Otolaryngologist

At Ochsner Health, an Ochsner Staff Physician will provide and coordinate patient care while working in cooperation with other members of the department clinical staff. The role involves examining patient health, prescribing treatments, and abiding by Ochsner's core values of Patients First, Integrity, Compassion, Inclusivity, Teamwork, and Excellence. Come make a difference at Ochsner Health and discover your future today!

Responsibilities

• Examine the health of a patient to help make proper diagnosis of clinical conditions and prescribing medication, treatments, and follow-up care as required.
• Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens to treat identified and documented medical conditions
• Provide care directly and indirectly by working with other members of an interdisciplinary team to formulate treatment plans.
• Timely record patient encounters in Electronic Health Record
• Request further medical evaluations and make referrals, as necessary.
• Understand and commit to the highest standards of professionalism; willingness to hold others to those standards.
• Commit to collaboration with all members of the department to provide quality patient care.
• Ensure accurate coding of all patient visits.
• Comply with policies, procedures, bylaws, processes of privileging/credentialing, and standards of care that are conducive to the provision of high-quality medical services consistent with accreditation standards, state and federal licensure or regulations, Medicare, Medicaid, and other regulations, guidelines, requirements, and statutes as applicable.

Qualifications

• Required - Board certified or eligible for certification in physician’s primary specialty
• Licensed Practicing Provider MD/DO
• Credentialed and willing to maintain clinical practice