Pediatrician - Primary Care

Evaluates, Treats, Manages Sick/Well Patients

Evaluates, treats, and manages sick and well patients. Documents medical findings in EPIC.

Supports Patients and Colleagues

Provides support to patients and colleagues. Collaborates with office administration and nursing staff.

Counsels on Vaccines

Counsels on vaccines. Orders labs and tests as appropriate.

Evenings and Saturdays Coverage

May need to round at community hospitals to see newborns. Provides evenings and Saturdays coverage on rotation. Participates in on-call rotation.

Electronic Medical Record Familiarity

Be familiar with an electronic medical record. CME is required.

License Requirements

Must have a valid PA and/or NJ license.

Primary Care Responsibilities

• Supervise clinical providers including resident physicians and nurse practitioners and provide performance feedback in all aspects of clinical functions.
• Ensure high quality of all clinical care services provided in the practice.
• Directly provide patient care to a panel of patients in the practice.
• Continually review current pediatric standards of care and work with leadership team to implement new processes as needed.
• Respond to clinical alerts and updates from public health officials and provide leadership to the response in Primary Care.
• Support and lead resident/medical student education curriculum and program implementation in the Primary Care Practice in collaboration with the Director of Primary Care resident education.
• Support and lead Primary Care research activities and support implementation in the Primary Care Practice.
• Oversee ongoing research activities, as needed, at the practice and provide feedback and consultation for studies as they progress.
• Delegate operational functions to other support staff as needed to accomplish the research goals and objectives.
• Aid in management of the Practice operations through:
  • Leadership of site administrative team which includes, Site Managers and Ambulatory Clinical Leads.
  • Overseeing successful implementation of various functions, projects and initiatives.
  • Evaluating and effectively managing patient access, patient flow, quality improvement, staff performance, effective work teams.
  • Ensuring compliance with all federal, state, local, legal, regulatory and clinical standards and requirements including but not limited to HIPAA, OSHA, JCAHO, DOH, and CLIA.
  • Assisting with personnel management with input into all hires at the practice, and active recruitment of provider staff to maintain provider-staffing ratios.
  • Participating in the development and monitoring of performance outcomes, budgeting, data (i.e. billing, visit productivity) analysis and facilities management on an ongoing basis and responding to variability in reports in a proactive manner.
  • Providing leadership and representation to ambulatory network through:
    • Collaboration and active participation with other physicians and Medical Directors to provide leadership to the Ambulatory network and Primary Care as a whole.
    • Facilitating communication with representatives from the following broad areas: Nursing, clinical and physician hospital leadership specifically in the Department of Pediatrics, EPICcare, PARC and CHOPLink, PBRN and research investigators, additional hospital wide initiatives to the extent that they intersect with Primary Care (i.e.: Global Health, Homeless Health, Community and Government Relations, etc.).
    • Participating in the development and implementation of departmental standards, policies, guidelines and protocols.
    • Collaborating with the site manager regarding utilization of operational funds within the Primary Care budget and proactively identifying opportunities to improve operational performance and efficiency.
    • Collaborates with other members of the Primary Care Leadership team in the creation of the annual Practice budgets. Shares the oversight and responsibility for allocation of fiscal and other resources.
    • Supporting the billing and services (visits) performance throughout the year to monitor, implement changes, and respond to acute needs in collaboration with the Primary Care leadership.
    • Seeking opportunities to represent and enhance Primary Care and advance the mission of the hospital through:
      • Interfacing with internal (i.e. CHOP executive leadership, administrative offices, clinical stakeholders) and external (i.e. community leaders, philanthropists, government officials, etc.).
      • Public speaking as requested to represent Primary Care on behalf of the Hospital in internal and external settings.

  Qualifications

  • Doctorate (Medical) from Medical School and Pediatric Residency Program Required.
  • Management or supervisory experience in an ambulatory care academic setting or medical office setting with developing, implementing, and/or monitoring organizational policies, procedures, systems and objectives.
  • Experience with fiscal management and human resource management.
  • Knowledge of computer systems and applications.
  • Initiative, judgment, problem-solving, decision-making skills.
  • Relationship-building skills (written, verbal, and electronic).
  • Medical License - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required.
  • Medical License - New Jersey State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required.
  • Medical Board Certification - Pediatrics - - upon hire - Required.
  • DEA License - - upon hire - Required.

  Salary Range

  SALARY RANGE: $36,279.00 - $678,760.00 Annually