Employment

The Clinic Physician’s (CP) primary duty is to provide high quality patient care including

triage, walk-ins, and ongoing patient management; preventative and chronic care.

The CP may also act in a supervisory role, supervising other medical department staff (i.e.,

FNPs, NPs, RN’s, or other physicians) in alignment with the agency’s mission, goals and

values. The CP may also assist in coordinating medical programs with programs of other

NAHC departments (i.e., WIC, Dental).

The CP shall report to the Executive Director.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1) Provide direct medical care to patients, including, but not limited to: physical

examinations; development of differential diagnoses; assessment and planning,

including ordering laboratory studies, medications and referrals, when appropriate.

2) Administer and/or prescribe medications and other treatments as appropriate.

3) Promote a healthy lifestyle by advising patients on diet, hygiene, and disease

prevention. This advice may include appropriate immunizations against

communicable diseases.

4) Document patient information, both timely and accurately, per clinic protocol.

5) Report all births, deaths, cases and instances of child and elder abuse, as well as

occurrence of reportable communicable diseases to the proper authorities, as

required by protocol and law.

6) Provide comprehensive, high quality medical services to all patients, irrespective of

gender, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status or insurance coverage.

7) Make oneself available for consultation with mid-level practitioners regarding patient

care.

8) Review and co-sign mid-level practitioner progress notes, as required.

9) Provide direct supervision, guidance, support for mid-level practitioners when

appropriate.

10) Supervise and provide direction for ancillary staff (i.e., FNPs, NPs, Medical

Assistants, Nurses, and Outreach Workers) so the entire health care team may

function in a coordinated and efficient manner.

11) Effectively manage problems that require medical follow-up (i.e., abnormal papsmears,

positive serologies and/or cultures for infectious diseases,) as well as

chronic conditions (i.e., diabetes and high blood pressure.)

12) Dispense medications from the on-site clinic dispensary and ensure the integrity of

accurate records. Advise the clinic on what medications to stock, and oversee

inventory and ordering, as necessary.

13) Pro-actively communicate with clinical and administrative staff regarding issues

relating to quality and effectiveness of clinical software databases and clinical

processes.

14)

members proactively to drive quality improvement initiatives in accordance

with the mission and strategic goals of the organization, federal and state

laws and regulations, and accreditation standards.

15) Work well under pressure, meet multiple and sometimes competing deadlines.

16) Demonstrate cooperative behavior with supervisors, subordinates, colleagues,

community and patients at all times.