Family Medicine - Immediate Care Physician (Physician )

Family Medicine Physician
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Family Medicine Physician - Responsibilities

Provide full spectrum Family Medicine care encompassing outpatient clinical and procedural services. Shall include routine general family medicine care which includes preventive medicine, and care for acute and chronic patient conditions, musculoskeletal conditions, pediatrics, and women's health.
Complete medical records documentation within 72 business hours of the encounter with the patient.
Attend and participate in meetings, professional staff conferences and other appropriate professional activities such as, but not limited to the following: quality improvement meetings, professional staff meetings, commander's staff meetings, flight meetings, and other meetings required by applicable regulations.
Provide immediate evaluation and management of emergency problems as they occur.
Familiarization with Department of Defense (DoD), Federal, State, non-profit healthcare systems and organizations, to include DoD Tri-Service Military Healthcare Systems, TRICARE purchased care system, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Veterans Administration (VA) is highly desired.
Shall provide health counseling to patients and their families and develop a plan for health maintenance based on individual needs.
Provide instruction, coaching, mentoring, and training for medical residents, physician assistant students, medical students and/or students of other health care disciplines in the form of clinical rotations, didactics, and outpatient discussions as appropriate.
Shall see new patients and established follow-up clinic visits. The HCW is expected to participate in telehealth and virtual encounters as well as respond to telephone consults and secure messages.
Shall provide clinical and administrative leadership and expertise, managing patient care and coordinating additional subspecialty referrals, answering patient telephone consults (with the assistance of clinic staff), and refilling prescriptions.
Coordinate patient care with community health agencies and social programs. Will facilitate continuity of care for patients. Family Medicine Physician - Requirements

Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) degree. Graduate must be from an accredited medical school in the United States or Canada.
Certification by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) or the American Osteopathic Board of Family Medicine (AOBFM).
Successful completion of an internship and residency program.
Subsequent to obtaining a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy degree, a candidate must have had at least 2 years of experience within the past three years including residency training.
Licensure/Registration: Must have a current, full, active and unrestricted license to practice in medicine.
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