Essential Role: Provides professional medical services to complement the delivery of primary health care services at GraceMed Health Clinic; provides clinical leadership and supervision of midlevel providers and medical support staff.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provides medical evaluation, treatment and consultation services to patients of the clinic.
- Responds to emergencies and answers medical questions.
- Obtains and documents, appropriate chief complaint, past medical, family and social history, review of systems, examination, medications and allergies, assessment and plan for each patient.
- Provides medical orders for prescription refills, administration of medications, ancillary testing, and/or referrals.
- Reviews ancillary test results and coordinates notification to the patient.
- Provides patient education as needed.
- Supervises patient care by non-clinic agencies such as home health care, nursing home, or hospice.
- Available to patients personally or through clinical staff to answer questions and relay information regarding their care.
- Completion of appropriate paperwork to comply with insurance and reimbursement guidelines.
- Completion of all documentation and paperwork in a timely manner.
- Participates in on-call schedule.
- Works closely with the supervisor to provide leadership and medical direction for the clinic.
- Participates in training of medical students/residents or other midlevel providers as requested.
- Clinically supervises assigned midlevel providers in the conduct of clinical care and delegates authority and responsibility when and where needed.
- Reviews assigned midlevel providers patient charts to check for quality of care.
- Attends all staff, clinical, board or other special meetings as requested.
Qualifications:
Education/Certifications/Licenses/Registrations
- Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy degree.
- Current State of Kansas MD or DO licensure.
- Current DEA certificate.
- Maintains appropriate licensure and certification including meeting and/or exceeding CME requirements.
- Board Certification in Specialty preferred.
Experience
- Experience in public health preferred.
- Previous medical office experience preferred.
Technical Skills
- Must possess a thorough knowledge of modern office practices, procedures, and equipment, including computers, copiers, and other standard office equipment.
- Ability to work independently, organize, monitor, and adjust work as necessary to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and solve problems.
Behavioral
- Ability to strongly embrace and personify the mission and values of GraceMed with socio-economic and cultural sensitivity in mind.
- Must display good verbal and written communication skills, and be able to professionally receive and follow oral instructions.
- Compassion for patients, family members, and others; along with a nurturing spirit to provide care during stressful situations.
Work Schedule:
Normal schedule is Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm., with occasional evening hours; schedule may vary. On call is required on a rotating basis.