Family Physician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) or Doctor of Medicine (M.D.).
• Completed residency in a primary care specialty.
• Board certification.
• Current Illinois licensure.
• Current DEA and Controlled Substance credentials.
• Maintain CME requirements.
• Knowledge of applicable rules, regulations, and standards relating to quality assurance, safety, and infection control.
• Competency with electronic health records.
• Cultural competency and ability to provide care in alignment with patients’ cultures.
• Interpersonal skills to work effectively with diverse patients, colleagues, and outside agencies.
• Administrative and organizational skills, including the ability to organize diverse information.
• Ability to concentrate and communicate amid frequent interruptions.
• Ability to stand, sit, and walk for up to eight hours in a health center and to lean and stretch during patient examinations.

Nice To Haves

• At least two years of experience practicing primary care medicine in an outpatient setting.
• Knowledge of EPIC.

Responsibilities

• Obtain health histories and perform physical examinations.
• Diagnose, treat, counsel, and coordinate care for patients.
• Review and update each patient’s problem list and longitudinal plan of care at every visit.
• Complete progress notes within 24 hours of patient visits and meet documentation standards.
• Fulfill scheduled on-call responsibilities and respond to calls within 20 minutes.
• Prescribe medications in accordance with Illinois statutes and professional practice guidelines.
• Follow ACCESS quality standards and clinical guidelines, and meet Meaningful Use standards for certified EHR technology.
• Manage EHR In-Basket responsibilities and respond to messages, including lab results, refills, patient calls and messages, orders, charts, and open charts, within 72 hours.
• Provide culturally competent care and recognize families as integral members of patients’ care teams.
• Address patient and family needs, encourage questions and concerns, and support care self-management.
• Conduct patient education related to examinations, procedures, illness, treatment, and follow-up instructions; use appropriate printed materials and document instructions.
• Coordinate case management services with the care team and case management staff.
• Ensure patients whose acuity exceeds what is appropriate for the health center are transferred appropriately and meet applicable intensity-of-service or severity-of-illness admission criteria.
• Coordinate with health center staff to ensure patient needs are met, participate in huddles, meet scheduled times and productivity standards, and support timely and clinically appropriate patient visits.
• Ensure care teams carry out treatment, education, and clinical tasks according to policy and procedure.
• Participate in staff orientation and training as needed and ensure care teams meet internal certification requirements for patient education and medication administration.
• Participate in proficiency testing as required by ACCESS.
• May serve as a preceptor in teaching programs for medical residents, medical students, advanced practice nurse students, and other allied health professions.
• Adhere to HRSA and FTCA regulations and perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Guaranteed annual base salary.
• Productivity and quality bonuses.
• $30,000 sign-on bonus.
• $10,000 relocation assistance.
• Potential loan repayment through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC); up to $75,000 for full-time service over two years.
• $5,000 award enhancement through NHSC LRP or SUD-W LRP for clinicians demonstrating Spanish-language proficiency.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• 232 hours of paid time off per year and paid holidays.
• 40 hours of CME and $2,000 reimbursement.
• Malpractice liability coverage provided by the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA).
• H-1B visa and J-1 waivers supported.
• Flexible schedules.