Physician - Primary Care - Forest Home

Children's Wisconsin•Milwaukee, WI

About The Position

Provides appropriate pediatric care services to patients, including examining, diagnosing, and treating children with a wide variety of injuries and illnesses. Conducts routine check-ups to monitor children’s growth and development from birth to adulthood. The role may include ambulatory pediatric consultations requested by non-pediatrician physicians and surgeons, participation in nursing and medical education, and responding to urgent or emergent patient-care needs. The physician provides care appropriate to the patient population and applicable policies and procedures, communicates with patients and families about care, and documents clinical work and procedures in the medical record. Employment is at-will; this description is not a comprehensive listing of all possible duties and does not create an employment contract.

Requirements

Medical degree (terminal degree such as an MD) required.
Current malpractice insurance at a level of $400,000/$1,000,000 and participation in the Patient Compensation Fund.
Children’s Wisconsin medical staff membership in the Department of Medicine with core privileges in pediatrics.
Demonstrated proficiency in skills necessary to manage urgent-care patients, normally acquired during pediatric residency training.
Good communication and interpersonal skills when dealing with physicians, nurses, patients, families, and other staff.
Good medical-record documentation skills, demonstrated through legible, concise, and pertinent entries.
BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider certification from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or National Safety Council.
One of the following Wisconsin licenses: DO (21), MD-Medical Doctor (20), or MD-Medical Doctor (320).

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated ability and interest in teaching students and professionals, including nurses, pediatric nurse practitioners, and interns/residents.

Responsibilities

Understand and address the growth and development needs of neonatal, infant, toddler, preschool, school-age, adolescent, and/or adult patients.
Perform appropriate histories, physical examinations, assessments, and plans, and make legible, concise, pertinent medical-record entries in accordance with applicable policies, rules, and regulations.
Provide ambulatory pediatric consultations when requested by non-pediatrician physicians and surgeons.
Respond appropriately to significant changes in assigned patients’ conditions and remain available to nursing staff for urgent or emergent action.
Participate in nursing in-service education when requested.
Participate in medical education activities for pediatric nurse practitioners, students, residents, and others when requested.
Respond to requests for mutual assistance from interns and residents.
Participate in answering third-party payor and utilization-review questions.
Document procedures in the medical record for billing purposes.
Complete assignments without needing work reassigned to others.
Address patient needs in a timely manner and communicate effectively with patients, parents, and others regarding care.
Comply with patient-care service guidelines and applicable policies and procedures.
Provide care appropriate to the patient population.