Per Diem Physician (Casual Hourly - Temporary)

Overview

A fully accredited facility, University Health Services (UHS) at Princeton University provides responsive, high quality clinical, preventive, and consultative health services to over 8,500 Princeton undergraduate and graduate students and their dependents, and occupational health services to Princeton University faculty, staff, and employees. An integrated, evidence-informed model guides all UHS practices and services. UHS leverages clinical encounters and prevention efforts into meaningful opportunities for our members to learn about and adopt healthy living practices. UHS also supports a public health approach that prevents or responds rapidly to illness outbreaks and injury, and advances, preserves, or restores students’ capacity to take full advantage of their education.

 

UHS’s mission is to enhance learning and student success by using current and emerging knowledge of health, well-being, and human development to guide high-quality inclusive, clinical, prevention, and population-based solutions to college health issues; and promoting the perspective of health and well-being throughout University life. 

 

UHS’s values are Compassionate Care; Service Excellence; Collaborative Spirit & Learning Orientation.

 

The Physician provides primary health care to Princeton undergraduate and graduate students and their eligible dependents.  The scope of practice for a physician may extend to certain circumscribed roles regarding faculty and staff, the provision of courtesy care to some visiting athletes, limited care regarding other visiting students, and first aid for campus visitors as outlined in the “scope of practice” policy.

 

UHS hires individuals of all backgrounds. We build on our staff’s diversity--recognizing, valuing, and appreciating the different perspectives, talents and energy of all. UHS invites all its employees to make a valuable contribution in this regard. We firmly believe that being an inclusive and culturally responsive community is one of the foundations of a vibrant, relevant organization. We aspire to develop the mindsets, knowledge and abilities to build equitable and inclusive systems, teams and culture.

 

In addition, UHS embraces an organization-wide commitment to quality and performance improvement. We aspire to be an organization in which all employees devote themselves to individual and systemic efforts to improve what they do so that all clients are well-served. Consistent with this direction, we hire individuals who are engaged, strive for excellence, and support continuous quality efforts.

 

As a member of the UHS staff, your job may be deemed “essential” as defined by University and UHS policy. Please ask your supervisor for additional information.

Responsibilities

• Provides outpatient primary and acute care consistent with UHS policies and procedures. Primary and acute care includes:
  • Taking a history and doing a physical examination
  • Ordering and interpreting laboratory tests, ordering and preliminarily interpreting imaging and other diagnostic studies
  • Referring to appropriate consultants when indicated
  • Performing minor surgical procedures such as simple suturing and incision/drainage when qualified
  • Administering medication
• Provides management of emergencies and life-threatening conditions.
• Issues prescriptions consistent with the NJ Administrative Code.
• Documents all clinical activities in a timely manner and according to University Health Services protocols and guidelines.
• Communicates with students when they are away from campus, using electronic and telephonic methods in a manner that is consistent with good medical practice and regulatory constraints.
• Educates patients regarding their illness and health concerns and encourages their participation in treatment planning.
• Maintains professional standards regarding relationships with patients, in a manner consistent with NJBME and professional organizations’ standards.
• Seeks only those privileges for which they have training and competence
• Maintains professional standards in the management of confidential information and treats interactions with patients as privileged communications.
• Complies with regulatory requirements, such as reporting reportable diseases.
• Participates in various committees and work groups according to the needs of UHS.
• Maintains current certification in CPR and AED with annual training sessions.
• Maintains current licensure in NJ, and current CDS and DEA registrations and will comply with NJBME and other regulatory standards. In addition, a physician will practice in a manner consistent with the standards of her/his professional specialty board.
• Completes standard in-house training in blood-borne pathogens