Physician Pediatrician

La Clinica de La Raza•Oakland, CA

8h•Onsite

About The Position

La Clínica de La Raza is a community-based health center committed to providing culturally appropriate, high-quality, and accessible health care to the diverse communities of the San Francisco Bay Area. For over 40 years, they have advocated for and created a health home for those denied access to care. As health care activists, they are dedicated to ensuring individuals without health coverage receive the same quality of care as those with it. Since 1971, they have understood the importance of addressing economic and social factors affecting health. They provide services in various settings to connect individuals to preventive and primary care. Over 90,000 individuals utilize La Clínica's services, recognizing it as a welcoming place that addresses the whole person and connects them to a network of services for health and well-being. While known for activism and social justice, La Clínica has grown into a sophisticated provider of primary health care services with 35 sites across Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano counties.

Requirements

Knowledge and experience with Electronic Health Record programs, such as NextGen or Epic.
Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
High degree of interpersonal competence with both staff and patients, and thorough knowledge of evidence based care.
Cultural competence working in diverse/low income communities.
Ability to deal courteously and effectively with a diverse patient population, and maintain good working relationships with professional colleagues and other staff.
Ability to work courteously and effectively as a team member to support the established quality and productivity standards established for the clinic; work independently; exercise good judgment; communicate effectively orally and in writing, make and thorough manner with speed and accuracy with minimal supervision.
Ability and willingness to work under pressure and as part of an interdisciplinary team.
Demonstrate flexibility and ability to accept changes gracefully.
Ability to work across cultures and demonstrate support of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Ability to keep accurate and clear records of patient information.
Top-notch time management skills and evidence based approaches to medical care.
MD/DO degree from a recognized University.
One to two years of experience working in primary care clinic setting.
Requires board certification in Pediatrics. In the absence of a board certification, candidate must be board eligible and become board certified within 2 years of employment.
Requires valid California license and DEA.
Must hold a current BLS (Basic Life Support) Certificate. You will have 30-day grace period to obtain your certificate from the date of hire.

Nice To Haves

English/Spanish proficiency preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Provide all aspects of outpatient pediatric care to children from birth through adolescence.
Provide routine, acute, urgent, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative medical care to youth, and determining appropriate regimen as needed including initiating referrals to medical specialists as required.
Screen and monitor the management of stabilized chronic conditions in asymptomatic and well patients.
Attend to and/or admit patients to appropriate hospitals as needed while ensuring 24 hour availability of care to patients by sharing night and weekend call with other physicians.
Deliver culturally sensitive well and chronic disease care to a diverse patient population of all ages.
Demonstrate flexibility in meeting patients’ needs, and participate in the after-hours call pool and Saturday clinics rotation.
Develop a positive rapport with patients and families to foster the physician/patient relationship.
Serve as a member of the cross-functional team of providers, consulting with Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants on the assessment, management and treatment of complicated cases, chart review, co-signing, and case conferences.
Suggest improvements for clinic flow, patient scheduling and service delivery, and collaborate professionally with interdisciplinary team members, including providers, health educators, medical assistants, registered nurses, and case managers.
Provide direction to medical assistants regarding patient care as needed.
Other duties as assigned by supervisor.