Infectious Disease Provider (MD/DO/NP/DNP)

Job Description

Job Description

Title:                     Infectious Disease Provider (MD/DO/NP/DNP)Organization: Greater Baden Medical ServicesFLSA Category:  Exempt

Reports To:          Chief Medical Officer

Greater Baden Medical Services (GBMS) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) dedicated to providing high-quality healthcare across Southern Maryland. With 9 clinical sites across Prince George's, Charles, and St. Mary's counties, we serve over 18,000 patients each year. We provide fully integrated care that includes primary care, pediatrics, women's health, Title X family planning, dental care, behavioral health, WIC, pharmacy services, and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program. Our patient population is primarily made up of Medicaid and uninsured individuals. We are deeply proud to deliver these vital services to everyone in our community, regardless of their ability to pay, making Greater Baden an incredibly rewarding place to grow your career while making a tangible, life-changing impact every day.

Job Summary

The Infectious Disease Provider provides comprehensive consultative and direct patient care for individuals with acute and chronic infectious diseases. As part of our Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), the physician collaborates with primary care providers, behavioral health professionals, pharmacists, nurses, and care management staff to improve health outcomes for diverse and underserved populations. The physician is responsible for diagnosing, treating, and managing infectious diseases while promoting prevention, education, quality improvement, and evidence-based clinical practice.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with infectious diseases in an outpatient setting.
• Manage patients with HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B and C, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, endocarditis, recurrent infections, and other infectious diseases.
• Provide consultation to primary care providers regarding infectious disease management.
• Develop individualized treatment plans and monitor patient progress.
• Prescribe medications, including antimicrobial therapies, in accordance with current clinical guidelines.
• Participate in antimicrobial stewardship initiatives.
• Collaborate with case management, pharmacy, behavioral health, dental, and primary care teams.
• Educate patients and families regarding disease prevention, treatment adherence, and health maintenance.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and clinical performance measures.
• Maintain complete and timely electronic medical records.
• Participate in peer review, provider meetings, and continuing medical education.
• Comply with HRSA, CMS, Joint Commission (if applicable), OSHA, HIPAA, and all federal and state regulations.
• Participate in community outreach and public health initiatives as appropriate.

Qualifications Required

• MD or DO from an accredited medical school, with completion of an accredited Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Disease fellowship; or NP/DNP with a graduate-level nursing degree from an accredited, Maryland Board-approved nurse practitioner program appropriate to the provider’s specialty and scope of practice.
• MD/DO providers must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Infectious Disease. NP/DNP providers must hold current national nurse practitioner certification recognized by the Maryland Board of Nursing in the applicable specialty.
• Current, unrestricted Maryland medical license for MD/DO providers, or applicable Maryland nurse practitioner licensure and certification for NP/DNP providers.
• Current Maryland prescriber number and current DEA and CDS registrations/licenses, as applicable to the provider’s prescribing authority and job responsibilities.
• Must be insurable for professional malpractice coverage.
• Current BLS certification; ACLS certification preferred.

Substitutions-  None

Preferred

• Experience working in an FQHC, community health center, or public health setting.
• Experience caring for medically underserved or vulnerable populations.
• HIV Specialist certification or extensive HIV clinical experience.
• Experience with Ryan White Program services.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities