Physician - General Surgeon

ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM

JOB DESCRIPTION

TITLE:                                                Physician - General Surgeon

REPORTS TO POSITION:                St. Charles Clinic Division Director Surgery

DEPARTMENT:                                 St. Charles Surgical Specialists

DATE LAST REVIEWED:                 March 13, 2019

OUR VISION:                       Creating America’s healthiest community, together

OUR MISSION:                   In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value

OUR VALUES:                    Accountability, Caring and Teamwork

DEPARTMENTAL SUMMARY: St. Charles Surgical Specialists currently employs seven full time board certified general surgeons with varying levels of experience, certification and fellowship training as well as two advanced practice providers.  We offer general surgery, bariatrics, endoscopy, pH/Manometry, with sub-specialties in colorectal surgery, robotic surgery, and breast surgery.  St. Charles Surgical Specialists provides surgical care throughout Central Oregon with clinics located in Bend, Redmond, Prineville and Madras.

POSITION OVERVIEW: General Surgeons are responsible for providing medical, surgical, and postoperative management in the nine primary components of surgery.  General surgeons will work in collaboration with other medical specialties to assess and manage patients following established standards and practices.

Work schedule: Physician must have 160 patient contact hours per month: this will be a blend of hospital rounding, procedure block time and scheduled clinic visits including charting of patients and other necessary duties, recognizing that the minimum requirement may fluctuate up and down based on direct patient care.

Call expectation: Surgeon is expected to participate in the General Surgery call rotation.

Work location: Physician’s primary clinic work location will be split between Bend and Redmond.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES: (May perform additional duties of similar complexity within SCHS as required or assigned)

Clinical Expectations:

• Examines, diagnoses, and provides a broad scope of surgical treatments including endoscopy.
• May perform emergency procedures including endotracheal tube intubation, tube thoracotomy, pericardiocentesis, ultrosonographic evaluation, and peritoneal lavage.
• Performs patient examinations, obtains and records pertinent medical history, subjective, and objective findings. 
• Orders and interprets appropriate laboratory, imaging, and other diagnostic procedures. 
• Interprets and integrates data to determine diagnosis, and therapeutic plan.
• Administers and prescribes medications in compliance with state law and practice guidelines. 
• Orders and performs appropriate medical and surgical procedures in accordance with State law and practice guidelines.
• Instructs patient and family regarding medications and treatments.
• Educates patients regarding health, illness prevention, and healing.  Recommends community resources to meet patient and family needs.
• Maintains and reviews patient records, charts, and other pertinent information, documenting clearly and concisely.
• Triages patient telephone calls, providing consultation as needed.
• Communicates effectively with colleagues, patients, physicians, and administration.
• Maintains quality of clinical practice by selecting appropriate avenues for professional growth.
• May perform additional duties of similar complexity within the organization, as required or assigned.

Administrative Expectations:  

• Document all patient care within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and complete all necessary tasks in compliance with health system policies and regulatory agencies to ensure timely and accurate billing. 
• Be familiar with the SCHS organization structure.
• Participate in SCMG physicians meetings and assist in policy formation for SCMG and Physician’s practice.
• Keep medical knowledge and skills current through regular CME activity.  Must attest to having adequate (CME) to meet maintenance of board certification and compliance with MSO rules and continuing privileges without restriction.
• Keep all licenses and appropriate certifications current and unrestricted.
• Maintain active privileges at St. Charles Health System hospitals sufficient to permit performance of job duti