Family Medicine Physician

Under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), delivers primary care commensurate with training to patients of North Texas Area CHC, Inc. (NTACHC). Delivers care appropriate for an out-patient, primary care community health center with multicultural, multilingual patient population.

POSITION GOAL

Provide patient care with utmost customer service, compassion, and integrity to patients/clients in a clinic setting.

SCHEDULE/COMPENSATION

Excellent and competitive benefits package offered which includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance. Company matching retirement plan and generous paid time off to include vacation and sick leave accruals starting from the date of hire.

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Perform direct patient care duties.
* Examines, diagnoses and treats patients of all ages.
* Referral of patients that require services beyond the services that are offered at NTACHC
* Referral of NTACHC patients to other NTACHC providers if the patients requires services beyond the referring NTACHC’s provider’s scope of practices
* To care for patients referred by other NTACHC providers for primary care services.
* From time to time, provide in-service training for staff in selected topics as deemed necessary by the CMO.
* Completes medical charts after each visit according to the problem-oriented medical records system. If not feasible, to comply with NTACHC’s policy and procedures regarding chart completion.
* Adhere to NTACH’s policy and procedure regarding management of lab results, diagnostic imaging results and after-hours calls.
* Assists in internal quality control audits.
* Provides quality medical care according to standards established by the providers specialty and by NTACHC’s committee on quality assurance.
* Provide supervision to physician assistant(s) or nurse practitioner(s) assigned to the provider by NTACHC up to the number of mid-level providers allowed by the Texas State Board. The provider’s responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to chart view and co-signing of mid-level provider charts.
* Supervises medical assistants, lab personnel, and other health care professional in area of specific support services for patient care delivery.
* Attends internal and external meetings, workshops, and conferences required by NTACHC
* To participates on task forces or committees, as necessary and/or required by NTACHC.
* Performs all duties and services in full compliance with NTACHC’s policies and protocols.
* Provides medical orders for prescription refills, administration of medications, ancillary testing, and/or referrals.
* Administer appropriate contraceptive methods.
* Provide follow-up exams, problem revisit exams, and pregnancy assessment.
* Insert IUD’s; remove IUD’s, insert subdermal contraception, remove subdermal contraception.
* Provides medical orders for prescription refills, administration of medications, ancillary testing, and/or referrals.
* Provide referrals to other agencies and medical resources for evaluation/follow-up or treatment; responsible for follow-up of referrals made.
* Act as resource person for other staff on medical matters; keep informed of current developments in family planning field; may assist in training new staff, students.
* Work towards agreed personal and service objectives, with freedom to establish how to meet these within a broad framework.
* Reviews ancillary test results and coordinates notification to the patient.
* Provides patient education as needed.
* Supervises patient care by non-clinic agencies including, but not limited to health care, nursing home, or hospice.
* To be accessible to patients personally, electronically, or through clinical staff to answer questions and relay information regarding their care.
* Completion of appropriate paper work to comply with insurance and reimbursement guidelines.
* Completion of all documentation and paperwork in a timely manner.
* Participate in NTACHC’s on-call schedule.
* Works closely with the Chief Medical Officer to provide leadership and medical direction for the clinic and clinical staff.

Work Schedule:

Weekdays (8-5)

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