Staff Physician (10668)

Job Details

Job Location: Swanton Health Center - Swanton, VT 05488
Position Type: Full Time
Salary Range: $200,000.00 - $260,000.00 Salary
Job Shift: Day

Job Summary

Provide medical direction for all activities, including but not limited to acute and chronic medical care, education, referral, consultation and medical supervision of the health care staff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide health care and treatment to patients
• Evaluate a patient using standard subjective and objective data findings to make an accurate assessment and formulate a plan including standard medications and treatment/therapy modalities. This will be done according to recognized standard approaches and protocols of care for various disease states, age guidelines, and gender guidelines.
• Reinforce patient education and instructions, self‑management tools, and counseling on healthy behaviors
• Conduct home visits to provide services within scope of practice when necessary
• Collaborate with the Advanced Practice Provider in the development of written policies and services offered to all patients
• Periodically review patient records, provide orders, and be available to the Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner for consultation for patients
• Be available for direct telephone consultation to assist with medical emergencies and to accept and direct patient referrals
• Participate in Quality Improvement projects under the direction of the Nursing Supervisor and/or Office Manager. Participation may include new processes or changes, providing feedback on tests of change, and suggesting next tests of change
• Participate in training sessions, monthly and daily staff meetings
• Train, mentor, and supervise students and clinical support staff as appropriate
• Complete retrospective chart reviews, on a quarterly basis, of selected PA‑generated charts as a collaborating physician

Qualifications

• Must be able to work independently and make excellent clinical judgments
• Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Must have a working knowledge of diagnostic equipment used in a medical office, e.g., EKG
• Ability to function within a team environment to achieve stated objectives

Education

Must be Board eligible or Board certified, and a professionally competent practitioner of medicine.

Experience

One year experience in a physician office setting is preferred.

Certificate/License

Vermont MD or DO licensure.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made. The employee must talk or hear regularly, use hands or fingers to handle objects or tools, be occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds, shift patients on an exam table, push a wheelchair, or transfer from table to stretcher. Specific vision abilities required include close, distance, color, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Machinery and Equipment Used

Personal computer, printer, basic office equipment, EKG, crash cart, and clinical diagnostic items and materials.