Physician

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title:       

Physician

Home Department:

Adult Medicine

Reports To:   

Chief of Adult Medicine

Effective Date:

January 1, 2024

This document is intended to describe the general duties required for this position.  It is not intended to serve as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or physical requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Position Summary

Under limited supervision by the Chief of Adult Medicine, the Physician provides the full scope of primary care services, including diagnosis, treatment, coordination of care, preventative care and health maintenance to patients. The Physician serves as the leader within the patient centered medical home model and work collaboratively with the care team to ensure that each patient gets the best possible care.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the primary care team in providing patients with primary medical services within the standard of care for Internal Medicine, (Family Practice or Osteopathic Medicine.) 
• Participate in daily care team huddles to ensure prioritization of patient needs. 
• Attend to patients in a timely and orderly manner to keep waiting time to a minimum and maximize productivity. 
• Obtain appropriate patient history, perform physical evaluation, order appropriate diagnostic tests and follows-up with interpretation, formulate assessment and initiates treatment plan with appropriate follow up appointments. 
• Review incoming reports (e.g. lab, x-ray, EKG) sign, date and follow up with patients in a timely manner. 
• Ensure documentation is recorded in a complete in a timely and orderly manner, utilizing template in the electronic medical record. 
• Adhere to UDS productivity and quality standards and meets average minimum requirements of 3200 billable encounters annually. 
• Perform comprehensive examinations, including physical, developmental assessment and screening for psychosocial problems.
• Complete timely documentation in the EHR for each patient encounter and review patient medical records for accuracy, and completeness as outlined in BJHCHS Policy for ensuring timely medical record documentation.  
• Request, obtain and evaluate results of screening tests.
• Prescribe treatment plan for management/care for patients and families according to standards of care guidelines and refers appropriately.
• Develop a health maintenance plan for individual patients which includes health education, health promotion/disease prevention and general anticipatory guidance.
• Counsel patients and families appropriately regarding management of their care.
• Monitor the treatment regimen in selected populations.
• Assessed by medical and clinical peers through (quarterly) record audits and one on one training and observation, at least once a year, or if needed.
• Confer with Chief of Adult Medicine when needed for consultation, information, etc.
• Provide ongoing staff education based on health needs of population served. Provide individualized clinical orientation for nursing personnel in specialty area.
• Conduct quality assurance review utilizing clinical measures by life cycle.
• Serve as supervising physician for Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant if needed, and sign BJH Non-Physician Collaborative Practice Agreement to establish medical aspects of care to be provided by NP/PA including prescribing medications. 
• Serve as advocate for the center and serve as liaison to local hospitals, health organizations as appropriate.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management 

Qualifications

• Medical degree in Internal Medicine, Family Practice, or Osteopathic Medicine from accredited college or university. 
• Completion of a residency program in Internal Medicine or Family Practice
• Board certification 
• Possess a South Carolina Medical License
• Possess a State Controlled Substance and (a) Federal DEA Controlled Substance registration.
• Current CPR certificate required