Medical Provider

Job Description

Nurse Practitioner: $104,000-$140,705 Annually

Physician Assistant: $104,000-$140,705 Annually

Pediatrician: $151,320 - $252,200 Annually

Physician (Family Practice, Internal Medicine): $152,880 - $254,800 Annually

Qualifications:

MD, NP, DO, PA credentials. Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, and Women's Health specialties preferred.

Under the general direction of the Medical Director, the Medical Provider provides medical services to an ethnically and culturally diverse patient population. Responsibilities include the diagnosis, treatment and education of patients using the latest clinical guidelines and evidence‑based medicine.

This position may have various work assignments within HICHC. This description is intended to be generic in nature, and as such it does not detail all duties and responsibilities of the job assignment. Various duties, responsibilities and accountabilities may be assigned to an incumbent in this position depending on clinic needs, and may include but not be limited to the following:

• Clinical Duties
  • Provides broad range of patient care services including taking health histories, performing assessments, implementing management plans, prescribing appropriate medications, and conducting health education and counseling.
  • Assesses and manages patients with routine, minor and acute self‑limited illnesses, chronic illnesses, preventative health care maintenance, and age and life cycle appropriate care.
  • Appropriately refers patients out to various specialists for care beyond the physician’s scope of practice.
  • Participates as a member of an integrated patient‑centered health care team.
  • Supervises medical students, residents or other health care professional students, in a clinic setting, as appropriate.
  • Acts as role model and demonstrates accountable and sophisticated clinical practice in work with patients and in collaboration with other health professionals.
  • Gives phone advice according to established guidelines. Returns patient calls in a timely fashion, preferably by the end of business day.
  • Utilizes nationally established guidelines/protocol for clinical decision making and management.
  • Serves as patient advocate in identifying health care needs and actions.
  • Performs periodic health appraisals and third‑party physicals.
  • Maintains patient confidentiality and abides by all HIPAA rules and regulations.
  • Develops and implements health care education and health maintenance protocols in accordance with published standards, in collaboration with the other Providers and members of the health care team.
  • Communicates with other members of health care team regarding special needs of patients. Refers patients when necessary for in house or external assistance.
  • Actively participates in the quality assessment and improvement processes, generation ideas, conducting assessments, peer review, developing improvement plans and implementing and evaluation plans, in collaboration with the Quality & Performance Administrator, other Providers, the Medical Director and the Chief Executive Officer.
  • When asked by nursing, staff, triages phone calls and determines priority to “walk in” patients according to triage protocol; interviews to elicit health problems and concerns; notes current health status and any significant information since the patient was last seen in the clinic. Observes and records signs and symptoms of illness.
  • Receives incoming calls from patients, hospitals, laboratories, doctors’ offices, and other facilities. Takes messages and follows up appropriately and per clinic protocols. Accurately communicates these telephone reports to the appropriate health care team member and documents the information and follow up actions in the patient’s chart, all in a timely manner.
  • Is available after hours as appropriate and according to established HICHC guidelines.
  • Providers do not do inpatient hospital coverage, do not have admitting privileges or do deliveries, but may need to correspond with the hospital physician about patients.
  • Provides individual/group instruction to patients, parents, guardians, family members, as…