Obstetrician/Gynecologist Job at Lone Star Circle of Care in Austin, TX

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assure provision of routine and urgent OB/Gyn services, including maintaining outpatient clinical practice and full active hospital privileges, participating in call coverage as required

• Provide leadership for achieving programmatic clinical quality objectives
• Supervise all LSCC OB/Gyn practitioners; specific duties include periodic written performance reviews (at least annually utilizing the LSCC provider evaluation tool), coaching, managing staff conflicts in accordance to LSCC policies and procedures
• Provide supervision to advanced practice nurses in accordance with the LSCC Delegation Protocol/Collaborative Practice Agreement as needed
• Collaborate with other LSCC medical directors and providers to optimally integrate OB/Gyn care with Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, mental health, and specialty service lines
• Collaborate and interact with a diverse group of clinical and administrative health care professionals, and appropriate community partners, both within and outside LSCC to enhance and expand OB/Gyn services
• Demonstrate a special interest in the area of community medicine, with the ability to support the LSCC mission and readily serve its patient population
• Develop and implement adherence to clinical protocols, accepted standards of clinical care and LSCC quality initiatives when needed
• Actively monitor and manage OB/Gyn service line productivity
• Regularly report clinical quality results to the CMO to be reported to the LSCC Board Quality Assurance (QA) Committee, per QA Committee requirements
• Work closely with the CMO and senior management staff to determine direction and strategies for OB/Gyn services, and to monitor status and report developments
• Assure high quality educational experience for medical students, residents and other individuals in a training role working in LSCC OB/Gyn services
• Travel to and work from various clinic locations as necessary
• Other duties or responsibilities as assigned by CMO

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, AND LICENSE:

• Must meet all required qualifications and responsibilities of an OB/Gyn Physician (MD or DO, whichever is applicable to licensure and credentials)
• Current valid unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Texas
• Current DEA certificate
• MD/DO with board certification in Obstetrics & Gynecology (ABOG or ACOOG required)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA)
• Proficiency with EMR system
• Ability to work independently with a high level of self-motivation

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, AND LICENSE:

• Bilingual English/Spanish language skills are a definite plus

All LSCC employees function as a member of a collaborative health care team to create and maintain a Patient-Centered Medical Home where the emphasis is on excellent communication, support of the patient in self-management, and care is provided and tracked in a culturally competent, behaviorally enhanced setting supported by information technology.