Chiropractor

Petaluma Health Center • Petaluma, CA

136d

About The Position

The Chiropractor operates in a team with other health center providers and support staff to provide specialty care to all age groups in accordance with the scope of practice. The Chiropractor provides diagnostic and therapeutic services for Petaluma Health Center patients, while making reasonable and sound medical assessments and treatment plans.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited chiropractic school.
• Five years of specialty experience preferred.
• Licensed chiropractor with current California License in good standing.
• Must maintain continuing education as required for certification renewals.
• Must be CPR/ BLS Certified.
• Candidate must be able to successfully meet PHC’s credentialing and privileging requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual in English and Spanish, both written and verbal preferred.

Responsibilities

• Take appropriate history; perform physical examination of patients over age eight, order pertinent diagnostics and implement appropriate therapy according to standard medical and chiropractic practice.
• Assessment of patient will include physical examinations, development of differential diagnoses, order laboratory and imaging studies, prescribe treatments, and obtain additional referrals as appropriate.
• Utilize chiropractic manual therapies for the treatment of common primary care conditions including but not limited to the following: acute and chronic pain control, musculoskeletal pain, neuralgias, and headache.
• Perform routine manual or mechanical osseous and soft tissue chiropractic procedures for axial neuro-musculoskeletal disorders or complaints (excluding cervical manipulation therapy).
• Perform routine manual and mechanical osseous and soft tissue chiropractic procedures for non-axial neuro-musculoskeletal disorders or complaints.
• Trigger point therapy (excluding injections).
• Therapeutic exercises.
• Neuromuscular re-education.
• Therapeutic modalities including air, sound, cold, exercise, heat, light, massage, ultrasound, and hydrotherapy.
• Obtain appropriate consults when problems presented are outside scope of practice or when unfamiliar with a particular aspect of the patient’s care.
• Promote healthy lifestyles by advising patients on diet, hygiene, and disease prevention.
• Communicate effectively with the patient throughout the physician patient relationship, provide appropriate patient education, and demonstrate respect for the culturally determined needs of patients.
• Document patient information, both timely and accurately as per protocol.
• Shows consistent and determined intent to be competent, meeting or exceeding the community standard of care.
• Demonstrate competent knowledge in delivering health care to patients through peer review as established through the medical staff bylaws, recommendations of each licensing Board, and clinic Quality improvement Program.
• Participates in the peer Contribution, considering carefully the opinions of colleagues.
• Cooperate with the rest of the medical staff in assuring after hours and Saturday and evening hour’s coverage for the clinic patients.
• Actively participate in internal quality improvement teams and work with team members to proactively drive improvement initiatives as requested.

Benefits

• 21 Days of Paid Time Off
• 10 Observed Holidays
• Medical Insurance (Entire deductible paid by us!)
• 30 Chiropractor and Acupuncture visits per year included with enrollment in our health insurance plans (Kaiser and WHA)
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Gym Membership Discounts at Active Wellness Center and 24-Hour Fitness!
• 401K Matching after 1 year of employment
• Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care FSA
• Life Insurance (included at no cost to the employee)
• Long Term Disability (included at no cost to the employee)
• Employee Assistance Program (included at no cost to the employee)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees