SITE PHYSICIAN

About the role

Under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer, the Site Physician is responsible for the professional, organizational, and administrative aspects of providing quality medical care to CLHC/Day Treatment Center patients.

Responsibilities

• Direct the medical care and treatment of patients and have primary medical responsibility in overseeing and supporting the care rendered by other members of the interdisciplinary care team.
• Collaborates with site NP community-based based primary care providers on the shared population.
• Identifies opportunities to improve the quality, cost, and utilization of care for the site participants.
• Actively participates in HR-HI panel discussions to improve participants health through goal directed care, decrease utilization and increase patient engagement by facilitating site IDT’s awareness and implementing purposeful inventions promptly.
• Carries a caseload of patients as PCP and participates in direct medical care in the Diagnostic and Treatment Center.
• Leads the medical presence during the start of care events.
• Participates in multidisciplinary team activities, which may include case conferences, hospitalization reports, family, and team meetings.
• Develops and participates in the Utilization Review of medical services provided by CLHC/DTC.
• Develops and supervises the provision of ambulatory medical services.
• Serves as liaison as necessary with other medical institutions and develops relationships with subspecialists and community physicians for the purposes of semi-annual care planning.
• Facilitates medical education programs for staff, trainees, and students as opportunities arise.
• Conducts patient assessments, examinations, and treats patients in a variety of settings, i.e., Day Treatment Center (DTC) and patient’s home.
• Serves as a resource for all clinical staff practicing in the DTC (nurse practitioners, MAs, RNs).
• Provides in-service staff development and clinical teaching of trainees rotating through the Medical practice.
• Participates in developing preventive health screening, immunization programs, professional community outreach, quality assurance, etc.
• Only acts within the scope of the individual’s authority to practice.
• Meets a standardized set of competencies for the specific position description established