Physician Family Medicine OB

Cahaba Medical Care Foundation•Winchester, VA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This position involves treating a diverse patient population, including insured and uninsured individuals across various demographics. The physician will conduct interviews and examinations, order diagnostic tests, analyze findings, diagnose conditions, and prescribe treatments. Responsibilities include performing minor surgeries, referring patients to specialists, educating patients on health topics, and maintaining accurate electronic health records. The role also requires reporting vital statistics and participating in staff meetings and peer reviews. Additionally, the physician will represent the organization at conferences and meetings, and may have administrative and supervisory duties, including precepting medical students and residents, and serving as a resource for mid-level providers. Cahaba Medical Care emphasizes its role as a teaching institution and expects licensed providers to host learners.

Requirements

Must be able to secure credentialing through identified agencies (Hospitals, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.)
Board certification in field of residency training
Certifications through the Drug Enforcement Agency and valid licensure in Alabama
Must maintain board certification and a license in good standing with the state
Must submit to the necessary privileging requirements including peer review, background checks, random drug tests, attestation by the physician and CMO that the physician is fit to perform his / her duties, participating in necessary quality improvement projects including PQRS, MU, and METRIC

Nice To Haves

Previous experience working with target population highly desired.

Responsibilities

Treats a mixed patient population, across gender, age and ethnicity, as well as insured and uninsured patients.
Interviews and examines patient to determine health history and general physical condition. Performs physical examinations and preventive health measures within prescribed guidelines.
Orders or executes various tests, analyses, and diagnostic images to provide information on patient’s condition.
Analyzes reports and findings from labwork and imaging ordered by providers
Diagnoses conditions as appropriate
Prescribes or recommends drugs or other forms of treatment such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
Orders vaccinations for patients as appropriate
Performs minor surgery.
Refers patients to medical specialist or other practitioner for specialized treatment.
Educates patients on a variety of health topics as appropriate during patient encounters
Provides accurate and timely documentation of all patient encounters including phone encounters
Completes Electronic Superbills on a daily basis that includes accurate ICD-9 and CPT codes
Reports births, deaths, and outbreak of contagious diseases to governmental authorities.
Participates in provider staff meetings to develop problem-solving techniques, and acquire team-building skills.
Participates in peer reviews.
Represent CMCF at conferences, meetings, and continuing education programs
Performs other duties as assigned or as needed.
Promt, regular attendance at the clinic.
Will perform clinical and/or other organizational related services as directed by the Medical Director.
Will also participate in precepting medical students and residents as assigned by the CMO.
Serves as a resource to mid-level providers in clinic.
Cahaba Medical Care expects all of our licensed providers to host learners from time to time, since we are a teaching institution.
Every student we accept applies for the chance to be here through a competitive process and is reviewed and assessed for their likelihood of working in an underserved, underresourced area in the future.
We want to ensure they fit our mission.
We try to give our newer providers time to get settled before adding them to our pool of available preceptors, and we offer best practices for integrating learners into your clinic without compromising efficiency.