Women's Health Physician - Hattiesburg

Job Description

Job Description

Hattiesburg is a wonderful place to live, work, and play. There is an array of family-friendly places to explore including the Hattiesburg Zoo and Serengeti Spring (the new water park addition), museums, walking trails, the Hattiesburg Station that Amtrack still uses, the historic Saenger Theater, Camp Shelby, and so much more. Hattiesburg is also home to several colleges, universities, and private schools. This position is an opportunity to live and work in a community that you will love and you will be able to practice women's health medicine here, too! S EMRHI is a network of Community Health Centers that has been serving the needs of Southeast Mississippi for 45 years.

Under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer, the Women's Health Physician is responsible for providing comprehensive, high quality medical care to the patients at our Women's Health Clinic.

Job Responsibilities :

• Demonstrate ability to provide general medical care activities
• Maintains case histories, examination reports and other medical records in the approved format
• Assesses, diagnosis and treats medical problems of SeMRHI patients
• Develops and documents appropriate plans for the management of problems identified
• Promotes preventive care and healthy lifestyles for all patient life-cycles
• Refer patients to the hospitalist for care as necessary
• Maintain courtesy hospital privileges as required
• Coordinate services with other center providers, local specialists and community resources
• Serves as preceptor for center nurse practitioners as necessary
• Establish health care standards and protocols for each medical service and program
• Ensures confidentiality of patient information and records
• Participates actively in Performance Improvement activities
• Maintain complete, up to date and accurate problem oriented medical records
• Complies with credentialing and other administrative requirements necessary for meeting regulatory standards
• Demonstrate positive personal attributes such as honesty, integrity and professionalism in all aspects of the job
• Work to ensure the productivity and effectiveness of clinical, staff, in terms of utilization and patient satisfaction
• Attend classes, workshops, and seminars as appropriated to maintain clinical competency and stay informed of changes in community health
• Demonstrate sensitivity to cultural issues and a positive attitude when dealing with patients, colleagues and resource people from outside the center

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Some Benefits of Working for SEMRHI :

Job Type : Full-time

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