Provide outpatient medical services and treatments to patients within the scope of professional training, experience, ability, and licensure. Examine patients and prepare medical histories; diagnose patients, and administer, prescribe, and order indicated and required medical services, treatments, evaluations, and procedures. Provide medical advice, guidance, and instruction to patients; prepare summaries, evaluations, medical records, and other medial documentation. Performs a variety of related duties.
Duties and Responsibilities
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Provides continuing, comprehensive primary, health maintenance and medical care to new and established patients and their families, including preventive care, and behavioral and community health care.
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Performs physical examinations of new and existing patients and orders the diagnostic tests required to baseline relevant values.
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Interprets examination findings and test results to develop and implement appropriate treatment plans with patients and other care team members.
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Prepares and reviews patient case histories, interviewing patients and family members to diagnose presenting problems
- Facilitates health and disease patient education, including leading group office visits and annual preventive visits. Supports patient self-management of disease and behavior modification interventions.
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Determines need for consultation or referral and assists in medical care treatment provided at the direction of other specialists. As indicated, refers patients to affiliated subspecialists or for inpatient treatment.
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Collaborates with a multilevel, multidisciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical staff to provide outpatient services as scheduled, following appropriate quality and productivity standards of care.
- Collaborates with Behavioral Health and Wellness colleagues to integrate health, behavioral health, and wellness care for all AACI patients.
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Participates in clinical quality improvement processes, peer reviews and certifications.
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Performs charting and utilizes Electronic Health Records
- Utilizes standing orders and other generally accepted care practices to enable other team members to practice to the top of their licenses.
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As appropriate, supervises and teaches mid-level providers, residents, and medical students.
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Participates in team meetings, data collection, health outcomes reporting, clinical audits, program evaluation, and quality improvement.
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On a rotational basis, serves as an on-call physician for afterhours support.
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Provides coverage for other clinicians when needed
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Adheres to established internal policies, procedures and objectives
- May participate in outside events such as health fairs and other community health related activities.
- Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree
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Maintain current, valid, unrestricted professional license to practice in the state of California
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Active and unrestricted DEA License
- Board Certification required.
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Knowledge of the principles and practices of family medicine, general internal medicine, or pediatrics.
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Knowledge of the local, state, and federal regulations pertaining to medicine and to community health centers.
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High level of written skills
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Ability to communicate well with people of diverse cultural professional and experiential backgrounds
- Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships as part of a multi-disciplinary team
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English language proficiency required. Proficiency in another language (Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish or Vietnamese) preferred.
