Primary Care Physician - Ambulatory

General Information

The University of California Riverside (UCR) Health is seeking primary care physicians (family medicine and internal medicine-pediatrics) to provide patient care in primarily community-based ambulatory clinical sites in Riverside County.

Description

• Provides comprehensive ambulatory primary care for a panel of adult, child and geriatric patients within a growing, community-based ambulatory practice.

• Embraces clinical excellence and possesses outstanding interpersonal skills to build trusted relationships with patients and staff.

• Responsible for achieving quality and patient experience goals within a team-based care model.

• Builds strong connections with the local community as well as the local community of physicians.

• Primarily ambulatory with clinical work centered in the ambulatory clinic environment.

• Physicians play an active role in establishing and growing patient panels, including by outreach to community, and with collaboration with specialty partners.

• May have an opportunity to participate in limited hospital call at a local partner hospital as part of practice development and community integration during early practice growth.

• Builds excellent relationships with patients, staff, and other physicians.

• Excellence in patient care includes presence and availability at practice site for scheduled patient care activities and efficiency goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct Patient Care: Engage in a full range of direct patient care activities and medical/clinical practice as the principal component of their overall professional responsibility within the clinical setting.

• Communication: Direct contact and consultation with patient family members, advocates, and others to ensure effective communication of patient status and care plans, and to encourage/support an open visitor-friendly environment within the medical/hospital environment.

• Billing for Services: Accurately documents needed information to bill for services by recording diagnosis codes and completing corresponding documentation.

Physical Requirements

• Bend: Occasionally

• Sit: Occasionally

• Squat: Occasionally

• Stand: Frequently

• Walk: Occasionally

• Climb: N/A

Mental Requirements

• Read/Comprehend: Frequently

• Write: Frequently

• Perform Calculations: Occasionally

• Communicate Orally: Frequently

• Reason & Analyze: Frequently