Medical Provider - Family Medicine, MD, Palm Springs, California

Medical Provider - Family Medicine, MD, Palm Springs, California

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Coachella Valley, Palm Desert, CA 92211, USA Req #2418

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Borrego Health provides high quality, comprehensive, compassionate primary health care to the people in our communities, regardless of their ability to pay.

We serve these communities and adjoining regions with respect, dignity and cultural sensitivity as a medical home and safety net for essential health care and social services.

Borrego Health is a non-profit 501(c)(3) Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and a Federal Tort Claims Act Deemed (FTCA) facility.

Borrego Health is now the second largest health center in the country and the largest health center in the State of California! Join our team and make a difference today!

SUMMARY :

Under the direction of the CMO, delivers primary care and supervises mid-levels and clinical support staff. Provides continuing, comprehensive health maintenance and medical care to entire families regardless of sex, age, or type of problem.

• Practices medicine; diagnoses and treats illness and injury; performs minor surgery and completes physical examinations;
• counsels and instructs patients; provides professional supervision of mid-level providers; instructs and educates trainees and / or staff;

assists in public relations efforts. Delivers care appropriate for an out-patient, primary care community health center with a multicultural, multilingual patient population and within the scope of his / her specialty and training.

Compensation Range : $264,490 - $320,000 plus monetary incentives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

Administrative Functions :

• Provides in-service staff training in selected topics as deemed necessary by the CMO.
• Prepares and reviews medical histories and obtains data through interviews.
• Maintains detailed, legible and confidential medical records after each patient visit in accordance with established protocols.
• Codes encounter forms according to time of the visit, procedures performed and pertinent ICD-9 codes.
• Assists in internal quality control audits.
• Participates in peer review.
• Provides supervision in case assignment to mid-level providers, including sign off on charts.
• Supervises medical assistants and lab personnel in area of specific support services for patient care delivery.
• Attends internal and external meetings, workshops, and conferences and participates on task forces or committees, as necessary and / or required by the Borrego Community Health Foundation.
• Performs all duties and services in full compliance with Borrego Community Health Foundation standards of care as well as all policies and procedures.
• Follows Borrego Health Standards of Customer Service Behavior.
• Participates in Quality Improvement (QI) Initiatives.
• Complies with Borrego Health’s Attendance & Punctuality Policy.
• Other duties or responsibilities as assigned by the CMO.

Clinical Functions :

• Provides quality care to the patients of Borrego Health, within the scope of practice outlined by state or federal law and understands the organization’s commitment to provide high quality patient care.
• Must be capable of meeting 80% or more of the established productivity standards.
• Participates in after hour calls as scheduled.
• Maintains a program of comprehensive health for the family unit, to include preventive medicine, behavioral sciences, and community health.
• Examines patients, formulates differential diagnostic plans, defines and orders required diagnostic testing.
• Interprets examination findings and test results, and implements treatment plans.
• Determines need for consultation and assists in medical care and treatment provided at the direction of other specialists.
• Follows established guidelines when referring patients out for needed specialty or diagnostic care.
• Instructs patients in their proper care and treatment alternatives, and instructs / supervises medical support staff as needed.
• Borrego Health providers are not to leave the clinic site with patients left unseen or untreated unless other treatment / care plans have been established.
• Meets Borrego Health Clinical Performance Measures (UDS and HEDIS measures).
• Contributes to BCHF's Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) program, a model of primary care delivery designed to strengthen the patient-clinician relationship, focus on the person and patient self-management and engagement, by providing comprehensive and coordinated care in a culturally and linguistically sensitive manner.

Additional Information :

You may also mail or fax your application and resume to the following address and telephone number :

Borrego Health PO Box 2369 Borrego Springs, CA 92004 Fax : 858-634-6903

Borrego Community Health Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ancestry, age, marital status, physical or mental disability or any other protected class, political affiliation or belief.

Other details :

Pay Type : Salary

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