Internal Medicine Physician

I. BASIC FUNCTION:

Responsible for providing comprehensive primary care services for patients who receive health care at Family Care

Health Centers.

All employees of FCHC must ensure service standards are delivered, including:

FCHC Core

• Demonstrates a commitment to FCHC mission and vision.
• Demonstrates a positive attitude towards patients, employees, role, and the health center.
• Demonstrates FCHC core values (accountability, courtesy, excellence, flexibility, integrity, respect).

Customer Service and Professionalism

• Smiles and makes appropriate contact, greets individuals upon entry into building and space.
• Is customer service oriented to both internal (colleagues) and external (patients, clients, vendors, etc.)

customers. Treats patients, customers and colleagues with dignity and respect.

• Provides timely response to requests, tasks, and inquiries. Demonstrates good service turnaround.
• Demonstrates good communication skills and communicates in a tactful manner.
• Exhibits conflict resolution skills in order to foster effective working relationships and embraces a team

approach.

• Adheres to FCHC’s dress code policies. Employee appearance and grooming appropriate.

Show(s)

• Consistently shows commitment to position and team performance (i.e., attendance and punctuality).
• Consideration and acceptance of cultural differences of others; works well with individuals of diverse

backgrounds, supporting a culture of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

• Participates in training and professional development and completes required trainings in a timely manner.

Safety

• Adheres to and promotes a culture of safety and cleanliness.
• Adheres to HIPPA/Confidentiality standards.
• Respectful of FCHC property, properly and safely uses Health Center Equipment.

II. INTRADEPARTMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:

Department Officer: Chief Medical Officer

Reports to: Chief Medical Officer and/or Associate Medical Director

Supervises: Medical consultation to Nurse Practitioners of same specialty

JOB DESCRIPTION

DEPARTMENT: MEDICAL SERVICES

JOB TITLE: PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN:

INTERNAL MEDICINE, FAMILY PRACTICE, OB/GYN, PEDIATRICIAN

AND GENERAL PRACTICE.

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III. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides comprehensive primary medical care including examination, diagnosis, treatment, patient counseling,

referral and medical follow-up, including lab result and diagnostic test interpretation.

• Provides consultation to Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Midwives and Physician Assistants.
• Provides telephone consultation to patients and families as necessary.
• Maintains appropriate policies, protocols, records, reports, and statistical data relevant to services provided.
• Contributes to the quality and maintenance of on-site clinical support services such as laboratory, pharmacy,

emergency kit, specialty referrals; as well as for the arrangements pertaining to outside clinical support

services such as x-ray, pharmacy, and specialty referrals.

• Consults with staff members regarding the comprehensive health care needs of individual clients.
• Participates in Health Center’s system of after-hours coverage including weeknight, weekend call and/or

hospital in-patient rounds.

• Plans and implements Health Center programs and projects in cooperation with identified staff members.
• Participates in the development of in-service programs related to medical issues and other pertinent patient

healthcare management issues.

• Accepts assignments and responsibilities regarding time schedules for patient care, committee work, quality

assurance and other areas related to special competence.

• Obtains hospital admitting privileges for care of hospitalized patients or utilizes services hospitalist or

residency in-patient services.

• Precepts medical students, medical residents, nurse practitioner students and physician assistant students.

IV. PERIODIC DUTIES:

• Contributes to Health Center community health activities outside of regular job responsibilities.
• Participates in Health Center staff problem solving groups.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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V. WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

Inside Health Center: All inclusive.

Outside Health Center: Patients/Clients, students, vendors, community health agencies, grant agencies, funding

agencies, professional colleagues, professional organizations and education institutions,

managed care plans, hospital committees especially physician/hospital collaboration groups,

City, State and Federal agencies, etc.

VI. QUALIFICATIONS:

• Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy required.
• License to practice medicine in the State of Missouri and be in good standing required.
• Drug licensed including DEA and BNDD numbers required.
• Medicare and Medicaid provider enrollment numbers including Medicare UPIN number.
• Board Eligible or Board-Certified status preferred.
• Completion of residency training program in primary care specialty preferred.
• Work experience or strong desire to work in urban community health setting preferred.

VII. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Current membership(s) and active participation in respective medical specialty is encouraged.

VIII. CONTINUING EDUCATION:

Satisfactory maintenance of continuing education standards as established by the Missouri State Medical Association

required.

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IX. CONFIDENTIALITY:

Respect for and maintenance of client and staff confidentiality is required.

The above responsibilities/duties describe the chief function (requirements) of the j