Other Physician

JOB TITLE : Medical Provider (MD, NP, PA)

DEPARTMENT : Clinical Administration

CLASSIFICATION : Exempt

REPORTS TO : Chief Medical Officer

JOB SUMMARY

The (Physician / NP / PA) is a key member of the Cooperative Health Center's multi disciplinary primary care and behavioral health care teams. Primary, preventive, and episodic primary and behavioral health care is compassionately delivered to promote health and wellness. The clinical program is divided into units that foster a team approach to care. The Nurse Practitioner will assume an active role at the site becoming involved with quality improvement activities, meetings, and other team building efforts.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS ADMINISTRATIVE

• Completes medical records in a timely manner as per the medical record completion policy.o Timely respond to messages and phone calls from support staff and other office team members. o Attends a minimum of 75% of Cooperative meetings as scheduled and requested.o Remains knowledgeable of and works with a care team to coordinate plans to improve population health (quality measures) to achieve benchmarks.
• Maintains active licensure throughout all terms of employment.
• Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements
• CLINICAL o Collects medical histories, performs physical examinations, make appropriate and timely medical diagnosis based upon the history and physical exam for assigned patients.

Orders appropriate laboratory and other tests to confirm or evaluate the medical situation o Makes sound clinical decisions creating treatment plans in accordance with the common standard of care, statues, regulations, and protocols regulating the profession.

Serves as a preceptor to primary care professional students.

Focuses on quality of care for all patients. o Maintains shared goals, mutual respect and trust with all care team members.

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS

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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.