Position Title: Internal Medicine Physician
Department: Medical
Reports to: Medical Director
Type: Full Time
Position Summary:
The ideal Internal Medicine Physician will provide comprehensive healthcare to patients of all ages, focusing on preventive care, diagnosis, and treatment of various medical conditions. This role requires a commitment to practicing medicine in a professional and ethical manner, ensuring compassionate and respectful interactions with patients.
Responsibilities:
- Performs history and physical examinations on adults and children (if trained to do so). Physical exams include pre-employment, school, sports, well child periodic screening, etc.
- Performs Pap smears, breast examinations, and other medical services and health prevention and screening as needed.
- Counsels for birth control and prescribes as appropriate.
- Gathers complete medical history and performs a physical exam on each client.
- Provides Treatment for and documents various related diseases.
- Review results of lab tests and diagnostic imaging and arranges appropriate follow-up.
- Provides for the provision of health education and appropriately documents all health education.
- Reviews referral/consultant reports and arranges appropriate follow-up.
- Answers miscellaneous medical questions in the absence of the Nursing Director or Medical Director.
- Assists in training of staff.
- Participates in provider meetings.
- Participates in chart review and quality assurance activities as detailed in the Quality Assurance policies and procedures.
- Supervises physician assistants, nurse practitioners, resident physicians and students.
Provides back up for nursing director and medical director as follows:
- Responds to calls form pharmacies regarding prescriptions and refills.
- Responds to calls from other physicians.
- Responds to calls from patients requiring medical advice when the Registered Nurse is not available.
- Triages walk-in patients when the R.N. is not available at the request for front or back office staff.
- Assists the front office staff in arranging for appropriate arrangements for patients who arrive when the provider they were scheduled with has been canceled-i.e. reviews the medical record and helps determine how soon and where the patient should be seen.
- Other responsibilities and duties as assigned.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Current Medical License from the Medical Board of California.
- A Medical Doctor degree from an accredited U.S. Medical school.
- Drug Enforcement Administration Registration Certification with current DEA registration Number.
- Board Certification or evident for being Board Eligible in a primary care specialty. (Highly Preferred)
- Knowledge of practice of medicine according to the standard of care in our community.
- Skill in written and verbal communication.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other agencies.
- Ability to manage and lead clinic operations.
- Selected applicants are subject to, and must pass, a full background check.