Staff Physician

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary

• Diagnoses, treats, and helps prevent common diseases and injuries.

General Accountabilities

• Prescribes or administers specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
• Orders, performs, and interprets tests and analyzes records and examination information to diagnose patients' condition.
• Records and maintains patient information.
• Completes patient chart documentation and locks chart within 72 hours.
• Monitors patients' conditions and progress and reevaluates treatments as necessary.
• Explains procedures and discusses test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
• Advises patients on diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
• Refers patients to medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary.
• Trains residents, medical students, and other health care professionals.
• *The company reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.

Job Qualifications

• Education: Doctoral degree
• Experience: 5-7 years of related experience preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Licenses/Certification: State license

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Critical thinking
• Judgment and decision making
• Active listening
• Complex problem solving
• Service orientation
• Active learning
• Monitoring