Pediatrician (Weekdays)

Position Summary

The Pediatrician is primarily responsible for providing comprehensive, high-quality primary care to infants, children, and adolescents in a community-based Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) primary care clinic. Activities include but are not limited to the following:

Essential Roles & Responsibilities

• Delivers full-scope pediatric primary care, including well-child visits, acute care, and chronic disease management.
• Orders or executes various tests and diagnostic images to provide information on patient's condition.
• Reviews incoming reports (e.g., lab, x-ray, EKG) and signs, dates, and follows up in a timely manner.
• Inoculates and vaccinates patients to immunize patients from communicable diseases.
• Administers or prescribes vaccines, treatments, and medications, and instructs patients on proper utilization.
• Refers patients to medical specialists for consultant services when necessary for patient's wellbeing.
• Adheres to established clinical protocols and procedures.
• Maintains adequate and legible patient medical records in the established chart.
• Supervises or participates in and reacts calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
• Fulfills HRSA and health center productivity standards, such as UDS.
• Follows established health center procedures for patient billing and reimbursement.
• Maintains professional competence by completing appropriate specialty requirements of CME.
• Participates in peer review, quality assurance, provider meetings, and other clinical meetings.
• Performs on-call duties as needed, including responsibilities in the electronic health record and the after-hours telephone on-call.
• Acknowledges patient's rights on confidentiality issues, maintains patient confidentiality at all times, and follows HIPAA guidelines and regulations.
• Participates in professional development activities and maintains professional affiliations and certifications.
• Completes all applicable licensing requirements and ethical standards, including maintaining required CE hours.
• Works with Integrative Health staff to provide collaborative care for patients.
• Maintains self in a professional manner at all times, adhering to regulatory body guidelines, Upstate Family Health Center policy and procedures, and in keeping with the Agency’s mission statement, as well as professional Code of Ethics.
• Participates in supervision meetings, staff meetings, agency-wide meetings, utilization review meetings, inservice training, and agency culture events.
• Completes all applicable licensing requirements and ethical standards, including maintaining required CE hours.

Bonus Package

Generous time off
Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
403 (B) and company match (Current up to 7%)
Discretionary Match
Paid Malpractice Insurance
Flexible Schedule
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
Life Insurance
Paid Continued Medical Education
Loan Repayment may be available through Federal and State programs

Additional Ancillary Benefits

Knowledge Skills & Abilities (KSAs) Requirements
Demonstrates professional, appropriate, effective, and tactful communication skills, including written, verbal, and non-verbal.
Demonstrates a positive attitude and respectful, professional customer service.
Acknowledges patient's rights on confidentiality issues, maintains patient confidentiality at all times, and follows HIPAA guidelines and regulations.
Proactively acts as patient advocate, responding with empathy and respect to resolve patient and family concerns, and recognizes opportunities for improvement to meeting patient concerns.
Demonstrates cultural competency and commitment to patients
Proactively continues to educate self on providing quality care and improving professional skills.
Applies and actively shares knowledge, expertise, and best practices with team
Behavior supports the mission, core values, and objectives of the organization.
Displays flexibility and openness in daily work and encourages others to stay open to change and improvement.
Accepts and readily adapts to changing priorities, new ideas, strategies, procedures, and methods.
Demonstrates and promotes respect toward coworkers and adapts behaviors to work effectively with varying people and situations.
Accumulates all relevant information prior to making job-related decisions.
Presents well-considered alternatives when making recommendations.
Makes decisions in a timely manner.
Complies with quality assurance, OSHA, infection control, safety, and other policies set forth.