Physician - Internist

General Practice Physician

Diagnoses and treats a variety of diseases and injuries by performing the following duties:

• Elicits and records information about patient's medical history.
• Examines patient to determine general physical condition.
• Orders or executes various tests, analyses, and diagnostic images to provide information on patient's condition. Analyzes reports and findings of tests and of examination, and diagnoses condition. Refers to medical specialists or other practitioners for specialized treatment.
• Administers or prescribes treatments and drugs and performs minor surgery or procedures as appropriate to specialty training. Inoculates and vaccinates patients to immunize patients from communicable diseases. Advises patients concerning diet, hygiene, and methods for prevention of disease. Provides emergency medical treatment as presented up to the level of license, training, facilities, or resources available.
• Provides prenatal care to pregnant women as pre-arranged with a local obstetrician, delivers babies in emergencies, and provides postnatal care to mother and infant.
• Reports births, deaths, and outbreaks of contagious diseases to governmental authorities as required.
• Makes house and emergency calls within the scope of service to attend to patients unable to visit the center or to whom doing so would be a hardship.
• Conducts physical examinations to provide information needed for admission to school, consideration for jobs, eligibility for insurance coverage surgical procedures, disability.
• Represents the organization during itineration, mission events, etc.
• Strives to meet spiritual, mental, and emotional needs of patients as appropriate and available.
• Oversee mid-level providers.
• Call coverage will be required for after hours and weekends.

Supervisory responsibilities include:

• Directly supervises assistants (nurses or medical assistants) especially those to whom medical tasks or procedures have been delegated.
• Assists the Chief Medical Officer with performance improvement projects and with annual evaluations of directly supervised staff as needed or requested.
• Oversee mid-level providers.

Other essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Embrace a team-based approach to patient care.
• Demonstrate excellent team communication and coordination to provide quality patient care.
• Communicate with community organizations, health plans, facilities, and specialists for care coordination.
• Understand and embrace the concept of population management and proactively address the needs of patients and families served by this practice.
• Demonstrate skill and knowledge related to effective communication with vulnerable patient populations.
• Participate in Continuous Quality Improvement activities within the organization to ensure patients receive high-quality care.
• Participate in Grace Health's advocacy program.
• Provide cross coverage for other area providers when required.

General duties include:

• Follow policies and procedures of the office.
• Maintain good attendance.
• Maintain timely documentation of all work assignments.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.
• Routinely keep supervisor informed about attendance and job assignments.
• Be flexible in being able to multitask.
• Work effectively and at an efficient pace.
• Work cooperatively with providers, administration, and peers.

Qualification requirements include:

• Must be able to read, write, and speak English at a high level of proficiency.
• Must have a medical license or be license-eligible in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
• Must be licensed as a Medical Doctor in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and hold a class 2-5 certification with the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

Physical demands include:

• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment is a faith-based, federally qualified community health center (FQHC) providing primary health services to underserved, underinsured, and uninsured individuals in the southeastern Kentucky region.

Benefits include:

• Safe harbor 401(k) with match potential
• Paid time off
• Family friendly work environment
• Health insurance with wellness program, health savings account, pharmacy benefit, and employee visits for medical services
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life Insurance
• STD/LTD
• EAP & Work life services
• Voluntary benefits
• Hospital indemnity

Grace Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.