Staff Physician (Primary Care)

Job Description

Job Description

This position will provide patient care services. Perform examinations, diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and injuries that commonly occur amongst patients. May refer patients to specialists when needed for further diagnosis or treatment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES, FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES

This list of duties and responsibilities is illustrative only of the tasks performed by this position and is not all inclusive.

• Assumes responsibility for the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, maintenance therapy and rehabilitation of patients within a primary care setting.
• Interviews and examines patients, reviews past medical history, performs history and physical; requests and/or performs and follows-up with diagnostic tests and examinations deemed necessary to obtain all possible information related to patient.
• Makes preliminary diagnosis, directs, prescribes, provides treatment, and arranges for specialized care, patient referrals, or transfers to a higher level of care as required.
• Bases decisions upon information obtained, professional medical knowledge and skills and prescribed policies and procedures.
• Makes notes of observations to be incorporated into clinical records.
• Provides definitive management in all medical categories or cases that do not require referral.
• Provides total patient care including preventing health maintenance, early diagnosis, treatment and follow up services to patients.
• Conducts outpatient clinics makes observations appropriate to the patient's underlying disease and treatment plan, including current symptoms.
• Reviews the patient's medications, diet, therapy course, adherence to management plan and patient observations. Modifies regimen as indicated. Instructs and counsels patients and family members as required.
• Participates in the consultation with hospitalist/emergency department staff regarding inpatient admissions. Provides assistance to emergency staff in cases of multiple patient casualties.
• Makes appropriate referrals and obtains appropriate consultation after primary evaluation and documentation has been completed.
• Assures preparation of appropriate medical records for all patients seen to assure the accumulation and organization of all pertinent data needed to provide comprehensive medical care. Dictates clinical report summaries and correspondence
  concerning patients under their care in a timely manner (daily completion of inpatient progress notes).
• Required to work in a courteous and professional manner with all health center staff and colleagues.
• Works closely with other health professionals to utilize and coordinate services in the management of the family’s medical, psychological and social problems.
• Assumes appropriate administrative duties as assigned.
• Responsible for medical students, interns, or residents assigned for training in in this specialty.
• Refers patients to appropriate contracted medical facilities, providing full clinical information for care and diagnostic procedures that cannot be adequately provided at local medical facilities.
• Coordinates and integrates information and assures the provision of timely follow-up care as required.
• Assumes responsibility for medical student, interns, or residents assigned for training in this specialty.
• Participates in Quality Assurance (QA) and Performance Improvement (PI) review processes.
• Works under the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) who provides general professional and administrative supervision.
• Works with considerable independence during course of patient care.
• May work on a regularly assigned, rotation or call back basis to provide continuity of medical services during evenings, holidays, and weekends as needed.
• Assists with patient care at Haak’u Health Center as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience:

• No additional experience required outside of a completed training program as identified in the education qualifications listed below.

Education:

• Completion of an accredited Medical School Program.
• Completion of an accredited Family Medicine or Internal Medicine Residency Program.
• Board Eligible or Board Certification by the American Board of Family Medicine or the American Board of Internal Medicine.
• Active, unrestricted Medical License from any U.S State or Territory.

POSITION PREFERENCES

· Bilingual skills in English and the Keres native language.

· Prior experience working with Indian Health Services (IHS), a tribe or tribal organization.

· Native American Preference.

Haak'u Health Center, formally Acoma/Canoncito/Laguna (ACL) Clinic is now hiring! Please consider joining the Haak'u Health Center team.

Company Description

Haak'u Health Center, formally Acoma/Canoncito/Laguna (ACL) Clinic is now hiring! Please consider joining the Haak'u Health Center team.