Physician Associate - APC Support

Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center•McMinnville, OR

15d

About The Position

At Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, we welcome diversity; we encourage, uplift, and are honored to serve people who have been historically underrepresented and underserved. Our mission is to provide high quality, comprehensive, and culturally appropriate primary health care to the communities of Washington and Yamhill counties with a special emphasis on migrant and seasonal farmworkers and others with barriers to receiving health care. We strive to provide an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the diversity of the people we employ and serve. Job Summary: The Physician Associate is to provide primary care medical services to the patients of the Center in accordance with training, experience and licensure. Participate as a member of the medical team within the Center. Function as an educational resource to patients, the Center, students and the Community.

Requirements

Completion of a physician associate training program approved by the State of Oregon.
Licensure by the State of Oregon Medical Board
Accountability: Role model VG's mission, vision, and shared values
Customer-Focus: Listen to the voice of the customer and strive to delight them by exceeding their expectations
Teamwork: If someone needs help, help them
Initiative: Be innovative, apply fresh ideas, and continuously improve how you do your work
Confidentiality: Maintain strict confidentiality and respect the privacy of others
Ethical: Demonstrate integrity, honesty, and stewardship in all encounters at work
Respect: Demonstrate consideration and appreciation for co-workers and patients
Communication: Demonstrate the ability to convey thoughts and ideas as well as understand perspective of others

Nice To Haves

Bilingual Spanish/English preferred; willingness to become sufficiently competent in Spanish to provide medical care.
Strong commitment to working with patients and staff from a wide range of ethnic, economic, cultural and social backgrounds.

Responsibilities

Participate in direct patient care, which may include obstetrics, family planning, newborn care, pediatrics and general adult care.
Meet minimum patient care productivity requirements as may be set by the Center to meet requirements of outside funding and/or reimbursement sources.
Provide continuous, comprehensive and culturally sensitive health care of the highest quality.
Provide case management to Center patients.
Provide all necessary documentation in the medical record of care provided to patient, including education, medications, referrals, diagnostic testing and follow-up.
May assist in organizing and participating in special clinics such as the migrant camp program.
May be required to provide services at sites other than primary worksite.
Provide day-to day supervision of support staff with respect to individual patient management.
Participate in case management review and discussion, i.e. OB patients, diabetics.
Assist in implementation of plans to meet the objectives of the annual "Health Plan" and other goals established by the QA/QI committee and the Center's managed care plans.
Participate in chart audits to assess success of QA/QI program.
Participate in medical staff, OB, QA/QI meetings and other committees within the Center established to improve patient care and the overall operation of the Center.
Provide supervision of students and residents in the health care professions.
Become part of community groups or agencies to assist the Center's integration into the community.
Provide assistance to the Medical Director or CEO to fulfill the work of the Center.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Handle protected health information (PHI) in a manner consistent with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).