Primary Care Physician

Overview

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Diagnose, treat and manage a panel of patients.
• Provide comprehensive patient-centered primary medical care.
• Identify acute/non-acute, chronic health problems.
• Use principles of risk management to identify system issues which impact patient care.
• Order and evaluate appropriate diagnostic tests.
• Adhere to clinical practice guidelines for patient chronic disease.
• Conduct appropriate preventative screens and diagnostic tests.
• Provide appropriate disposition of identified health care problems.
• Participate in Primary Care multidisciplinary activities.
• Inform Veterans to accomplish shared decision making in medical treatment/regimens.
• Demonstrate medical expertise in diagnosing and treating multi-symptomatic patients.
• Adhere to local policies, procedures and directives related to timeliness of documentation and encounters for verification of patient visits, findings, and medical recommendations in the electronic medical record.
• Use Computerized Patient Record System to review and update patient's electronic medical record.
• Maintain view alerts.
• Utilization of Telehealth services.
• Supervise mid-levels.
• The Physician will report directly to the Chief of Primary Care Service.