PEDIATRICIAN

NORTH EAST MEDICAL SERVICES•Daly City, CA

3d•$275,000 - $275,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Pediatrician provides primary, urgent, or specialty medical care to patients at a NEMS clinic and performs related duties. The physician develops and carries out plans of care, including obtaining medical histories, conducting examinations, diagnosing conditions, providing treatment or referrals, and arranging hospitalization when necessary. The role includes prescribing medications or therapies, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, counseling patients on preventive care, and using diagnostic and treatment resources appropriately and cost efficiently. The physician may hospitalize NEMS patients and serve as their attending physician, and participates in rotational on-call coverage when the clinic is closed and Saturday clinic coverage. The position also includes collaborating with consulting physicians, nurses, patients, and families; coordinating referrals while maintaining continuity of care; contributing to performance improvement and quality assurance; documenting care in the NEMS electronic health record; and complying with applicable professional, ethical, and legal requirements. The physician assists in training health-center personnel and may provide teaching to students and residents or supervision to nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Full-time physicians are generally required to maintain hospital privileges; this may include emergency room and inpatient coverage for non-NEMS patients if required by the hospital. Other duties may be assigned by the manager or supervisor.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of medicine.
License to practice medicine in California.
Ability to work as a team with other health professionals and non-medical personnel.
Board eligible or board certified in Pediatrics, Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, or Emergency Medicine.
For subspecialty or specialty services, board eligibility or certification in the specific specialty or fellowship.
Current documentation of Basic Life Support.
Fluent spoken and written English, including reading.

Nice To Haves

Fluency in Chinese, including Cantonese and Mandarin, is preferred.
Fluency in other languages is an asset.

Responsibilities

Provide primary, urgent, or specialty care to patients consistent with the physician’s medical specialty.
Develop a plan of care for each patient, including medical history, physical examination, diagnosis, treatment, referrals, and hospitalization when necessary.
Diagnose and treat injuries, illnesses, and disorders.
Order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests and explain results to patients.
Hospitalize NEMS patients when appropriate and serve as attending physician during their hospital stay.
Provide on-call physician coverage on a rotational basis when the clinic is closed.
Work Saturday clinic on a rotational basis.
Emphasize preventive health care and counsel patients.
Prescribe medications or therapies.
Use laboratory, radiological, and other available resources appropriately and cost efficiently in diagnosis and treatment.
Confer with consulting physicians, nurses, patients, and families concerning patient treatment and care.
Refer patients who need specialist services while maintaining responsibility for continuity of care.
Participate in developing and implementing regularly updated performance improvement plans for NEMS.
Follow ethical, professional, and legal requirements and applicable state and federal regulations.
Document patient care electronically using the NEMS EHR system.
Attend medical staff meetings and participate in the community health center’s Quality Assurance program.
Assist in training para-professional and non-medical personnel.
Guide other health team members in developing health education materials and programs for registrants and the community.
Provide training or teaching, as appropriate, to medical students, residents, nursing students, and other students at NEMS.
May supervise mid-level providers, such as nurse practitioners or physician assistants.
Maintain hospital privileges as generally required for full-time physicians; this may include emergency room and inpatient coverage for non-NEMS patients if required by the hospital.
Perform other duties as required by the manager or supervisor.