University of Miami Medical Group Staff Physician - Family Medicine and Community Health

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide clinical care in 9 clinic sessions per week.

• Provide all physician care generally provided at a primary care facility.

• Actively manage all aspects of patient care while on shift.

• Supervise and direct the center’s other clinical staff (Medical Assistants, etc.).

• Collect biological specimens and process them in the laboratory for testing.

• Ensure that all charts and medical records are accurately completed in a timely manner; and

• adhere to all clinical policies and procedures.

• Responsible for the delivery of care, treatment, and referrals. Arrange for referral resources for those medical specialties not provided at the primary care clinic.

• Evaluate patients, based on medical training and/or specialty, to determine the medical condition of the patient, through the performance of physical examinations, thereby, establishing a diagnosis and proposed treatment plan.

• Maintain high standard of medical practice and participate in the training development of the medical team.

• Assist in medical education of both the patients and clinic staff.

• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings; refer and transfer patients for follow-up and/or specialty care and discharge patients.

• As a member of the health care team, exemplify an example in attitude toward patients and staff, thereby, performing duties with respect, dignity, privacy, and modesty to the patients.

• Participate in the development of clinic protocols and formulary. Make recommendations, suggestions, etc., on chart information forms.

• Document each on site/in office procedure, prescription, consultation and patient contact in patient's chart and on the clinic's encounter forms, within a 24-hour period.

• Counsel patient regarding medical and other problems which might affect patient's health and well-being.

• Perform such clinical procedures for patient's benefit which are within scope and skill of practitioner/specialist and which are economically feasible.

• Provide direction and leadership to the clinic's medical support staff, with regard to the administering of a patient's care.

• Provide supervision in case assignment to nurse practitioner/physician assistant, including sign off on charts, where applicable.

• Perform other job related duties, as may be assigned, by the Chairman of Family Medicine.

Desired Qualifications:

• Doctoral Degree (MD, DO,), Florida Physician License required.

• Three years of experience in area of Family Medicine.

• Graduation from ACGME Family Medicine Residency Program

• Board certification in Family Medicine.

• Current active state and federal DEA license

• Current CPR Certification