Physician (Family Practice)

Job Duties

Diagnose illnesses and prescribes and administers healthcare treatment plans for people suffering from injury or disease.

Apply new procedures in the evaluation and treatment of complex patient cases and conducts research for the advancement of the Family Medicine program and for quality improvement to other providers and patients.

Encourage patients to make difficult lifestyle changes to improve their heath and provides follow-up treatment and care to patients to ascertain compliance with therapy and response to treatment.

Provide advice by telephone and/or in person to other physicians, non-physician providers, and other professional medical staff on the care of patients with urgent, emergent, and nonurgent medical problems.

Serve as member of the professional medical staff and provides advisory and consultative services on various meetings, committees, conferences, and/or boards.

Participate in committees/ meetings that evaluate the care provided to patients at MTF, identifies opportunities to change the care delivered, advises on difficult or complex cases, and recommends corrective action when problems exist.