Physician Urgent Care - Part Time

Essential Functions

• Exhibits guiding behaviors that reflect Children’s values and support our mission and vision and complies with patient care service guidelines.
• Understands and satisfies the needs of the neonatal, infant, toddler, pre-school, school-age, adolescent and/or adult patient in regards to their growth and development process.
• Performs appropriate history, physical exam, assessment and plan, and documents legible, concise and pertinent entries in the medical record according to appropriate policies, rules and regulations.
• Develops a differential diagnosis and treatment plan or management of pediatric health care needs using identified protocols established in clinic.
• Prescribes medication for health care management of pediatric population.
• Performs necessary procedures for identification and management of health problems. This includes, but is not limited to suture/staple removal, ear irrigation, foreign body removal, wound care/ repair, and management of corneal abrasions.
• May perform point of care testing and lab specimen collections according to established guidelines.
• Handles patient needs in a timely manner and communicates well with the parents, patients, etc. regarding the patient’s care.
• Collaborates/coordinates care between EDTC and Urgent Care stetting to resolve problems/issues in the delivery of the appropriate level of service to Urgent Care patients.
• Communicates with hospitalist and primary care physicians regarding condition of patient as warranted, and in accordance with Hospital and medical staff rules and regulations when a patient needs to be admitted to CHW.
• Remains available to the urgent care nursing staff and providers if needed for urgent/emergent action and consequently remains on premises at all times during assigned shift.
• Responds to request for mutual assistance from other urgent care providers.
• Participates, when requested, in medical education activities for the urgent care staff, nurses, pediatric nurse practitioners, students, residents and others.
• Participates in answering third party payor and utilization review questions when requested by the urgent care leadership team.
• Responds to official patient complaints submitted to patient relations in a timely manner.
• Documents all procedures in the medical record for billing purposes.
• Enters charges for all billable supplies and procedures performed in the urgent care clinic setting.
• Consistently completes modules in Children’s University that have been assigned to them by the UC leadership team.
• Keeps current on clinic updates, meetings, in-services and communications that affect patient care, services and clinic operations.

Qualifications

• Current licensure to practice medicine in the State of Wisconsin.
• Current malpractice insurance at a level of $400,000/$1,000,000 as well as participation in the Patient Compensation Fund.
• Current DEA number.
• ABP (American Board of Pediatrics) eligible or ABP certified.
• CPR certification - Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers through American Heart or American Red Cross is required.
• CHW medical staff membership in the Department of Medicine with core privileges in pediatrics or CHW pediatric PL3.
• Demonstrated proficiency in skills necessary to manage urgent care patients normally acquired during pediatric residency training.
• Must demonstrate good communication and interpersonal skills when dealing with fellow physicians, nurses, patients, families and other staff.
• Physically and mentally able to perform all patient care duties.
• Good medical record documentation skills as demonstrated by concise and pertinent entries.
• Demonstrated ability and interest in teaching, which will include student level and professionals (nurses, pediatric nurse practitioners, interns/residents).