Physician – Primary Care Clinics

Overview

This Primary Care Clinic Physician is a licensed physician who adheres to the highest standards of evidence-based medical practice, ethics, and professionalism at all times. This position provides primary care services in an outpatient setting, consisting of diagnosis, treatment, and referrals as appropriate. The duties of this position are to understand HCD Primary Care Clinics protocols and procedures and to ensure the quality of care for all patients.

Responsibilities

• The position involves providing full scope of primary care services, including but not limited to diagnosis, treatment, coordination of care, preventative care, and health maintenance to a complex adult population in HCD Primary Care Clinics.
• Essential duties and responsibilities include the following: Obtain health history and perform physical examinations; Diagnose and direct counseling for each patient on a plan for treatment; Prescribe medication in accordance with Florida statute and professional practice guidelines; Perform minor surgical procedures; Arrange referral for patients requiring services not offered at HCD PC Clinics; Review incoming reports (e.g., lab, x-ray, EKG, hospital and specialties reports, etc.) sign, date, and follow-up in a timely manner; Participate in utilization review, quality assurance, provider meetings, and other clinical meetings; Assist in updating protocols and principles of practice as requested; Assist in outside medical public relations functions; Adhere to UDS productivity standards and meet at least the minimum requirement.
• Responsible for maintaining accurate and complete medical records, for completing proper coding requirements, and different forms as required. Participate in quality assurance and related activities. Provides oversight of mid-level providers; Maintains a close liaison with the PCP of Hospital Services for coordinating the transition of care from clinic to hospital and back to the clinic. Participates in after-hours “on-call” patient phone call coverage on a rotating basis. Physician – Primary Care Clinics Page 2 of 8 Emergency duty may be required of the incumbent that, includes working in Red Cross shelters or to perform other emergency duties, including, but not limited to, responses to threats or disasters, manmade or natural. Additionally, incumbents are required to perform emergency response and management duties for Palm Beach County as required. Customer Service: As a patient care facility, the HCD PC Clinics and its staff are responsible for providing high-quality internal and external customer service. The Physician must demonstrate a focus on customer service and the ability to attain high levels of customer satisfaction by providing appropriate leadership. Maintaining positive relationships with customers both internally and externally is essential. Communication: The Physician position requires excellent oral and written communication skills. This includes the ability to share information in a timely manner, both verbally and in writing, keeping peers, colleagues, and staff appropriately informed. The position also requires interpersonal skills such as effective listening, appropriate use of style and language for audience, and productive processing of information. The Physician is expected to process information in an analytical fashion and be able to communicate findings and results effectively. This includes effective verbal presentation and written analysis adjusting language and terminology to the needs of the audience. Teamwork: The Physician has responsibility over clinical care as assigned by Medical Director. The Physician must be adept at dealing with varying personality types, patients, families, physicians, peers, supervisors, and external parties. They must be able to independently determine the timing and manner of presentation in which each situation is addressed. Initiative and Ingenuity: The Physician must possess the ability to focus on improving health outcomes by encouraging innovation and using best practices. Ingenuity and strong analytical skills are essential. The Physician must be able to effectively balance priorities. Commitment to Quality: The Physician must possess the ability to identify and implement quality processes to meet identified health outcomes. They must stay abreast of current techniques, methods, and skills and regularly measure adherence to quality clinical measures. Productivity: The Physician must be able to work toward multiple goals concurrently and set priorities according to standards and guidelines. Leadership Creating a Shared Vision: The Physician must have the ability to interact effectively at different levels with different audiences, develop and maintain relationships with Physicians’, colleagues, and superiors across organizational lines, and exhibit high ethical standards and personal integrity. Physician – Primary Care Clinics Page 3 of 8 Managing and Developing Human Resources: The Physician provides formal feedback on residents’ performance. Promoting Quality, Customer Service, and Productivity: The Physician must thoroughly understand and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. Practice Operations and Leadership: The Physician has operating responsibility over a clinical team providing care to assigned patients. Diversity Competencies: The Physician ensures that service delivery is provided in a culturally competent way and consistently treats customers, stakeholders, partners, and coworkers with dignity and respect. Additional Duties: This Job Description reflects the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a complete description of all the work requirements and expectations that may be inherent in the position. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position. Management of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County reserves the right to assign duties not listed herein as necessary to accomplish the goals of the organization.

Qualifications

Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy degree required.

Experience:

Previous experience in a rural setting and in a public sponsored hospital is preferred. Bilingual /Trilingual in

English, Creole and Spanish preferred

Certification:

Health Care District Primary Care Clinics providers must be licensed and registered as a physician in the State

of Florida, be Board Eligible/Board Certified in Internal medicine, Family/General practice, or Preventive Medicine/Public Health. Current ACLS or BLS certification required.

Licensure:

Unrestricted license form the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine and the Florida Medical Board.

Registrations:

Drug Enforcement Agency Controlled Substance Registration including schedules: 2, 2N, 3, 3N, 4, 5.

Training:

Current Medicare and Medicaid provider numbers required. Demonstrates current knowledge of general/internal/family medicine ongoing professional development. 

Health Care District of Palm Beach County is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace. We embrace diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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