Physician Part-time

Physician

Located in West Orange, New Jersey 07052

Position Summary: The Physician operates in a team with other clinic healthcare providers and support staff. The Physician provides patient medical care to all age groups in an office-based, multi-specialty group practice. In addition, the Physician provides diagnostic and therapeutic medical services, while making reasonable and sound medical assessments and treatment plans.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The duties include, but are not limited to:

• Disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery
• Treatment of acute illnesses
• Treatment of acute injuries
• Prescribes and administers medications, performs routine vaccinations, and provides advice regarding personal health and hygiene
• Requests necessary tests and follow-up visits and refers patients to specialists, as necessary
• Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field

• Relies on experience and judgement to plan and accomplish goals
• Performs a variety of tasks
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected
• Provides direction to both clinical and reception support staff
• Proper and complete medical documentation (without copy/paste) for all patient care in order to assure accuracy (above 80% with goal of 95%) of E/M coding and closing/sign off after review of all patient charts in accordance with company policies. Failure to meet this essential job function can affect the eligibility for productivity/PCN (percent net collection) bonuses
• Proper and complete medical documentation (without copy/paste) for all patient care in order to assure accuracy of HCC coding. Failure to meet this essential job function can affect the eligibility for VBC bonuses
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications or Education, Training and Experience:

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO)
• Licensed in the state of New Jersey
• Board certified or Board eligible
• Completion of an accredited residency program in area of practice (i.e., family practice, internal medicine, or pediatrics)
• DEA controlled substances registration
• Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (CPR/AED) certification
• Successful completion of CHC's credentialing and privileging review upon hire and recredentialing as appropriate
• Strong computer skills with prior electronic medical record (EMR) use preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with patients, hospital personnel and community members
• Skills to perform patient treatment procedures for most acute illnesses or injuries
• Remains calm and effective in high pressure and emergency situations