Position Title: Pediatric Physician
Department: Medical
Status: Full Time
Reports to: Medical Director
Position Summary:
The Pediatrician to provide professional and caring medical care to children and their families.
Responsibilities:
• Routinely provide medical care to patients aged 0 to 18 years and occasionally through 21 years of age. • Take detailed histories and perform complete physical examinations. H & P can be for routine childcare & periodic screening school sports pre-employment etc. • Gather a relevant medical history and perform focused physical exams on each client who presents for a follow-up or sick visit. • Make diagnoses or differential diagnoses if a specific diagnosis is pending for each patient. • Educate the patient and parents on the diagnosis and institute treatment and follow-up care based on current standards of care official guidelines and evidence-based medicine. • Provide other medical services such as USPSTF health preventions and screenings. • Counsel for family planning & birth control and prescribe as appropriate. • Document accurately in the patients medical record. • Review results of lab tests and diagnostic imaging and arrange appropriate follow-up. • Provide health education and appropriately document all health education administered. • Review referral/consultant reports and arrange appropriate follow-up. • Answer miscellaneous medical questions in the absence of the Nursing Director or Medical Director. • Assist in training of staff. • Participate in provider meetings. • Participate in chart review and quality assurance activities as detailed in the Quality Assurance policies and procedures. • Supervise and/or train fellow providers possibly including resident physicians medical students or other health care students. For physicians this will include supervision of physician assistants and nurse practitioners if needed. • Provide backup for the nursing director and medical director as follows: • Respond to calls from pharmacies regarding prescriptions and refills. • Respond to calls from other health care providers specialists emergency department etc. • Respond to calls from patients requiring medical advice when the Registered Nurse is unavailable. • Triage walk-in patients when the R.N. is not available at the request of front or back-office staff. • Assist the front office staff in making appropriate arrangements for patients who arrive when the provider they were scheduled with has been cancelled -i.e. review the medical record and determine how soon and where the patient should be seen or what other action should be taken. • Participate in other responsibilities and duties as assigned including after-hours telephone call nights weekends and holidays for variable periods of time as well as other duties for which the provider is trained and qualified to perform.
Qualifications:
Requirements:
• Current Medical License from the Medical Board of California. • Completion of a pediatrics residency program and Board-Eligible in pediatrics or • Board Certification from the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) • Drug Enforcement Administration Registration Certification with current DEA registration number. • Skills in written and verbal communication in English/Spanish. • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other agencies, and the public. • Ability to manage and lead clinic operations. • Must provide proof of up-to-date COVID-19 vaccinations including recommended doses in the primary series AND booster dose when available. • Knowledge of and adherence to the practice of pediatric medicine according to the standard of care in our community.
Additional criteria for foreign medical graduates:
• USMLE Step 1 2 and 3 and have a California Medical License