Physician - Endocrinology

Responsibilities

• Examines patients, obtains medical histories and treats acute and chronic illnesses
• Orders, performs and interprets diagnostic tests
• Involves patients and their families in care and treatment decisions
• Creates treatment plans and completes orders in patient's charts
• Collaborates on improvements in care delivery and service with staff, other physicians and management
• Initiates appropriate specialty referrals
• Provides clinical information to the interdisciplinary team in a clear and timely manner
• Ensures that proper patient documentation is timely, accurate and complete
• Works with practice management to ensure proper compliance with billing, coding and CPT code assignment
• Achieves and maintains optimal patient access
• Provides interdepartmental medical consultation as requested
• Participates in the development of medical protocols, standard procedures and management of patient-care-related activities
• Provides on-call coverage
• Gives feedback to and accepts feedback from all staff in respectful manner
• Acts in a positive and professional manner, complying with practice policies, procedures and federal and state laws
• Promotes health education in conjunction with other health professionals
• Efficiently uses group practice and healthcare resources
• Contributes to quality improvement activities by actively participating in the medical staff activities, serving on various committees and suggesting and supporting process improvements
• Advises the Chief Medical Officer of any problems that can affect the efficiency of the organization

Qualifications

• MD or DO from an accredited medical school
• Completion of an Internal Medicine residency or Family Medicine residency
• Completion of an Endocrinology fellowship
• New graduates welcome to apply
• Preferred: Professional clinical experience in outpatient Endocrinology
• Licensure: Board Eligible or Board Certified in Endocrinology
• Active, unrestricted Connecticut medical license (or eligibility to obtain)
• Active DEA registration and Controlled Substance Certificate
• BLS certification