Staff Physician - Medicine, Family Medicine - Per Diem

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide all physician care generally provided at a primary care facility.
• Actively manage all aspects of patient care while on shift.
• Supervise and direct the center’s other clinical staff if applicable (Medical Assistants, etc.).
• Collect biological specimens and process them in the laboratory for testing.
• Ensure that all charts and medical records are accurately completed in a timely manner; and adhere to all clinical policies and procedures.
• Responsible for the delivery of care, treatment, and referrals.
• Arrange for referral resources for those medical specialties not provided at the primary care clinic.
• Evaluate patients, based on medical training and/or specialty, to determine the medical condition of the patient, through the performance of physical examinations, thereby establishing a diagnosis and proposed treatment plan.
• Maintain a high standard of medical practice and participate in the training development of the medical team.
• Assist in medical education of both the patients and clinic staff.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings; refer and transfer patients for follow-up and/or specialty care and discharge patients.
• Participate in the development of clinic protocols and formulary. Make recommendations, suggestions, etc., on chart information forms.
• Document each on site/in office procedure, prescription, consultation and patient contact in patient's chart and on the clinic's encounter forms, within a 24-hour period.
• Counsel patient regarding medical and other problems which might affect patient's health and well-being.
• Perform such clinical procedures for patient's benefit which are within scope and skill of practitioner/specialist, and which are economically feasible.
• Provide direction and leadership to the clinic's medical support staff, regarding the administering of a patient's care.
• Perform other job-related duties, as may be assigned, by the Chairman of Family Medicine.

Required Credentials

• Doctoral Degree (MD, DO), Florida Physician License required.
• Three years of experience in Family Medicine.
• Graduation from ACGME Family Medicine Residency Program.
• Board certification in Family Medicine.
• Current active state and federal DEA license.
• Current CPR Certification.

Pay

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

Status

Job Status: Part time
Employee Type: Temporary-Intermittent