Physician Pediatrician (Reg P/T)

La Clinica de La Raza•Pittsburg, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

La Clínica de La Raza is a community-based health center dedicated to providing culturally appropriate, high-quality, and accessible healthcare to diverse communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. With over 40 years of experience, La Clínica advocates for and creates a health home for those denied access to care, ensuring quality healthcare regardless of insurance status. Recognizing the link between health and socioeconomic factors, La Clínica addresses the whole person, connecting individuals to a broad network of services. It has grown into a sophisticated provider of primary health care services with 35 sites across Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano counties. This role offers the opportunity to provide primary care in an outpatient setting, practicing pediatric medicine with a wide scope. You will serve a resilient, ethnically diverse, and medically complex patient population, aiming for optimal health outcomes and compassionate care. La Clínica supports providers with opportunities in mentorship, quality initiatives, and preceptorships, and is committed to continued physician education through monthly meetings. You will work alongside energetic colleagues dedicated to an exceptional patient experience, health innovation, and quality care delivery. As a pediatrician, you will be part of a collaborative and well-trained care team invested in your success.

Requirements

MD/DO degree from a recognized University.
One to two years of experience working in a primary care clinic setting.
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.
Valid California license and DEA.
Current BLS (Basic Life Support) Certificate. (30-day grace period to obtain certificate from date of hire).
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.

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.