CRESCENTCARE-posted 2 months ago
Full-time
New Orleans, LA
251-500 employees

At CrescentCare, we bring caregivers and the community together as partners in health and wellness for all. Our experience builds on more than 40 years of impact. In 2014, we became a Federally Qualified Health Center to offer an expanded range of health and wellness services for anyone and everyone who is seeking healthcare services in Greater New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana. The Practitioner is a medical doctor with fellowship training in infectious disease who is skilled in providing high quality medical evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment to patients in a high-volume outpatient, federally qualified health center setting for complex HIV management, infectious disease specialty care as well as primary care. This individual manages patients in accordance with standards of care and approved organizational privileges. The incumbent collaborates effectively with other health care providers, social workers, and other professionals in an integrated and evidenced based care team model approach to care. Assess and redirect emergent conditions through available emergency services consistent with organization policy. Provide afterhours consultative call on a shared, rotating basis in conjunction with afterhours triage service, as per organizational protocols.

  • Responsible for providing high quality patient care to all CrescentCare patients in an outpatient clinical setting.
  • Responsible for a minimum of 1850 completed patient visits per calendar year, 154 per month (if a full time FTE) and subject to change based on organizational needs.
  • Collaborate with care team members to provide high-quality patient centered care to facilitate high patient satisfaction.
  • Close all notes within 48 hours of the visit and complete all notes no later than 5 business days of the end of calendar month when the service was provided.
  • Achieve quality metric goals as defined by medical leadership and quality team.
  • Practice at the top of practitioner’s license and collaborate with care team members to provide high quality patient centered care.
  • Use data and reporting systems to regularly lead or participate in effective and routine pre-visit planning huddles with the care team.
  • Communicate effectively and respectfully with all medical and operational staff concerning patient care issues.
  • Promote teamwork, good interpersonal relations and communication among staff at the healthcare setting.
  • Actively participate in team meetings.
  • Provide specialty specific consultation services upon request and within specialty scope of practice.
  • Supervise clinical care, collaborate, and provide clinical consultation to PAs/APRNs as necessary.
  • The minimum education level required for the position is a Medical Degree (MD/DO).
  • Successful completion of an ACGME or AOA-accredited residency/fellowship in internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, or other specialty service provided by CrescentCare under its scope of services as a FQHC.
  • Successful completion of an ACGME of AOA-accredited fellowship program in infectious disease.
  • Holds and maintains current Louisiana Medical License without restriction.
  • Board certification in the practitioner’s terminal board.
  • Has admitting privileges with a hospital directly or a collaborative agreement with a physician who has admitting privileges at a local hospital.
  • Maintains Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.
  • Comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage options.
  • Health Savings Account (HSA).
  • Employer-paid Dental.
  • Employer-paid life insurance & AD&D.
  • Employer-paid Wellness Program.
  • Employer-paid Employee Assistance Program.
  • Employer-sponsored vision insurance.
  • Employer-sponsored short-term disability insurance.
  • Vacation time (accrue 20 days in first 12 months).
  • Sick time (accrue 8 days in first 12 months).
  • Eleven (11) paid holidays.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match beginning in employee’s second year.
  • Medical Malpractice Coverage.
  • Continuing Education.
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