Family Practice Physician (MD/ DO) Part-Time/Full-Time

Title: Family Practice Physician
Reports To: CMO
Status: Full-Time/Part-Time (2 or 3 days per week)
Location: Antioch, CA
Pay: $110.00- $120.00/ Per hour

Our Mission and Vision
The Brighter Beginnings mission is to "support healthy births and successful development of children by partnering with parents and helping to build strong communities". Our mission gains its strength from our core belief that "Every family matters, and every child deserves a happy, healthy future".

Our History
Brighter Beginnings is a 501c3 nonprofit organization and has been responding to the needs of families in resource-poor neighborhoods since 1984 when our work began in response to the alarming differences in mortality and illness rates among African American babies compared to other children.

Brighter Beginnings has grown into a respected and well-connected organization with locations in Oakland, Richmond, Bay Point, and Antioch. We have a multi-cultural, bi-lingual staff of passionate and committed family service professionals; in fact, many of our staff came to this work because of the challenges they faced in their own families.

Position Summary
The Family Practice Physician (Physician/MD/OD), provides primary and continuing medical care for patients seen at the Brighter Beginnings Family Health Clinics (BBFHC).  Physicians take account of physical, emotional and social factors when diagnosing illness and recommending the required treatment. Patients may be referred to hospital clinics for further assessment and possibly for treatment, working with the Brighter Beginnings Family Health Clinic providers to ensure quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• Licensed by the State Board of Medical Examiners to practice medicine in the state of California.
• Certified by an appropriate American Medical Specialty Board (preventive medicine, family practice, pediatrics or internal medicine) Preferred.

• Respond to medical/health problems presented by patients including history taking, diagnosis investigation, treatment and referral to secondary and tertiary care as appropriate;
• Maintain patient confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
• Organize preventative medical programs for individual patients; 
• Provide specialist clinics for specific conditions or for certain groups, e.g. diabetes, pregnancy and post-partum, pediatrics; 
• Meet targets set by federal agencies for specific treatments, such as child immunizations;  
• Use Electronic Health Records (EClinicalworks/ ECW) to keep track of patient visits, billing, and clinical outcomes;
• Keep up to date with medical developments, new drugs, treatments and medications, including complementary medicine;
• Observe and assess the work of other providers in the clinic. 
• Participate in quarterly clinical chart review studies in order to enhance patient outcomes.
• Review any medical records as requested by providers for quality care and treatment issues. 
• Commissioning healthcare by liaising with medical professionals in the community and hospitals;
• Promote health education in conjunction with other health professionals;
• Organize preventative medical programs for individual patients;
• Provide specialist clinics for specific conditions or for certain groups, e.g. diabetes, pregnancy and post-partum, pediatrics;
• Meet targets set by the government for specific treatments, such as child immunizations;
• Discussing the development of new pharmaceutical products with pharmaceutical sales representatives;
• Manage resources to service targets as effectively as possible, for example, using Choose and Book, the national electronic referral service;
• Use Ele