Primary Care Provider and Medical Director
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Are you an individual seeking
a challenge with a desire to serve the uninsured of your community?
Then Barry-Eaton District Health Department has a position just for you.
Physician needed
for primary care clinic for uninsured and some Medicaid clients at two sites.
Emphasis on health education and quality improvement. Serve primarily adults 18
– 64 yo. Licensed MD or DO, board eligible/certified Family Practice or
Internal Medicine. Electronic medical record experience preferred. Experience
with Mental Health management ideal. Creativity needed to provide care within
financial constraints of county health plan. Supervise NP/PA, no weekends,
minimal on-call responsibilities. Full-time or part-time. Benefits include:
Health, Dental, Short-term Disability & Life insurance, Paid Vacation and
Holidays, Retirement. EOE.
Interested applicants should send resume, cover letter and CV to:
Barry-Eaton District Health Department
Attn: Personnel
1033 Healthcare Drive, Charlotte, MI 48813
Fax: 517-543-2656
jdonnini@bedhd.org.
General
Summary:
The
Primary Care Medical Director provides direct patient care to patients of the
Barry-Eaton District Health Department clinics (Health Connections and Family
Planning). Assists the Director of
Personal Health Services in the development and updating of medical and other
policies and guidelines and medical orders used in the delivery of health care
to patients in accordance with State and Federal regulations.
Provides medical supervision to mid-level providers and other health care
staff on issues related to medical care and treatment.
Uses an electronic medical record system for documentation and strives to
enhance the integration of the EMR into the clinic. Acts as a liaison to the
local medical community. Receives administrative supervision from a Clinic
Supervisor.
Essential
Functions:
An
employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following:
(These examples do not include all of the tasks which the
employees may be expected to perform.)
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Provides direct service,
case management, and collaboration with all multi disciplinary team members
in the provision of health care to infants, children, and adults.
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Assess
health status of non-obstetric patients through health history review,
physical examination and diagnostic tests.
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Develop
and implement plans for providing illness treatment and preventive services.
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Ensures
all patient charts are completed within 24 hours of the patient visit, and
the charting is comprehensive and legible.
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Adheres to contract
specifics related to the number of patients seen on a daily basis and
actively assists with clinic flow of patients.
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Participates in the
development and review of clinical protocols.
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Provide
consultation to nurse clinicians and mid-level providers.
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Provide
on-going peer review of all physicians and mid-level practitioners. Review a
reasonable number of randomly selected charts monthly.
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May
serve as a preceptor to residents and students.
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Assists
the Director of Personal Health Services in the development and updating of
medical and other policies, guidelines, and medical orders used in the
delivery of health care to patients.
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Uses
an electronic medical record for patient documentation.
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Acts
as a liaison to the local medical community.
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Conform
with grant and Agency budgetary requirements.
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Other
duties as assigned.
Other
Functions:
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Maintains
client and employee confidentiality as required by policy and law.
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In time of
public emergency, may be required to report for assigned duties inside of
outside of the BEDHD.
An employee in this position may be called
upon to do any or all of the above tasks. (These
examples do not include all of the tasks which the employees may
be expected to perform.)
Employment Qualifications:
Education:
M.D. or D.O. degree from an accredited school of medicine and current
license/board certification to practice medicine in the State of Michigan.
Board eligible in primary care.
Experience:
Practice experience preferably in medical family
practice or internal medicine.
Other Requirements:
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Maintains
a professional association with the hospital medical staff, promoting
BEDHD's programs.
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Maintain
current Michigan Board of Pharmacy Drug Control License and authorize
prescription of pharmaceuticals.
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Maintain
current Michigan Board of Pharmacy Controlled Substance License and
authorize prescription of pharmaceuticals.
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Ability
to be credentialed by necessary entities (hospitals and payors).
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CPR
certification, CLIA training and may maintain HIV counselor certification.
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Ability
to enter and retrieve data, create basic documents or charts.
Ability to problem solve basic hardware and software problems.
Ability to perform basic computer functions such as logging on and
off, changing passwords, opening a program and related operations.
Knowledge of all Microsoft Office products and what they are used
for. Ability to easily adapt to
new programs. |
The qualifications listed above are intended
to represent the minimum skills and experience levels associated with performing
the duties and responsibilities contained in this job description.
The qualifications should not be viewed as expressing
absolute employment or promotional standards, but as general guidelines
that should be considered along with other job-related selection or promotional
criteria.
Physical Requirements: [This
job requires the ability to perform the essential functions contained in this
description. These include, but are
not limited to, the following requirements.
Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified applicants
unable to fulfill one or more of these requirements]:
