| Location | Asheville, North Carolina |
JOB SUMMARY:
The Faculty Practice Physician Faculty- will provide excellent, evidence-based, efficient patient care services, as well as resident and student teaching, mentoring, effective supervision. This role is within the department of Family Medicine to help meet the clinical needs of the department. This position is 20 hours/week.
Directly care for ambulatory patients in any of the FM Practice site at Deerfield Retirement Community
Teach and mentor learners inevidenced-based care
Participate in and foster scholarship in the ambulatory setting
Provide services in the inpatient setting at Mission Hospital
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
Clinical
Provide direct clinical care to Family Medicine patients for six-seven ½ days weekly, to include all patients in the ambulatory setting.
Provide direct clinical care and oversight of resident teams in the inpatient setting at Missionhospital– 5-10 weeksper year.
Complyin a timely mannerwith all institutional policies for professional work, including credentialing, documentation, and billing.
Work effectively with other members of the extended inter-professional team.
Additionalclinical duties as necessary for emergent situations or as arranged otherwise with the employee.
Teaching
Serve as a faculty advisor and mentor for residents.
Promote andparticipatein education programs of the department (continuing education, resident, student), to include didactics in areas of interest in Internal Medicine
Supervise and teach learners in boththeambulatory and inpatient environment.
Research
Demonstrate commitment to community-based health sciences and research.
Pursuescholarly activity.
This role description is a general description of the essential job functions. It is not intended to describe all the duties theFamily Practice Physician Facultymay perform.
KEY COMPETENCIES:
Communication Skills
Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals, whether it be a colleague, patient, or patient’s family member and appropriatelyenumerateinformation in a manner easily understood by all parties. We do this to foster a culture of understanding between all parties, especially in complex anddifficult situations, toultimately providethe best care possibletoour patients and their families.
Decision Making
Ability to make the mostappropriate decisionin a givensituation and thentakingthe next steps to ensureappropriateandtimelycompletion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidencein your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includesabilityto prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time.
HealthCare Knowledge
Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriate. This also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within yourareaexpertisealong with MAHEC’sorganizational training. Finally, the ability to apply the depth of knowledgemaintainedand gained through this process in real life scenarios asappropriate.
Interpersonal Skills
Showing the ability to meetdifficult situationswith grace, professionalism, and understanding. Within your area of expertise, showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their family at all times, even whenitsmost difficult to do so. This is done, in part, by effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others.
Organizational Values
Adherence to MAHEC’s founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes, among others, having integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures andequitablepractices,abilityto manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to dothebest for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need.
Problem Solving
Having an analytical mind and ability to work autonomously to solve complex problems that may arise. The wherewithal to think logically through a difficult problem and come toan appropriate resolutionfor a given issue. This helps to drive continuous improvement by thinkingthroughwhere we can improve in a novel way. Measures success by understanding where we are currently and where we want to go and then applying thosenew ideasto affect positive change.
SPECIFIED SKILLS
COMPUTER
Excellent skills in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and database applications.
Experience using Electronic Medical Records.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Spanish speaking skills preferred.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Light- Moderate energy level: Lift and carry 25 - 35lbs, Push/Pull 50 - 100lbs(empty bed, stretcher, etc.).
Occasional (0 - 33% of Workday).
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Not applicable.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Completion of a Family Medicine Residency Program.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Teaching experiencepreferred.
REQUIRED LICENSES:
Licensure to practice medicine in North Carolina.
Certification by the American Board of Family Physicians
Appointment in good standing to the medical staff of Mission Health System.
SCHEDULE:
Regular attendance on-site is an essential function of this position. Typical business hours are Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (or flexed to best meet the needs of the clients and/or the Division);40 hoursper workweek; weekend, holiday, or evening coverage is occasionally. Work hours will need to be flexiblein order torespond to special work assignments, or evening activities, as requested by the team leader.
At MAHEC, we strive to equip all team members with Total Rewards (pay + benefits) to honor their service, support their health, manage their financial security, build their career, and thrive.
All MAHEC employees and learners will be required to receive the Flu vaccine or have an approved exemption.
MAHEC Talent Management is located at 121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803. Equal Opportunity Employer.
MAHEC is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Employees who meet federal requirements may be eligible to have remaining student loan balances forgiven after 10 years of qualifying payments while working full-time at MAHEC.
If you are interested in this role, and you have related experience and qualifications, we encourage you to apply or reach out to
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for support in your job search process. You could be the talent we are seeking for this or other opportunities.