Family Medicine Physician in South Florida

The University of Miami of Miami Health System is initiating a search for a Family Medicine Physician at our SoLe Mia location. Essential Job Functions:

• Provide all physician care generally provided at a primary care facility.
• Actively manage all aspects of patient care while on shift.
• Supervise and direct the center's other clinical staff (Medical Assistants, etc.).
• Collect biological specimens and process them in the laboratory for testing.
• Responsible for the delivery of care, treatment, and referrals. Arrange for referral resources for those medical specialties not provided at the primary care clinic.
• Evaluate patients, based on medical training and/or specialty, to determine the medical condition of the patient, through the performance of physical examinations, thereby, establishing a diagnosis and proposed treatment plan.
• Maintain a high standard of medical practice and participate in the training and development of the medical team.
• Assist in medical education of both the patients and clinic staff.
• Facilitates the patient's transition within and between health care settings; refer and transfer patients for follow-up and/or specialty care and discharge patients.
• As a member of the health care team, exemplify an example in attitude toward patients and staff, thereby, performing duties with respect, dignity, privacy, and modesty to the patients.
• Participate in the development of clinic protocols and formulary. Make recommendations, suggestions, etc., on chart information forms.
• Document each on site/in office procedure, prescription, consultation and patient contact in patient's chart and on the clinic's encounter forms, within a 24-hour period.
• Counsel patient regarding medical and other problems which might affect patient's health and well-being.
• Perform such clinical procedures for patient's benefit which are within scope and skill of practitioner/specialist and which are economically feasible.
• Provide direction and leadership to the clinic's medical support staff, with regard to the administering of a patient's care.
• Provide supervision in case assignment to nurse practitioner/physician assistant, including sign off on charts, where applicable.

• Doctoral Degree, MD or DO, and Florida Physician License required.
• Three years of experience in area of Family Medicine.
• Graduation from an ACGME Family Medicine Residency Program.
• Board certification in Family Medicine.