Physician

About the role

The Physician at Sound Family Medicine will provide comprehensive and compassionate patient care within the practice's locations. They will manage patient problems within established policies and practices, contributing to the success of the practice through prompt, efficient, and friendly patient service.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive and compassionate patient care.
• Assess patient health status including state of wellness, adherence to care plan, and determine appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Provide acute and chronic patient care including taking history, performing physicals, monitoring therapies, suturing wounds and giving injections and medications.
• Respond to emergencies including use of CPR.
• Document patient information and care provided in patient record with consultation from other staff, as needed.
• Initiate and participate in quality assurance and quality improvement activities based on the four components of quality: customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, process improvement, and financial impact.
• Triage patient calls and evaluate patient problems.
• Educate patients and families as appropriate.
• Maintain strict patient confidentiality.
• Serve as a leader and resource to the team you work with.
• Communicate accurate and pertinent information with providers and other members of the care delivery team to facilitate effective and efficient patient care.
• Provide compassionate care that is delivered with respect and honesty to your patients and team.
• Demonstrate the ability and willingness to learn unfamiliar tasks and equipment operation within the scope of position and to accept change in a positive and professional manner.
• Maintain professional affiliations and enhance professional development to keep current in the latest health science and standards.

Requirements

• Graduate of AMA accredited program: required
• Knowledge of acute and chronic care protocols, administration of medications, delivering physical care following treatment plan.
• Ability to read, write, communicate, and interpret information accurately in English.
• Ability to work in a stressful environment and to respond to emergency/crisis situations.
• Knowledge of health promotion principles and techniques and patient learning measurements.
• Ability to develop health education programs and materials.
• Skill in gathering and analyzing physiological, socioeconomic and emotional patient data.
• Skill in accurately evaluating patient problems in person or via phone and providing appropriate advice, intervention or referral.
• Skill in evaluating and revising care plan based on patient changes.
• Ability to document clinical information in patient charts clearly and concisely.
• Knowledge of needs of client populations and treatment sources.
• Ability to plan, assign and direct the work of others.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret practice standards, professional journals, technical procedures and government standards and regulations.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, employees, patients, professionals and the general public.
• Skill in reviewing clinical work of others according to professional standards (not to exceed clinical licensure/expertise) and practice guidelines.
• Ability to organize and integrate organizational priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to solve complex problems and deal with a variety of issues.
• Computer skills, including email, word processing, work scheduling systems and related facility software.
• Ability to sit, stand, bend and stoop for periods of time.
• Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally.

Qualifications

• Documentation of Hep B vaccination or proof of immunity (titer).
• Documentation of negative TB test.
• PPD skin test or QuantiFERON test completed within the last calendar year.
• Documentation of MMR or immunity status.
• Documentation of Varicella vaccine or immunity status.
• Documentation of TDaP vaccine within the last 10 years.
• Documentation of influenza for the current year.
• Covid-19 vaccinations.

Skills

• Ability to read, write, communicate, and interpret information accurately in English.
• Ability to work in a stressful environment and to respond to emergency/crisis situations.
• Knowledge of acute and chronic care protocols, administration of medications, delivering physical care following treatment plan.
• Ability to make responsible decisions within the scope of a medical practitioner.
• Knowledge of how to assess patient health and measure / record physiologic and growth indices.
• Knowledge of health promotion principles and techniques and patient learning measurements.
• Ability to develop health education programs and materials.
• Skill in gathering and analyzing physiological, socioeconomic and emotional patient data.
• Skill in accurately evaluating patient problems in person or via phone and providing appropriate advice, intervention or referral.
• Skill in evaluating and revising care plan based on patient changes.
• Ability to document clinical information in patient charts clearly and concisely.
• Knowledge of needs of client populations and treatment sources.
• Ability to plan, assign and direct the work of others.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret practice standards, professional journals, technical procedures and government standards and regulations.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, employees, patients, professionals and the general public.
• Skill in reviewing clinical work of others according to professional standards (not to exceed clinical licensure/expertise) and practice guidelines.
• Ability to organize and integrate organizational priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to solve complex problems and deal with a variety of issues.
• Computer skills, including email, word processing, work scheduling systems and related facility software.
• Ability to sit, stand, bend and stoop for periods of time.
• Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally.

Benefits

• Sound Family Medicine is a smoke-free, drug-free workplace.
• This role is a safety-sensitive position for which impairment while working presents a substantial risk.

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details about schedule are not specified in the job posting.