Family Practice Physician

Job Title: Family Practice Physician
Reports To: Chief Medical Officer/Medical Director
FLSA Status: Exempt
Date: January 2022

SUMMARY:

The Family Practice Physician provides pediatric and adult medical care and treatment in a clinic setting and has full and complete authority for all preventative, diagnostic, treatment and referral care rendered by the health care professionals working under the auspices of the Center.

This position may have remote work requirements.

This position is subject to all current CMS vaccine mandates.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Performs physical examinations and preventive health measures within prescribed guidelines and approved protocols

Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patients clinical problems and health care needs

Records physical findings, and formulates plan and prognosis, based on patients condition

Discusses cases, as needed, with other health professionals to prepare comprehensive patient care plan

Prescribes or recommends drugs or other forms of treatment such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures

Refers patients to specialists for consultation or to specialized health resources for treatment, as needed

Participates as instructor/facilitator in in-house employee education

Participates as instructor/facilitator in community education and outreach

Ensures all credentialing, continuing education requirements for continued licensure are current

Adheres to and support all principles and guidelines of the Patient-Centered Medical Home adopted by Primary Healthcare Centers

Partcipates in regular Quality Improvement and Peer Review audits

Meets patient clinical outcome measures as established through Quality Improvement Program

Completes all patient medical record documentation and locks patient visits within established timeframes

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supervises mid-levels and clinical support staff assigned to his/her team

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Board certified / eligible in a primary care specialty
Medical Degree from an accredited college of medicine
Completion of an accredited residency program in family practice or internal medicine

LANGUAGE ABILITIES:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations; Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals; Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume; Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables


CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

Georgia Medical License
Board Certified / eligible in a primary care specialty
Valid Drivers license
ACLS Certified

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms;
and talk to hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job in a medical clinic setting. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.