Family Practice Physician (MD or DO)

Cabarrus Rowan Community Health Centers•Spencer, NC

16h•Onsite

About The Position

Cabarrus Rowan Community Health Centers is seeking a full-time MD or DO to join our team at our Northern Rowan Family Medicine location in Spencer. This role involves providing professional medical services to deliver primary health care, assessing, maintaining, and improving the health status of individuals in the communities served. The physician will also provide clinical leadership and supervision of midlevel providers and indirect supervision of medical support staff.

Requirements

Proficient in Microsoft Office products and e-mail communication.
Ability to communicate clearly and succinctly with patients, providers and clinical staff.
Demonstrated leadership, teaching, and evaluation skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Knowledgeable about current standards, methods and procedures for the delivery of evidence based care.
Efficient, organized and accurate.
Must have or be able to obtain admitting privileges to the local hospital.
Graduation from an accredited school of medicine with a degree of Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy is required.
Completion of residency from an accredited program.
Current unrestricted state of North Carolina MD or DO licensure required.
Current DEA certificate required.
BLS and all applicable certifications required (must be obtained within 30 days of employment).

Nice To Haves

Previous medical office or FQHC experience preferred.
Bilingual in English and Spanish.
Experience in public health preferred.
Board Certification in Specialty preferred.
Also accepting J-1 Visa applicants.

Responsibilities

Engages in a patient-centered approach to providing care for patients and their families.
Provides medical evaluation, treatment and consultation services to patients of the clinic. Responds to emergencies and answers medical questions.
Obtains and documents appropriate chief complaint, past medical, family and social history, review of systems, examination, medications and allergies, assessment and plan for each patient, providing patient education as needed.
Provides medical orders for prescription refills, administration of medications, ancillary testing, and/or referrals as needed to patients.
Reviews ancillary test results in a timely manner and coordinates notification and follow-up to the patients.
Supervises patient care by non-clinic agencies such as home health care, nursing home, or hospice.
Available to patients personally or through clinical staff to answer questions and relay information regarding their care.
Completion of all appropriate paperwork in a timely manner, including documentation to comply with insurance and reimbursement guidelines.
Educates patients and/or families as to the nature of disease, provides instruction on proper care, self-management and treatment, and works with patient to develop an individualized care plan.
Supervises assigned midlevel providers in the conduct of clinical care and delegates authority and responsibility when and where needed.
Completes documentation and paperwork which requires physician approval.
Assumes responsibility for patient cases from Mid-Level provider as needed, depending on patient acuity.
Trains and supervises medical students, residents, PA students, and NP students engaged in specialty activities and procedures, as necessary.
Participate in quality improvement activities by initiating or contributing to monitoring, measuring, analyzing, improving and/or controlling program goals, objectives and/or services.
Review peer and mid-level charts when appropriate and give feedback to peer to support the delivery of evidence-based care, a culture of peer education and continual learning.
Complies with current incentive, regulatory and certification reporting requirements (such as Meaningful Use, PCMH, and UDS) as directed.
Directs the patient care activities of nursing and support staff as required.
Perform other duties as assigned by Medical Director.