Staff Physician with Obstetrics

Job Summary

This unique and challenging position is ideal for the Family Physician who is ready to provide full-spectrum, primary care to all age ranges of patients seen at a busy FQHC located in the heart of Sonoma County. You will be predominantly stationed at one of two of our largest clinics – Vista or Lombardi. Either position includes your own prenatal panel of singleton pregnancies, as well as options for comprehensive reproductive health and gynecologic care. Lombardi campus is in southeast Santa Rosa, a predominantly Latino neighborhood where Spanish is a preferred first or second language for most. Vista campus, the home clinic of our Sutter Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency, sees the most broad spectrum of patients representing a wide variety of cultures and languages. Because of the co-location of the residency, there are possible options for teaching and precepting that must be pre-approved by site operations and medical directors in collaboration with the CMO. Additionally, the position includes membership on the SRCH Obstetric Call team, where you will serve as Attending and delivering physician for patients admitted to our affiliated hospital.

Specific Tasks/Duties in Clinic

• Create an ongoing, continuity primary care relationship with patients on your panel;
• diagnose and treat SRCH patients within the scope of your CA license and FM Board Certification;
• using evidence-based medicine and working with the support of a clinic team, including Medical Assistants; Nursing, among others;
• Proficiently use clinic EMR [OCHIN Epic], including signing encounters within agency timeline standards, and active and appropriate Inbox management;
• Facilitate referral for and coordination with other specialists or care centers;
• Promote and support quality initiatives by the agency; including input on improving workflows, treatment guidelines and protocols;
• Actively support organizational priorities of patient care, quality, education, and sustainability, with an agency goal of a positive work environment.

Qualifications

• Education And Experience
• Active California License; in good standing with the Medical Board of California.
• If surgical privileges sought, completion of Obstetric Fellowship; including minimum 100 primary cesarean sections.
• Board Eligible or Board Certified in Family Medicine.
• Current CPR (BLS adequate) certifications
• Experience, Knowledge And Skills
• Demonstrated proficiency with procedures and tasks enumerated on Staff Physician competency list.
• Proficiency working with electronic medical records (EMR); specifically, Epic [both OCHIN in clinic, and Sutter Epic in hospital].
• Experience with Outlook email function and related software products to enhance clinic and agency communication.
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to be sensitive with persons of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds.
• Physical Requirements
• While performing the duties of this job, this position is frequently required to do the following:
• Use standard office equipment to access, input, and retrieve information from a computer.
• Use computer keyboard with manual and finger dexterity and wrist-finger speed sufficient to perform repetitive actions efficiently for extended periods of time.
• Reach forward, up, down, and to the side.
• Sit or stand for minimum periods of one hour at a time and come and go from the work area repeatedly throughout the day.
• Lift up to twenty (20) pounds.
• Give and follow verbal and written instructions with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Perform complex mental functions; collect, interpret, and analyze complex data and information, including developing differential diagnosis for patients’ medical conditions.
• Cookordinate multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Perform basic arithmetic functions, including for prescribing medications
• Understand complex laws, regulations, and policies, at an agency and community level
• Travel to other office and community locations in timely manner, including to hospital when on OB call.