Physician, Bureau of Public Health Clinics

Physician, Bureau of Public Health Clinics

This is a City Medical Specialist (Part-Time) position with a maximum salary of $102.40 per hour. The mission of the Bureau of Public Health Clinics is to promote a healthy community by providing New Yorkers with the resources needed to make informed and empowered health decisions; identify and treat tuberculosis and provide immunization and sexual health services regardless of ability to pay or immigration status. It is also the Bureau's vision to provide timely, accessible, high-quality, equitable and respectful care that helps improve the lives of our patients and contributes to a healthier community. The Bureau of Public Health Clinics seeks to hire a Physician to work in one of our chest clinics. This person will report directly to the Physician-In-Charge and will provide medical care to patients visiting the TB clinic.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

• Perform direct patient care five days per week.
• Manage day-to-day clinical care of patients within her chest center.
• Supervise other physicians in the clinic and completes performance evaluations in a timely manner.
• Ensure that all TB disease or suspected TB patients (Class III & V) patients in the center have been reported and that every effort is made to ensure follow up & complete appropriate treatment.
• Ensure that Directly Observed therapy (DOT) is given to as many patients as possible.
• Review the records of patients on clinic and community-based DOT. Recommends appropriate cases for intermittent DOT.
• Perform QA on medical records of other physicians to ensure that prompt, effective treatment is given to priority patients (TB disease, suspected TB disease, contacts, immunosuppressed or HIV patients). All contacts, HIV-infected persons on treatment for latent TB infection should be monitored intensively by the PIC.
• Meets weekly with PHAs and other clinic staff to conduct case management on all Class III patients in the Center, ensuring that appropriate treatment is being given, that contact is made within 24 hours of a missed clinic visit, that an appropriate contact investigation and monitoring is occurring, that the patient has been brought back to treatment if needed, etc. Follow up with case manager and appropriate staff on these issues.
• Review drug resistant/drug intolerant TB patients, including MDR and rifampin resistant monthly at a minimum and when needed.
• Ensure that case management is documented in the TB registry system.

Why you should work for us:

• Benefits: City employees are entitled to unmatched benefits such as: a premium-free health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually, per a 2024 assessment. Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position's associated union/benefit fund. A public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement. A tax-deferred savings program and a robust Worksite Wellness Program that offers resources and opportunities to keep you healthy while serving New Yorkers.
• Job Security - you could enjoy more job security compared to private sector employment and be able to contribute to making NYC a healthy place to live and work.

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the U.S., dedicated to protecting and improving the health of NYC. Our mission is to safeguard the health of every resident and cultivate a city where everyone, regardless of age, background, or location, can achieve their optimal health. We provide a wide array of programs and services focused on food and nutrition, anti-tobacco support, chronic disease prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, family and child health, environmental health, mental health, and social justice initiatives.

The NYC Health Department is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation to all individuals. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact Sye-Eun Ahn, Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, at View email address on click.appcast.io or View phone number on click.appcast.io.