LOCUM or CONTRACT Family Medicine Physician (FLOAT)

Description

LOCUM or CONTRACT Primary Care Float Physician - Family Practice or Internal Medicine, San Antonio, Texas

Health By Design, a Medici company is actively seeking a Family Medicine or Internal Medicine Physician to work on a CONTRACT or LOCUM basis for approximately 90 days. Will provide primary care services, floating between our clinics in the immediate San Antonio area. 40 hours a week, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm. NO evenings, NO weekends, NO call and NO after-hours charting.

Our beautiful out-patient clinics provide direct primary care, annual wellness assessments, executive exams, concierge services, wellness events and health and nutritional coaching. We're passionate about making a difference in the lives of not only our patients, but our physicians as well! Our Primary Care Physicians practice medicine free from the volume-based pressures and metrics of fee-for-service billing, gaining more time with patients, which means improved compliance, better care coordination, healthier patients, and happier providers!

San Antonio locations include:

• Northwest San Antonio (Westover Hills)
• Northeast - Selma / Schertz
• South San Antonio
• Downtown
• North Central

What we offer, is what makes us truly unique:

• Work/life balance of a Monday - Friday schedule, no nights, no weekends, no major holidays, no call & no after-hours charting
• Faith based & mission driven organization
• Beautiful clinics staffed with RNs and LVNs (no MAs)

Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited United States School of Medicine; MD or DO
• Board Certified / Board Eligible required
• Current unrestricted Texas license from the Texas Medical Board
• Current DEA Certificate
• BLS - Basic Life Support Certification

Call Karen Hogan @ #210-723-6733 or email karen.hogan@hbdus.com

Requirements

Essential Job Functions:

• Provides medical patient care by interviewing, examining, and treating clinical patients in order to meet their needs
• Educates patients on wellness, prevention, and early detection by providing materials and resources to the patients
• Determines which referrals are required based on examination and patient needs
• Determines level of urgency of follow-up, referral/consultation appointments
• Exercises final medical judgment in all issues of health care
• Prescribes medical treatment and clinical drugs to patients
• Orders studies, test, and ancillary services
• Documents all services in patient medical record in eCW
• Reviews on a regular basis long term cases that require ongoing medical attention
• Consults with Physician Lead, Director of Medicine, and other professionals on staff as needed regarding patient care, assessment, and educational issues
• Participates in quality improvement, management, continuing education, and other patient care programs established by Health by Design
• Assists as needed in the resolution of complaints, requests, and inquiries from patients
• Assists in the development, production, and presentation of medical education, material, lectures, and mixed media presentations for patient and medical staff
• Maintains confidentiality of all patient information according to federal guidelines and regulations
• May be assigned to multiple clinic sites as mutually agreed upon with CMO and Director of Medicine
• May require on-call responsibilities

Education: Graduate of accredited US School of Medicine; MD or DO

Experience: Minimum of two years of direct work experience preferred

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Current license to practice in state of clinic location
• Board Certification / Board Eligible (Family or Internal Medicine)
• Current DEA Certificate
• BLS - Basic Life Support Certification

Required Skills:

• Knowledge of and ability to apply professional medical principles, procedures, and techniques
• Thorough knowledge of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment
• Effective verbal and written communication skills along with proper telephone etiquette
• Performs in a tactful and professional manner
• Experience with Electronic Medical Records

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to use hands to grasp, handle, or feel; talk; and hear
• The team member is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, or crouch
• May frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds with occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds