Clinic Physician

POSITION SUMMARY

Under the direct supervision of the Chief Medical Officer or designee, provide high quality medical care and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver comprehensive primary, preventive, chronic and urgent care to NAHC’s members.

The Native American Health Center is an accredited institution and adheres to the standards of excellence set forth by the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) and the Commission of Dental Accreditation (CODA).

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical Responsibilities
1. Provide primary care to members, including histories, exams, lab tests,prescriptions and referrals within prescribed up to date guidelines and protocols.
2. Perform accurate and timely documentation of histories, subjective findings,physical exam, plans, prescriptions and follow up in Electronic Health Records
System within 72 hours of the visit.
3. Provide members information concerning their evaluation, diagnosis, treatmentand prognosis. Engage members in participation and decision involving their
healthcare.
4. Adhere to medical visit model of NAHC; managing huddles, proactive in teachingMA’s, seeing members on time, communicating with supervisors any barriers tothis. Actively participate and be engaged in quality improvement for clinicefficiencies and improving member quality of care.
5. May provide clinical supervision, guidance and support to NP/PA practitionerswhen appropriate.
6. Timely coordination of care among internal and external ancillary providers andhospitals to provide high quality care between departments and facilities.
7. Function within an interdisciplinary team and participate in interdisciplinaryactivities such as panel management and case conferences.
8. Report births, deaths, and outbreaks of diseases to proper authorities.
9. Participate in the integrative model of providing medicine. This includes referringmembers and co-managing members with Nutritionists, LCSWs, etc.
10. Ensure completion of medication refills, provider approval queue, inbox items,medical record approval and member forms within five (5) working days.
11. Be an active educator and available for consultation with medical team members,including Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistants, Nurses,and other integrative services team members.
12. Facilitate group interventions around site-driven topic areas in order to buildcapacity (i.e. obesity interventions, LGBTQ youth, etc.) as needed.
13. School Based Health Centers: If assigned to school based clinics the followingduties apply.
a. Conduct classroom and community presentations on a variety of healthtopics as part of outreach efforts to expand clinic services.
b. Provide case management and PCP communication for students whohave chronic health issues who are outside our health network.
c. Communicate with parents at the middle school level regarding theirchild's non-confidential health issues and provide instructions for care.
d. Develop conference abstracts and proposals and present best practices atlocal, state and national SBHC conferences as requested.
e. Support Seven Directions clinic with special projects as assigned.
14. Implement quality improvement initiatives and track outcomes to improveservices to youth (i.e. Relationship abuse screening, drug and alcohol screening
& intervention, oral health screenings).
15. Attend regularly scheduled site meetings with clinic and school staff to coordinatescreenings and activities.
16. Work closely with BH site counselor, dentist and health educator to insureintegrated, seamless services for identified youth.
17. Actively participate in third-party billing review and sustainability discussions.
18. Work collaboratively with, and support the activities of the clinical data team,ensuring optimal accuracy and performance on clinical outcome measures.
19. Quality Improvement: Actively participate in quality improvement processes. Beopen to the ongoing changes in medical care and make suggestions for
improvements.
20. Collaborate with administration in addressing staff and membe