PHYSICIAN FAMILY PRACTICE

Sun Life Health • Mesa, AZ

6d • Onsite

About The Position

A Physician provides health care services to patients under the direction and responsible supervision of the Medical Director. This role involves examining patients, taking medical histories, recording results, and making preliminary diagnoses. The physician will decide on care plans or follow-up procedures, assess patient health through interviews and physical examinations, and identify short-term and long-range patient care issues. They will administer or order diagnostic tests, interpret results, perform therapeutic procedures, and manage infection. Additionally, the physician will instruct and counsel patients on therapeutic regimens, development, and health maintenance, exercise professional judgment in consultations with other physicians, and provide continuity of care by developing and implementing patient care plans.

Requirements

• Completion of a four-year undergraduate degree
• 4 years Medical School earning a MD or DO degree
• 1 year rotating Internship
• 2 years Residency
• Board certification or Board eligible in Family Practice
• Completion of annual CME requirements

Responsibilities

• Examines patients, takes medical history, records results, and makes preliminary diagnosis of disease, illness and injury and decides care plan, or follow-up procedures
• Assess patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, obtaining, updating and studying medical histories
• Identify short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed; providing information; recommends options and course of action
• Administer or order diagnostic tests such as X rays, electrocardiograms, and blood work, and interprets test results
• Perform therapeutic procedures, such as immunizations, injections, suturing and wound care, and managing infection
• Instruct and counsel patients by describing therapeutic regimens, giving normal and abnormal development information, and promoting wellness and health maintenance
• Exercise professional judgment regarding consultation with other Physicians concerning appropriate treatment
• Provide continuity of care by developing and implementing patient care plans, instructing and counseling patients, and recording progress
• Work in triage and makes decisions on patient care needs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree