Immediate need for a BE/BC California licensed Urgent Care or Occupational Medicine Physician to join a well established group in Monterey CA Area, providing direct patient primary care in the clinic. Relocation assistance offered.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Oversees and gives direction to the physician assistants to accommodate patient needs
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:
• Provides and manages direct patient care in the clinic.
• Treats a variety of disease processes and injuries; acute and chronic.
• Competent performing rapid patient assessment, emergency intervention, and stabilization. All patients are evaluated and managed in an efficient and timely manner.
• Performs histories and physicals, including psycho-social issues.
• Orders appropriate diagnostic tests and treatments.
• Analyzes patient data and formulates diagnoses.
• Develops and implements patient treatment plans; evaluates these treatments plans and revises as necessary.
• Prescribes drugs, regulated medical devices, and treatment modalities as appropriate to the patient’s assessed medical condition.
• Performs minor surgical procedures.
• Provides education to patients and families regarding preventive health care, disease processes, potential medication side effects, nutrition, etc.
• Consults and refers patients to other healthcare professionals/facilities as appropriate to provide for an interdisciplinary approach to patient needs.
• May inoculate and vaccinate patients to immunize patients from communicable diseases.
• Reports communicable disease to the appropriate local, state, and federal health agencies. Complies with other mandatory reporting laws.
• Performs worker compensation patient assessments; refers these patients to other healthcare professionals for specialized care.
• Performs physical exams for school admission, athletic programs, employment, insurance eligibility, etc.
• Participates in administrative decision-making, establishes policies, procedures, and guidelines designed to ensure the provision of adequate, comprehensive care.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
• Must be able to work under pressure and in stressful situations and must be able to work quickly when business conditions warrant.
• Able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Additional languages preferred, especially Spanish.
• Basic computer skills (Outlook, Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, EHR)
• Knowledge of clinical operations and procedures.
• Ability to make administrative and procedural decisions.