Family Medicine Physician Faculty-Deerfield Retirement Community

JOB SUMMARY: 

The Faculty Practice Physician Faculty- will provide excellent, evidence-based, efficient patient care services, as well as resident and student teaching, mentoring, effective supervision.  This role is within the department of Family Medicine to help meet the clinical needs of the department. This position is 20 hours/week.

• Directly care for ambulatory patients in any of the FM Practice site at Deerfield Retirement Community

• Teach and mentor learners in evidenced-based care  

• Participate in and foster scholarship in the ambulatory setting 

• Provide services in the inpatient setting at Mission Hospital 

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Clinical 

• Provide direct clinical care to Family Medicine patients for six-seven ½ days weekly, to include all patients in the ambulatory setting.  

• Provide direct clinical care and oversight of resident teams in the inpatient setting at Mission hospital – 5-10 weeks per year. 

• Comply in a timely manner with all institutional policies for professional work, including credentialing, documentation, and billing. 

• Work effectively with other members of the extended inter-professional team. 

• Additional clinical duties as necessary for emergent situations or as arranged otherwise with the employee. 

Teaching 

• Serve as a faculty advisor and mentor for residents. 

• Promote and participate in education programs of the department (continuing education, resident, student), to include didactics in areas of interest in Internal Medicine 

• Supervise and teach learners in both the ambulatory and inpatient environment. 

Research 

• Demonstrate commitment to community-based health sciences and research. 

• Pursue scholarly activity. 

This role description is a general description of the essential job functions.  It is not intended to describe all the duties the Family Practice Physician Faculty may perform.