Hiring Full-time Physician - Queensbridge, NY

Job description

Responsibilities:

- Provide medical care to pediatric, adolescent, and adult patients.
- Take relevant patient history.
- Identify patient needs and make diagnoses.
- Perform complete well-care examinations, including complete physicals.
- Perform complete gynecological histories and physical examinations as indicated.
- Write prescriptions and inform patients about medications prescribed.
- Complete medical forms and documentation related to patient care.
- Answer patient telephone inquiries as needed.
- Make referrals to other agencies and providers, with follow-up care provided.
- Assist with immunization and phlebotomy as needed to ensure smooth patient flow.
- Encourage health promotion, disease prevention, and health maintenance. Provide health education on topics including preventative medicine and counseling on chronic diseases, as well as parenting, prenatal, nutrition, family-planning, medication usage and stress management.
- Provide patient advocacy, as appropriate for site.
- Work in a supervisory role with mid-levels and collaboratively with specialists for consultation and referral purposes.
- Participate in Peer Review process, as defined by the hospital.
- Provide technical assistance and teach Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.
- Maintain ultimate responsibility for directing the course of patient’s medical treatment.
- Participate in case-conference and case management activities.
- Participate in the On-Call list, on a rotation basis.

Administrative/Education Duties:

- Participate in quality improvement activities.
- Participate and develop medical protocols with Clinical Guidelines Committee, for implementation by staff.
- Collaborate with Benefits Counselors and Outreach staff to ensure appropriate patient scheduling and flow.
- Collaborate with HIM supervisor to ensure appropriate documentation procedures.
- Observe, implement, and promote federal regulations as defined by HIPAA and Policies and Procedures of The Floating Hospital.

Nurse Practitioner and Physician Collaborative Agreement:

As part of this job description, the Physician will supervise mid-level practitioners in accordance with the terms of the collaborative agreement.

EMR Access includes the following actions/areas:

Demographic, Registration, Appointment/Scheduling, Scanning, Triage, PMH/Vitals, Orders, Immunizations/PPD, Progress Note, Reporting, Labs, Medical Summary, Telephone Encounters.

Requirements:

- Medical Degree from an accredited institution
- New York State Medical license
- New York State Medical Board Certification
- Minimum of two years’ clinical experience preferable
- Ability to speak Spanish or other languages preferable.

Pay Rate- $210,000/year

• Family Medicine
• Hospitalist