Family Medicine Physician -- Department of Family & Community Medicine

About the role

The UC Davis Health School of Medicine is seeking a dedicated and innovative Associate Physician to join the Department of Family and Community Medicine. This position offers a unique opportunity to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care while contributing to the education and development of future healthcare professionals in an academic setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct outpatient clinical care in all aspects of family medicine for children and adults, inclusive of prenatal care.
• Provide clinical teaching and supervision of residents and medical students in the outpatient setting.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to enhance patient outcomes and ensure the highest standards of care.
• Ensure medical documentation within the Epic Electronic Health Record system is accurate, completed in a timely fashion, and maintained in accordance with institutional policies.
• Provide coverage for clinic telephone and EMR inbox communications, as well as responding to faxed messages.
• As needed, coverage may extend to after-hours, weekends, and holidays.
• Participate in administrative meetings held to support departmental initiatives and clinical operations while adhering to all relevant department and clinic policies.

Qualifications

• Holds, and maintains, a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) license; Board certified or board eligible in Family Medicine.
• Ability to obtain, and maintain, a Medical License in the State of California.
• Successful completion of an approved Family Medicine Residency training program by the time of hire.
• M.D. or D.O. degree.
• One year or greater recent clinical experience in comprehensive outpatient family medicine practice involving the care of both pediatric and adult outpatients and inclusive of prenatal care.

Skills

• Ability to manage complex medical patients and their broad range of illness.
• Collaborate effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team, including management, staff, and physician colleagues.
• PRACTICE state-of-the-art, high quality medicine.
• Encourage Patient involvement in care and treatment decisions.
• APPROPRIATELY manage economic resources.
• Demonstrate strong written, oral, and verbal communication ensuring medical evaluations and treatment plans are communicated clearly, accurately, and efficiently to patients and the healthcare team.

Knowledge, Abilities and Competencies

• Foundational knowledge regarding the common diseases that a family physician deals with daily.
• Achieve and maintain optimal patient access.
• Adhere to the current UCDH Network FTE definition and standard Physician Schedule Templates.
• Demonstrate the highest levels of ethical and professional conduct, provide and accept feedback.
• Implement UCDH accepted clinical standards of care, “Code of conduct”.
• Maintain good standing and active medical staff privileges with UCDH.
• EMbrace change.
• Take part in innovation and continuous quality improvement, including supporting organizational changes.