Rheumatology

Job Summary

The Physician is responsible for providing high quality care and support to a wide variety of patients. This role maintains patient satisfaction while at all times treating patients with respect and dignity.

Essential Job Functions

• Provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health.
• Develop and document a plan of care for each patient, including a complete medical history that includes essential and accurate information, a physical examination, diagnosis of the causes of injuries and illnesses, appropriate treatment and/or referral, and hospital visitations when necessary.
• Make informed diagnostic and therapeutic decisions based on patient information, current scientific evidence, clinical judgment and patient preference.
• Utilize appropriate evidence-based medical guidelines and protocols.
• Preserve and perform competently, medical procedures considered essential for the scope of practice.
• Counsel and communicate effectively to create and sustain meaningful and therapeutic relationships with patients, their families and caregivers.
• Utilize information technology to optimize patient care.
• Work effectively with others as a member or leader of a healthcare team.
• Demonstrate dignity, integrity, excellence, compassion, stewardship, and responsiveness and accountability to the needs of patients.
• Portray a commitment to ethical principles pertaining to the provision or withholding of clinical care, confidentiality of patient information, informed consent and business practices.
• Display sensitivity and responsiveness to a diverse patient population including, but not limited to, diversity in gender, age, culture, race and religion.
• Maintain strict confidentiality and ethical and professional standards of applicable national, state and local medical societies and licensing agencies.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of established and evolving biomedical, clinical, epidemiological and social behavioral sciences and application of this knowledge to patient care.
• Knowledge of Practice-Based Learning and Improvement that involves investigation and evaluation of their own patient care, appraisal and assimilation of scientific evidence and improvements in patient care.
• Skill in using a computer and a variety of software, including Electronics Health Records (EHR) software, Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook.
• Skill in communicating in a professional manner, both verbally and in writing.
• Skill in managing multiple priorities.
• Skill in conveying professional demeanor when engaging with patients, protecting privacy, and confidentiality.
• Skill in entering data into a computer to maintain records.
• Skill in following oral and written instructions.
• Skill in working independently and in a team environment.
• Skill in acting as a good representative of the company.

Education & Experience

• Successful completion of Family or Internal Medicine Residency training, board certification, Nebraska License to practice, Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) License, and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification preferred.
• Two (2) years of experience with Electronic Health Records (EHR) required.

Working Conditions And Physical Effort

• This role operates in a healthcare setting.
• This position requires frequent sitting, standing, and computer work and allows employee to vary physical position or activity for comfort.
• Must be able to: stand 30% or longer of an 8-hour workday, walk 25% of an 8-hour workday, sit 45% of an 8-hour workday.
• Requires ability to: bend, squat, kneel and reach above shoulder level occasionally and twist occasionally.
• Requires repetitive use of hands for: simple grasping, fine manipulation, computer use.
• Requires all sensory skills (speech, vision, smell, touch, and hearing) corrected to near normal range.