OBSTETRICIAN-GYNECOLOGIST

Christ Community Health Services•Memphis, TN

About The Position

At CCHS, our goal is to grant equal access to healthcare no matter the economic, social or employment status of our patients. We aim to provide superior patient care! If you have a passion for helping people and would like to combine that passion with your faith and clinical skills, this may be the position for you. We offer competitive pay, great benefits with a culture to match. POSITION SUMMARY 1. Works within a multi-disciplinary care team to provide patient-centered obstetric and gynecologic care. Provides patient care to approximately 20 patients per full day of clinic. Provides clinical leadership within the team. 2. Works within our call team of FM-OB and OB-Gyn physicians. Monitors and treats patients during pregnancy and childbirth, including delivery and postnatal care. 3. Expected patient care includes • Outpatient clinic • Inpatient Labor call • GYN surgery and surgical follow-up • OB Backup 4. Participates in organizational mission to provide distinctively Christian healthcare 5. Participates in continuing medical education, including Life Support Training, to maintain the skills necessary to perform physician duties and as required by applicable medical boards and the State. 6. Documents all patient encounters in a timely manner in hospital and/or clinic health record. 7. Communicates across departments including behavioral and spiritual health. 10. Attends staff meetings and medical provider meetings and maintain a level of involvement with the health center committees as needed to ensure quality of care for patients. 8. Physicians are to participate in peer review, performance evaluations/improvement data, and other activities to evaluate and advance quality improvement measures. 9. Collaborate with and supervises nurse practitioner (NP) or physician assistant (PA) as appropriate, and may assist in the educational training of Medical Students and Residents. 10. Other duties as assigned by the Chair of Medicine

Requirements

Doctor of medicine or osteopathy degree from an accredited institution of medicine or osteopathy
Completion of residency program in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Board Certification (or eligible) in obstetrics and gynecology
State licensure to practice medicine in the state of Tennessee

Responsibilities

Works within a multi-disciplinary care team to provide patient-centered obstetric and gynecologic care.
Provides patient care to approximately 20 patients per full day of clinic.
Provides clinical leadership within the team.
Works within our call team of FM-OB and OB-Gyn physicians.
Monitors and treats patients during pregnancy and childbirth, including delivery and postnatal care.
Participates in organizational mission to provide distinctively Christian healthcare
Participates in continuing medical education, including Life Support Training, to maintain the skills necessary to perform physician duties and as required by applicable medical boards and the State.
Documents all patient encounters in a timely manner in hospital and/or clinic health record.
Communicates across departments including behavioral and spiritual health.
Attends staff meetings and medical provider meetings and maintain a level of involvement with the health center committees as needed to ensure quality of care for patients.
Physicians are to participate in peer review, performance evaluations/improvement data, and other activities to evaluate and advance quality improvement measures.
Collaborate with and supervises nurse practitioner (NP) or physician assistant (PA) as appropriate, and may assist in the educational training of Medical Students and Residents.
Other duties as assigned by the Chair of Medicine