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Family Medicine Physician Job at Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers in Greensboro, PA
Physician | Family Medicine Job | Greensboro, PA 15338
Family Practice Physician Opportunity in Southwestern PA!
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Physician-Family Medicine
Employment Type: Full-Time
Telemedicine : No 
Practice Type: Community Health Center
Immigration Assistance: Accepts U.S. J1 & H1B Visas
Loan Assistance: YesJob Description
Job Location: Sto-Rox Family Health Center — McKees Rocks, PA
Secondary Job Location(s): Hilltop Community Health Center - Pittsburgh, PA
Job Shift: Day
Travel Percentage: Up to 25%
Work for an employer who loves you back!
ABOUT US:
Cornerstone Care, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), with locations throughout Southwestern PA, is seeking a Family Practice Physician to join our team. Make a difference as we seek those who want to assist us in fulfilling our mission.
Cornerstone Care has a long history of serving patients in our region and with over 24 million dollars in annual revenues. You can join a dynamic team of professionals where your contributions and voice make a difference. We are the best family care center across Southwestern PA and Northern WV for affordable healthcare.
POSITION SUMMARY:
To care for our patients in a variety of ways, from treating and managing chronic illnesses, interpreting multiple in-house screenings to advising about preventative healthcare. The physician will work to diagnose and treat injuries and illnesses by performing physical exams, taking medical histories, performing and interpreting diagnostic tests and recommending a plan of treatment.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Patient Care
- Assumes leadership of the care team.
- Manages clinical aspects of patient care.
- Understands and provides health literacy and appropriate disease management education.
- Takes into consideration barriers that may impact the patient’s understanding or treatment management.
- Works with the care team to collaboratively identify and set patient treatment and self-management goals.
- Participates in quality improvement initiatives as identified by patient surveys, feedback, or quality measurement/outcome data.
- Examines, diagnoses, and treats patients utilizing the Cornerstone Care offices.
- Ensures that medical care is completely and accurately documented in the medical record.
- Ensures that their PAQ (provider approval que) is checked minimally daily. Addresses all urgent out of range testing in a timely manner and everything in the PAQ is signed off within 10 days.
- Initiates requests for laboratory procedures and/or diagnostic tests that are not on standing orders; follows up test results as needed and ensures that the care team notifies the patients of results.
- Performs triage, when necessary, on in-coming patients; provides emergency care as needed; arranges for transfer to the appropriate facility if needed.
- Provides physician supervision for mid-level practitioners as needed.
- Prepares and signs all forms needed for patient care and ensures that all necessary information to submit a claim for the visit is in the EHR when the patient leaves the exam room or shortly after.
- Participates in after-hours patient call rotation.
Administrative
- Assists as needed, in maintaining the Medical Patient Management/Health Care Delivery Policies of the Principles of Practice.
- Assists in development of performance improvement standards and procedures, which insure safe and therapeutically effective, acute, chronic, and preventative health care and continuity of that care for patients and their families.
- Assists to assure that adequate equipment and supplies are in place to provide optimal and efficient patient care.
- Assists as needed, in formulating the Annual Health Care Plan.
- When necessary, attends meetings of the Board of Directors as determined by the CEO.
- Participates as requested or needed on FPAT, CORE Team and/or Special Meetings.
Community Service
- Monitors the health care needs of the service area and attempts to fulfill them.
- Participates in community health education and projects as needed.
- Acts as an advocate and liaison for the health center with the public, the medical community, the hospitals, the nursing homes, and with local, state, and national medical societies as determined by the CEO.
- Maintains membership in medical and specialty societies as needed.
- Participates in after-hour center activities as available.
WORKING CONDITIONS/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Full scope of family practice in a community health center setting with emphasis on teamwork and patient-centered medical home approach.
- Communication with, and examination, diagnosis, and treatment of a wide range of patients, including all ages and chronic conditions.
- Orders and interprets diagnostic tests.
- Collaborative work with other providers and Care Teams.
- Duties may include administrative tasks, committee participation, and community events.
Cornerstone Care is a Non-Profit, Federally Qualified Health Center with 14 locations and a mobile unit, serving communities throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania, and Northern West Virginia. Our mission is to improve the health of our patients and all the residents of the communities we serve, with special concern for the medically underrepresented and low-income populations.
Cornerstone Care offers: Medical insurance, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, 403 B retirement, flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care, credit union, and a variety of additional voluntary benefits, as well as a generous time off package.
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