintain ultimate responsibility for directing the course of patient s medical treatment.
  
• Participate in case-conference and case management activities.
  
• Participate in the On-Call list, on a rotation basis.
  

Administrative/Education Duties:

• Participate in quality improvement activities.
• Participate and develop medical protocols with Clinical Guidelines Committee, for implementation by staff.
• Collaborate with Benefits Counselors and Outreach staff to ensure appropriate patient scheduling and flow.
• Collaborate with HIM supervisor to ensure appropriate documentation procedures.
  
• Observe, implement, and promote federal regulations as defined by HIPAA and Policies and Procedures.

Nurse Practitioner and Physician Collaborative Agreement:
As part of this job description, the Physician will supervise mid-level practitioners in accordance
with the terms of the collaborative agreement.

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