Physician (Medical Director GERI PACT)

Job Title

The Tuskegee Area Chamber of Commerce is Macon County's leading business advocacy organization. Our goal is to support businesses and to drive the growth of the local economy. We are dedicated to fostering an environment of success and economic prosperity for the four municipalities that we support: Tuskegee, Shorter, Notasulga and Franklin. As a dynamic and forward-thinking organization, we understand the crucial role that businesses play in creating jobs, generating revenue, and enhancing the quality of life for our residents.

Job Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Supervising clinical and administrative activities of the GPC physicians and nurse practitioners.
• Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnostic work-up and clinic intervention, including comprehensive patient assessment, health history, physical examination, and patient education to Veterans in the GPC setting.
• Function as an integral part of a GPC multi-disciplinary team to coordinate, facilitate, and provide patient care and services. Discriminate between normal and abnormal findings to establish a diagnosis and initiate appropriate response to emergency health problems.
• Initiate appropriate referrals and consultations to other clinical services.
• Order and evaluate diagnostic tests as appropriate, recommend treatment and/or referral.
• Validate the effectiveness of previously implemented medical treatment.
• Initiate, evaluate, and change orders for medications.
• Include patient and family in planning care and establishing realistic measurable goals for health maintenance/improvement.
• Record/document health appraisal information, clinical assessments, treatment decisions, plan of care, ongoing management and therapeutic outcomes, order medications, diagnostic tests and referral consultations where needed for every patient encounter; recording will be accomplished using the electronic comprehensive patient record system (CPRS) and will be completed on the day of the encounter.
• Respond to computerized "alerts" indicating diagnostic test abnormalities and to health line requests from Veterans/family members on the day of receipt (weekends excepted).
• Follow Performance Measure guidelines, including completion of clinical reminders in CPRS, access and timeliness standards, prescription order entry, National VA formulary requirements, and customer service standards.
• Work effectively with patients, families, members of the multi-disciplinary team, and other CAVHCS staff.
• Demonstrates flexibility in responding to clinical demands, adhere to personal and professional obligations and responsibilities, practice and maintain ethical standards, and sustain a work environment that is harmonious and customer service oriented.
• Promote all CAVHCS initiatives
• Assigning, directing, and reviewing work, to include Physicians and Nurse Practitioners.
• Establishing performance standards and work review and reporting requirements.
• Rating and rewarding staff.
• Approving leave, hearing/resolving staff complaints and grievances, investigating instances of misconduct and affecting disciplinary and adverse actions.
• Identifying staff training and development needs. Incumbent maintains close liaison with subordinate supervisors. Coordinating Academic/Teaching/Training opportunities with residents and/or medical students.
• Participation in Peer Review process.

Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday (Subject to change based on the needs of the agency)