Infectious Diseases Physician

Duties And Responsibilities

• Directs and coordinates medical care at the outpatient clinic.
• Serves as a clinical director and physician for the outpatient clinic.
• Provides clinical supervision for outpatient clinic staff: nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants, etc.
• Participates in administrative decision making, establishes policies, procedures and guidelines designed to ensure the provision of adequate, comprehensive care.
• Communicates with the medical staff regarding policies, standards and specific patient problems.
• Serves as a member of the organized medical staff, attends medical staff meetings and ensures adherence to the medical staff bylaws and rules and regulations.
• Participates in the development and implementation of educational programs at the clinic for staff and the community.
• Able to evaluate medical services provided by the outpatient clinic and makes recommendations as appropriate.
• Understands and ensures compliance with the clinic's policies and procedures for safety, infection control, hazardous materials and waste, etc.
• Available for consultation for outpatient clinic staff.
• Knows of social, regulatory, political and economic factors that relates to patient care services.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Makes recommendations based on monitoring and evaluating the quality and appropriateness of medical services as an integral part of the overall quality management program.
• Provides medical leadership for research and development activities in outpatient care.
• Provides direct patient medical care: Performs histories and physicals, makes diagnoses, treats a variety of disease processes and acute injuries, orders appropriate diagnostic tests and treatments, prescribes drugs and regulated medical devices, provides preventive healthcare education to patients and the community, refers patients to other healthcare professionals as appropriate, takes patient phone calls as needed, provides clinical training to nurses and other staff.

Requirements

• Fully participates and cooperates with SCHS’ compliance program.
• Maintains regulatory requirements, including JCAHO, federal and state.
• Wears identification while on duty.
• Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.
• Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
• Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the clinic.

Regulatory Requirements

• Currently licensed to practice medicine as an infectious disease physician in the State of Louisiana.
• Current Board Certification or Board Eligible.
• Current Drug Enforcement Administration Registration.
• Current Controlled Dangerous Substance License.

Skills

• Basic computer knowledge.
• Knowledge of an EMR platform preferred.

Physical Demands

For physical demands of position, including vision, hearing, repetitive motion and environment, see following description. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position without compromising patient care.

Salary Description

$110 - $120/hour