PCHC - Providence, RI

posted 5 days ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Providence, RI
Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The MD Family Practice or Nurse Practitioner Provider will provide comprehensive medical care to patients served at PCHC, in accordance with the policies and procedures and philosophy of PCHC. This role encompasses duties across the life cycle, including care for infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients, as applicable.

Responsibilities

  • Perform physical examinations, treat illness, injuries, health problems, and address preventive health needs appropriate to that physician's training, experience, and specialty.
  • Make appropriate referrals to specialists, subspecialties, hospital emergency rooms, hospital clinics, etc., when good medical judgment dictates such referrals.
  • Provide first-aid to patients, but may refer serious injuries or severely acute conditions requiring hospital care to local hospital emergency rooms or in-patient facilities, as appropriate, after stabilizing the patient as clinically necessary at the health center.
  • Ensure that standards of quality medical care are met. Participate in medical audits, performance improvement, and peer review activities, and participate in appropriate PCHC committees, when necessary.
  • Provide in-service training sessions for other PCHC staff, as necessary.

Requirements

  • Board Certified or Board Eligible in Primary care specialty (Pediatrics, Family Practice, or Internal Medicine).
  • Current M.D. or D.O. license in Rhode Island.
  • Maintain ongoing professional education as mandated by state regulation.
  • Maintain appropriate hospital privileges in accordance with PCHC policies.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience in a similar healthcare setting.
  • Familiarity with electronic health records (EHR) systems.
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