Physician-OB/GYN

Grace Health -
Corbin, KY

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Job Details

Full-time

Benefits

Wellness program
Health savings account
Disability insurance
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Paid time off
Employee assistance program
Vision insurance
401(k) matching
Life insurance

Qualifications

English
Ob/Gyn
DEA License
Medical License

Full Job Description

Summary: The OB/GYN is a physician who specializes in Women’s Healthcare and is trained to target reproductive health, family planning, pregnancy, fetal development, labor and delivery, surgery, menopause, hormonal disorders, and disease as applicable.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Obtains and records information about patient's medical history.
Participates in administrative duties including maintaining EHR, documenting accurately, timely, and thoroughly in accordance with organizational standards and peer review.
Obtain and maintain privileges at local community hospitals
Provides outpatient treatment services in office location and inpatient obstetrics and gynecology services at partner hospitals.
Follows all policies and standard practices of the organization, partnering hospital, and guidelines of medical licensure.
Perform health screenings to include pap smears, pelvic, and breast exams.
Treats diseases of female organs.
Family planning to include birth control management and fertility issues as applicable.
Provides treatment of menopause and hormonal disorders to include testing, diagnosis, and treatment.
Monitor and treat patients during preconception, pregnancy, and childbirth. Includes prenatal advice on delivery and postnatal care.
Coordination with other providers for continuity of care.
Refers patients to medical specialist or other practitioner for specialized treatment.
Order, execute, or analyze necessary tests, screenings, biopsies, scans, etc. to effectively diagnose or provide information on patient's condition.
Administers or prescribes treatments and drugs and performs cesarean sections or other surgical procedures as needed or appropriate to specialty training to preserve patients’ health and deliver babies safely.
Inoculates and vaccinates patients to immunize patients from communicable diseases.
Represents the organization during itineration, mission events, etc.
Strives to meet spiritual, mental, and emotional needs of patients as appropriate and available.
Oversee advance practice providers (Physician Assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses).
Call coverage will be required for after hours and weekends.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Directly supervises assistants (nurses or medical assistants) especially those to whom medical tasks or procedures have been delegated.
Assists the Chief Medical Officer with performance improvement projects and with annual evaluations of directly supervised staff as needed or requested.

OTHER ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

Grace Health recognizes that managing patient care is a team effort that involves clinical and non-clinical staff. All employees must embrace a team-based approach to patient care and understand that each role is important to our success.
Team members must demonstrate excellent team communication and coordination to provide quality patient care.
Care coordination includes communicating with community organizations, health plans, facilities, and specialists.
Care team members understand and embrace the concept of population management and proactively address the needs of patients and families served by this practice.
Team members must demonstrate skill and knowledge related to effective communication with vulnerable patient populations.
Team members must participate in Continuous Quality Improvement activities within the organization to ensure patients receive high quality care.
All team members will be involved in the process of improving quality incomes.
Team members will participate in the review and evaluation processes of practice performance and help to identify opportunities for improvement.
Team members will participate in Grace Health's advocacy program.
On occasion, physicians may be required to provide cross coverage for other area providers. Due to the health professional shortage in this area covering non-health center patients for other providers can be required to cover sickness or vacation. This cross coverage is provided to ensure ongoing medical care of community patients.

GENERAL DUTIES:

Follows policies and procedures of the office, including administrative, clinical, quality assurance, and personnel
Maintains good attendance (daily, meetings, and other assignment tasks)
Maintains timely documentation of all work assignments
Maintains patient confidentiality
Routinely keeps supervisor informed about attendance and job assignments
Flexible in being able to multitask
Works effectively and at an efficient pace
Works cooperatively with providers, administration, and peers

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to assist in advancing Grace Health’s mission and to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

SKILLS:
Must be able to read, write, and speak English at a high level of proficiency.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
Must be licensed as a Medical Doctor in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and hold a class 2-5 certification with the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
Typically, this includes a Doctor of Medicine degree from an accredited university and documented clinical rotations, residencies, fellowships, etc. Completed residency is strongly preferred.
Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology
4-year OB-GYN residency
2 plus years practicing medicine in a hospital or private practice
Current BLS/CPR certificate

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 accommodation 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 talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk; sit; and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.

The employee must occasionally lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Grace Health is a faith-based, federally qualified community health center (FQHC). We provide primary health services to underserved, underinsured, and uninsured individuals in the southeastern Kentucky region. Our mission is “to show the love and share the truth of Jesus Christ to southeastern Kentucky, through access to compassionate, high-quality, primary health care for the whole person”.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

BENEFITS:

Safe harbor 401(k) with match potential
Paid time off
Family friendly work environment
Health insurance
- Wellness program
- Health savings account
- Pharmacy benefit
- Employee visits for medical services
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life Insurance
STD/LTD
EAP & Work life services
Voluntary benefits
Hospital indemnity

Grace Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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