Family Practice/Internal Medicine Physician MD/DO

Job Type Full-time Description

Join Elica’s mission and become a part of a team where every day is an opportunity to make a positive impact in your community!

At Elica Health Centers, we share a common goal: provide the best possible patient care to our growing community! Our passion extends throughout Elica, from the exceptional healthcare services we provide to our underserved patients at our Community Health Clinics and state-of-the-art mobile medicine program, Health on Wheels, to our Resource Center where we empower patients and members of the community to connect with resources to help them build healthy and full lives.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

The Physician is primarily responsible for providing quality medical care to assigned patients of Elica Health Centers in the outpatient setting, conducting physical examinations; making diagnoses and prescribing medical and rehabilitative treatment. He/she participates in call coverage, quality assurance activities and staff meetings.

BENEFITS:

Elica is proud to offer an exciting benefits package to qualifying full-time employees which can support your health, your family, and help you plan for the future.

• 403B retirement savings account with up to 4% employer matching contribution and 100% immediate vesting.
• Healthcare: Medical (Kaiser or Western Health Advantage Options), Dental, Vision - Individual and family plans available
• Company funded Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) to help pay for out-of-pocket costs related to medical coverage
• FSA Plans: 2 options for Flexible Spending Accounts - Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA
• Company paid basic Life and AD&D Insurance. (supplemental life and AD&D options available)
• Optional Critical Illness, Accident, ID Theft Protection and Pet insurance potions
• 4 weeks of accrued paid time off and paid holidays.
• Malpractice/Tail Insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan with five (5) free counseling visits, financial services, legal services, and a plethora of online resources.
• Elica is NHSC qualified for State Loan Repayment Program
• Tuition Reimbursement program, CME/CEU reimbursement and time off program.

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Requirements

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

The successful candidate will be willing and able to:

• Provide comprehensive medical services to Center patients consistent with specialty scope of practice in a community clinic environment, including taking appropriate health history, performing physical exams, developing differential diagnoses, completing medical work-up, performing or ordering appropriate lab, imaging, and other tests, prescribing, and implementing appropriate therapy according to standard medical practice.
• Obtain appropriate consults when problems presented are outside the scope of practice or area of expertise or when unfamiliar with a particular aspect of the patient’s care.
• Facilitate transfer of care to other clinicians when religious or personal beliefs interfere with the clinician’s ability to offer full care options.
• Provide oral and written health education to Center patients and their families and answer questions, and work closely with other clinic staff that provide these services to assure the provision of appropriate education and information, including follow-up, for clients.
• Maintain productivity standards in order to sustain fiscal viability while maintaining high quality medical care.
• Answer messages and sign off on clinical reports (consults, lab, x-rays, etc.) in a timely manner.
• Complete legible and legally defensible medical records in a timely manner on a daily basis.
• Complete and submit all billing in an agreed upon timely manner.
• Attend continuing education programs and provide evidence of necessary education completion to upgrade medical skills and maintain licensing requirements.
• Offer cultural and linguistically appropriate services to a diverse and often socioeconomically challenged population.

The successful candidate has:

• Candidate must be board certified or eligible in Internal or Family Medicine
• Fully licensed to practice in the state of California with no restrictions
• Current DEA certificate.
• Current BLS
• Several years of FQHC or community health center practice experience preferred.
• Bilingual in English and Russian, Farsi, Pashto/Pushto or Spanish speaking preferred

Physical Requirements

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