Family Physician

Overview

AACI (Asian Americans for Community Involvement) has been serving marginalized and diverse communities in Santa Clara County since 1973 with cultural sensitivity and respect. With a dedicated team of over 200 staff fluent in more than 40 languages and dialects, AACI provides an inclusive environment that fosters health, safety, and well-being for all. AACI’s comprehensive programs include primary and behavioral health services, community advocacy, domestic violence and human trafficking shelters, support for survivors of torture, youth initiatives, and more.

Committed to equity and purposeful inclusion, AACI values and promotes diversity across gender identity, ethnicity, age, and financial ability. For more information, visit AACI.

Role Description

Provide outpatient medical services and treatments to patients within the scope of professional training, experience, ability, and licensure. Examine patients and prepare medical histories; diagnose patients, and administer, prescribe, and order indicated and required medical services, treatments, evaluations, and procedures. Provide medical advice, guidance, and instruction to patients; prepare summaries, evaluations, medical records, and other medical documentation. Performs a variety of related duties.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides continuing, comprehensive primary, health maintenance and medical care to new and established patients and their families, including preventive care, and behavioral and community health care.
• Performs physical examinations of new and existing patients and orders the diagnostic tests required to baseline relevant values.
• Interprets examination findings and test results to develop and implement appropriate treatment plans with patients and other care team members.
• Prepares and reviews patient case histories, interviewing patients and family members to diagnose presenting problems
• Facilitates health and disease patient education, including leading group office visits and annual preventive visits. Supports patient self-management of disease and behavior modification interventions.
• Determines need for consultation or referral and assists in medical care treatment provided at the direction of other specialists. As indicated, refers patients to affiliated subspecialists or for inpatient treatment.
• Collaborates with a multilevel, multidisciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical staff to provide outpatient services as scheduled, following appropriate quality and productivity standards of care.
• Collaborates with Behavioral Health and Wellness colleagues to integrate health, behavioral health, and wellness care for all AACI patients.
• Participates in clinical quality improvement processes, peer reviews and certifications.
• Performs charting and utilizes Electronic Health Records
• Utilizes standing orders and other generally accepted care practices to enable other team members to practice to the top of their licenses.
• As appropriate, supervises and teaches mid-level providers, residents, and medical students.
• Participates in team meetings, data collection, health outcomes reporting, clinical audits, program evaluation, and quality improvement.
• On a rotational basis, serves as an on-call physician for after hours support.
• Provides coverage for other clinicians when needed
• Adheres to established internal policies, procedures and objectives
• May participate in outside events such as health fairs and other community health related activities.

Qualifications

• Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree
• Maintain current, valid, unrestricted professional license to practice in the state of California
• Active and unrestricted DEA License
• Board Certification required.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of family medicine, general internal medicine, or pediatrics.
• Knowledge of the local, state, and federal regulations pertaining to medicine and to community health centers.
• High level of written skills
• Ability to communicate well with people of diverse cultural professional and experiential backgrounds
• Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• English language proficiency required. Proficiency in another language (Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish or Vietnamese) preferred.

We provide our employees with the following:

• 12 Paid Holidays, a Floating Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Time
• Four Health Plan Options with 95% of premiums covered
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with employer match
• Free access to the Headspace mindfulness app