Pediatric Gastroenterologist

Company Description

A Pediatric Medical Network

We are physicians, pioneers, partners.

Pediatric Medical Network is a growing community physician and sub-specialty group, developed in partnership with the thriving medical network of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and the Stanford School of Medicine. Our network includes more than 1000 leading pediatric and obstetric providers and includes a growing selection of offices and clinics from the South Bay to the East Bay and Peninsula.

We are proud to be the only Bay Area medical foundation with an exclusive focus on women and children and understand the unique value provided by pediatricians and obstetrician/gynecologists. We help you build on that value through our reputation for innovation, outstanding quality and unsurpassed family-centered care.

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Stanford Children’s Health

• Examine children regularly to assess their growth and development.
• Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
• Treat children who have minor illnesses, acute and chronic health problems, and growth and development concerns.
• Treat acute illnesses, infections, or injuries.
• Treat chronic diseases or disorders.
• Collect, record and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports and examination results.
• Collect medical information from patients, family members or other medical professionals.
• Record patient medical histories.
• Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination and other specialised medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease or injury in infants and children.
• Administer medications.
• Prescribe treatments or therapies.
• Prescribe medications.
• Examine patients or order, perform and interpret diagnostic tests to obtain information on medical condition and determine diagnosis.
• Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
• Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.
• Advise patients, parents or guardians and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene and disease prevention.
• Provide health and wellness advice to patients, program participants or caregivers.
• Advise communities or institutions regarding health or safety issues.
• Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients and parents or guardians.
• Explain medical procedures or test results to patients or family members.
• Monitor patients’ conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
• Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments.
• Plan and execute medical care programmes to aid in the mental and physical growth and development of children and adolescents.
• Design public or employee health programmes.
• Direct healthcare delivery programmes.
• Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists and other medical staff.
• Refer patient to medical specialist or other practitioner when necessary.
• Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
• Perform procedures on patients to remove, repair or improve functioning of diseased or injured body parts and systems.
• Research to study anatomy and develop or test medications, treatments or procedures to prevent or control disease or injury.
• Conduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues.
• Provide consulting services to other physicians.
• Advise medical personnel regarding healthcare issues.
• Plan, implement or administer health programmes or standards in hospitals, businesses or communities for prevention or treatment of injury or illness.
• Design public or employee health programmes.
• Direct healthcare delivery programmes.
• Prepare official health documents or records.

These are the observable and measurable attributes and skills required to perform successfully the essential functions of the job and are generally demonstrated through qualifying experience, education or licensure or certification.

The Physical Requirements and Working Conditions in which the job is typically performed are available from the Occupational Health Department. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the…