Per Diem Ambulatory Primary Care Physician Leader - Geriatrics

County of Riverside, CA - Moreno Valley, CA

Part-time - Entry Level

Moreno Valley, CA

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

Riverside University Health System has a Per Diem Physician opportunity with the Medical Center - Geriatric Clinical Practice. The Geriatric Practice offers varied, extensive, and unique services to the patients served by RUHS and offers a multitude of opportunities for the Geriatrician. This position has a flexible schedule, 2-3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Function as a clinician leader of services provided to patients by the medical team or medical specialty area; plan, organize, supervise, and coordinate the primary or specialized medical services at the medical center and outpatient clinics.
• Supervise clinicians, healthcare support staff, medical students, interns, and resident physicians.
• Instruct clinicians, medical students, interns, resident physicians, and ancillary medical staff on all patient care services; provide professional guidance to healthcare staff engaged in performing patient care.
• Conduct and participate in in-service training for medical staff and ancillary medical staff; conduct or participate in department or primary care clinic rounds and instruct the medical staff on patient care services in relation to medical treatments and medications.
• Act as a medical consultant for primary, preventive care, health and wellness, and related community and public health programs; ensure medical staff and ancillary medical staff compliance to department policies, Joint Commission requirements, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), local, state, and federal regulations related to healthcare.
• Demonstrate professionalism in all actions, including interpersonal skills, as well as compliance with RUHS policies and organizational objectives, including organizational mission and values.
• Keep informed of current medical techniques, procedures, and equipment, including subspecialty referral guidelines and workup; annual completion of continuing medical education (CME) per board and state license requirements, including minimally two (2) hours of leadership or educational-related CME per year.
• Maintain documentation of care to substantiate coding, in accordance with standards required by the Joint Commission, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), state, and federal guidelines; maintain appropriate records and complete medical documentation, including review of labs and diagnostic testing within the RUHS policy guidelines.
• Assist the Physician-in-Charge in developing and implementing immediate and long-range goals and objectives of medical services and quality metric programs.
• Participate in clinical quality programs, including responsibility for own quality metrics and compliance with RUHS policy and state and federal requirements; address patient quality metrics at each clinical encounter.
• May represent the department in various committees, staff meetings and professional meetings.

Requirements

• MD/DO from an accredited medical school
• Board Eligible/Board Certified in Geriatric Medicine or Internal Medicine
• Active and unrestricted California medical license, or able to obtain a California medical license
• Familiarity with clinical metrics, performance improvement, and corrective action plans
• Previous work experience in Skilled Nursing Facilities and/or Outpatient Primary Care

Nice-to-haves

• Bilingual in Spanish a plus

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Malpractice coverage