Physician - Family Medicine - Full-time or Part-time

Sunrise Community Health Center•Evans, CO

5h•Onsite

About The Position

Sunrise Community Health is seeking a Family Medicine Physician to promote and maintain health by providing medical services to their patients. The physician will provide direct patient care in an inpatient setting, ensuring proper injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. This role involves assessing patient health through interviews and physical examinations, diagnosing illnesses, and determining appropriate treatment plans, which may include referrals to other healthcare facilities or community resources. The physician will interpret diagnostic tests, explain procedures and treatments to patients, and provide emergency measures when necessary. Responsibilities also include documenting patient care, performing therapeutic procedures like injections and wound management, counseling patients on health maintenance and emotional well-being, prescribing medication, and developing patient management plans. The role requires monitoring patient progress, providing "On-Call" coverage, responding to patient concerns, and adhering to FTCA requirements. The physician will also maintain a safe and clean working environment, comply with legal and professional requirements, and stay current with medical knowledge through continuing education. A key aspect of the role is Team Based Care, involving collaboration with providers, clinical staff, and community resources to enhance patient health. This includes pre-visit planning by reviewing schedules, charting, and ensuring necessary patient information and results are available for efficient visits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) from four-year college or university
Medical Degree (M.D. or D.O.).
Graduate of an accredited residency program in family medicine, internal medicine/pediatrics, or pediatrics
Licensed to practice medicine in the State of Colorado
Minimum 7-10 years related experience as a practicing clinician, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
Must be board certified at hire and will be expected to maintain appropriate board certification, licensure, and membership in professional organizations.
Current immunizations are required to work at Sunrise Community Health and may vary dependent upon the position.
Influenza (Flu) Vaccine is required for ALL staff.
COVID vaccine is highly encouraged.

Responsibilities

Provide direct patient care in an inpatient setting.
Ensure proper injury care and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.
Assess patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
Examine patient and diagnose patient’s injury or illness.
Institute therapy or referrals of patient to the appropriate health care facilities, agencies, or other resources of the community.
Determine normal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies, interpreting test results.
Interpret and evaluate patient data to determine patient management and treatment.
Explain procedure and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
Institute emergency measures and emergency treatment or appropriate stabilization measures in situations such as cardiac arrest, shock, hemorrhage, and convulsions.
Document patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
Perform therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations, suturing, managing wounds and infections.
Instruct and counsel patients by describing therapeutic regimens, giving normal growth and development information, discussing family planning, providing counseling on emotional problems of daily living, promoting wellness and health maintenance.
Prescribe medication for treatment of patient injury or illness.
Provide continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans.
Monitor patients’ condition and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
Provide “On-Call” coverage as scheduled.
Review and respond to patient concerns, reviews patient satisfaction surveys.
Comply with requests for information in support of FTCA malpractice coverage.
Adhere to clinical guidelines, performance of PCMH/QI measures.
Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
Comply with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation, anticipating future legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, advising management on needed actions.
Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, participating in professional societies.
Maintain up-to-date license, DEA, board certification, and CME requirements for the position.
Work in collaboration and continuous partnership with providers, clinical staff, and community resources in a team approach to promote access to appropriate care in the goal of enhancing patient health.
Review daily schedule and chart by care team.
Documented instructions are written on the schedule, typed into the EHR appointment note, or in the EHR as a flag or clinical list update.
Ensure patient visit is more efficient by identifying: Records from transitions of care are available during the patient visit. Results from labs or diagnostic are in the EHR. Labs or other services that are not specified in the standing orders protocols.

Benefits

Up to 8-weeks of Paid Time Off (to include Vacation, Personal, 12 observed Holiday, and Sick Leave)
Medical Insurance
Dental & Vision Insurance
Basic Life & AD&D Insurance
Voluntary Life Insurance
Long-Term Disability (LTD)
FSA Medical Flexible Spending Account
FSA Dependent Care Spending Account
Employee Assistance Program
Competitive 401K Plan
Loan Forgiveness Programs
Referral Bonus
Tuition and Training Reimbursement
Agency Wide Training
Master Class Subscription
Employee Recognition Programs