Physician

Description

The Physician will provide primary medical care to all ages and types of clinic patients, including some pediatric patients. The Physician will carry out the mission of the clinic to provide high-quality integrated primary care that is compassionate, culturally sensitive, equitable, and trauma-informed, to all patients and families who are eligible to receive services at Hurtt. With the goal of access, quality, efficiencies, and patient satisfaction, provides primary health care to all Hurtt Family Health patients through an integrated and comprehensive team-based, medical home model. Provides direct and indirect clinical supervision of mid-level providers and provides support on complex medical care issues. Participates in the development of mid-level providers, RNs, and medical assistants.

The schedule for this position is full-time Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm, with occasional weekend hours for a rotating Saturday morning shift (Saturday 8am-12pm) approximately 6 times per year.

The best candidate for this position:

• is a Board certified Physician and an accredited Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
• has 3-5 years of experience as a Physician
• the ability to foster a safe environment where people will feel comfortable to share private, pertinent information for effective treatment
• the ability to diagnose and treat medical issues commonly experienced by homeless persons and uninsured persons
• understands the psychosocial factors involved in administering health services for homeless and uninsured persons
• experience in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or community health setting (preferred)
• ability to communicate in Spanish in a healthcare environment (preferred)

What You'll Do:

Job Responsibilities & Duties

1. Project and carry out the mission of the clinic to provide high-quality integrated primary care that is compassionate, culturally sensitive, equitable, and trauma-informed, to all patients and families who are eligible to receive services at Hurtt
2. Work efficiently with care team members to provide care to an average of 16 patients per (8 hour) day and assess the need for medical services for all walk-in patients while on duty.
3. Maintain good working relationship and communication with all staff, reflecting professionalism in all interactions.
4. Required to maintain a flexible schedule which may include coverage of Hurtt clinical sites, evenings and weekends, after hour coverage, mobile outreach clinics and promotional or educational events.
5. Provide professional, administrative review of patient labs, studies, specialty reports and medical records and medication refill requests as needed in a timely, efficient manner and direct appropriate follow up care as needed. Respond to telephone calls, EMR tasks, etc. as appropriate. Complete appropriate medical forms. Direct support staff to assist in these tasks as appropriate.
6. Provide appropriate after hours care as assigned: on call telephone duties.
7. Provide oversight of employed and volunteer mid-level providers in a manner consistent with the State of California Laws and Regulations. This includes appropriate chart review while maintaining supervisory accessibility. Chart reviews to be documented.
8. Supervision and teaching of Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, residents and/or students as assigned as applicable.
9. Provides on-going training for employed mid-level providers to increase their effectiveness and base of knowledge. Provide expertise to mid-level providers as requested.
10. Refer for specialty services and ancillary services as appropriate per managed care and DHS guidelines
11. Keep abreast of current clinical guidelines, literature and research and complete trainings as needed to implement and update services as mandated by grants, licensing requirement, and contracts. This includes, but not limited to, maintaining CME, DEA, CPR, and licensure.
12. Ensure timely credentialing by maintaining Physician License, PECOS, and DEA License, NPI Number, etc. and submitting proof annually.
13. Attend All Staff and Provider meetings and be responsible for all information presented.
14. Appropriate utilization/adoption of electronic health record, to include chart documentation and coding for services provided and timely encounter closure within five business days. Document all patient encounters thoroughly in the EMR system to meet standards of practice and all required UDS, CQMs, and HEDIS measures.
15. Comply with Hurtt policies and procedures and regulatory Federal, State, and local rules and regulations including public health advisories and Confidential Morbidity reporting.
16. Participate in all safety programs which may include assignments to an emergency response team for Disaster Preparedness
17. Timely communication with HR and administrative staff to maintain credentialing and audit compliance requirements.
18. Participate in peer review, Hurtt QI programs, and Continuous Quality Improvement, and in assuring quality patient care is maintained.
19. Reports and responds to complaints regarding clinical care, resolving any complaint with expediency and in a professional manner in coordination with staff.
20. Participates in the formulation of policies and procedures on all aspects of clinical care.
21. Lead patient access and efficiency by modeling high effectiveness, training, and assisting other providers in maximizing time and access to care. This includes providing feedback to admin and provider mentorship.
22. Perform other duties as assigned.

These duties are not exclusive and with consideration of the job requirements, employee skills, and the needs of the organization, this job description can be added to or taken away from at management’s discretion.

Requirements

What You'll Bring:

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), including completion of medical clinical doctor program clinical/residency requirements
• Experience: 3-5 years of experience as a Physician. Community health experience preferred but not required.
• Certifications / Licensing: Current California Physician license; Board-certified Physician; DEA number; NPI number; enrolled in PAVE
• Ability to obtain admitting privileges at various Orange County, CA hospitals
• Ability to foster a safe environment where people will feel comfortable to share private, pertinent information for effective treatment.
• Ability to diagnose and treat medical issues commonly experienced by homeless persons and uninsured persons
• Understanding of the psychosocial factors involved in administering health services for homeless and uninsured persons
• Preferred: Experience in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or community health setting
• Preferred: Ability to communicate in Spanish in a healthcare environment