Pediatrician/Physician/MD

Job Description

Job Description

Do you want to make a difference in the lives of children and still have time for your own family? Are you passionate about providing the best kind of care, and treating the whole person? Let’s change East Texas, together, by giving patients access to affordable, high-quality healthcare.

Bethesda Health Clinic’s mission is to provide hope and healing to our community through medical and dental care. We are a Christian-based organization, and our team comes to work every day ready to make a tangible difference in the community. We work hard to help our patients live an abundant life. Here you won’t have a quota to meet or unnecessary add-ons to sell, you will just change lives.

Our patients are grateful for the care they receive and cannot wait to meet YOU!

If you are looking for more than just a job, we are looking for you. We are looking for someone who wants to make an impact and who loves to help others. Think back to what inspired you toward a career in medicine, and the feeling you get from helping someone truly live better; that is what you will find at Bethesda Health Clinic.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience working with a diverse range of patients and be excited to work in conjunction with our team to deliver medical services in a professional manner. The right individual for this position will have excellent management and communication skills as well as strong technical skills and will enjoy opportunities for professional development.

Key Performance Areas:

1. Efficiently see primary care patients and deliver quality acute and chronic disease care.
2. Maintain accurate and quality records on all encounters
3. Review and handle lab tests, office tests and outside medical records as appropriate.

SUMMARY OF POSITION  

Responsible for delivering outstanding patient care in a primary care setting. The position will require working with volunteer nurses and doctors during the clinic hours. Also, the job may consist of assisting the medical director in assisting with any procedures and reviewing any test results that might come to the office.

Job Functions

• Provides comprehensive and acceptable medical services to infants and children, following current practice guidelines.
• Ensures the provision of timely follow-up care and services as required.
• Refers patients to appropriate recognized medical specialist as necessary, providing complete clinical information for care and diagnostic procedures that cannot be adequately provided onsite.
• Adheres to the highest standards of medical practice, ethics, and professionalism at all times.
• Utilizes the center’s Electronic Health Records for timely documentation of all patients related care.
• Collaborates and acts as a supervising physician for assigned allied health professionals as needed by the Health Center to provide effective interdisciplinary health care services and assist in their professional development.
• Participates in quality improvement projects including peer review, adheres to QI policies and procedures, especially chart audit requirements.
• Identifies risk management issues and brings to the attention of the Medical Director.
• Attends internal and external meetings, workshops and conferences, as necessary to maintain continuing medical education requirements and/or as required by the Health Clinic.
• Performs other tasks as required by management.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES

• Good organizational skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a busy clinical environment
• Exceptional customer service skills
• Above average oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently
• Complete annual Continuing Medical Education requirements
• Ability to effectively communicate and work with physicians, residents, nurses, patients, families, staff, other health care professionals, and management
• Maintain confidentiality of patient, patient account and personnel data
• Ability to work as a team member is necessary

SKILLS REQUIRED

Bilingual preferred

Education Medical degree from an accredited college/university and completed residency if appropriate

License Licensed or eligible for licensing as a Physician in the State of Texas

Certifications Certified by Texas Board of Medical Examiners

Computer Skills Intermediate knowledge of and experience utilizing a personal computer; intermediate word processing skills required

AAP/EEO STATEMENT

Bethesda Health Clinic and Hangers of Hope provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Bethesda Health Clinic and Hangers of Hope complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, and transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. 

This position description is intended to be a tool to describe the primary purpose of the job and the key duties and responsibilities. It may not be inclusive of all duties and job assignments. Other job duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted and/or revised at the discretion of management.