POSITION SUMMARY

The Physician works as part of the medical provider team providing medical services to the patients of ARcare. The Physician also has the responsibility to coordinate and monitor all aspects of patient care services in accordance with the Patient Centered Medical Home model of care.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Essential Functions Statement(s)

• Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
• Order, perform and interpret tests, and analyze records, reports and examination information to diagnose patients' condition.
• Monitor the patients' conditions and progress and re-evaluate treatments as necessary.
• Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, and examination results.
• Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
• Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
• Refer patients to medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary.
• Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff.
• Coordinate work with nurses, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, pharmacists, psychologists and other health care providers.
• Stresses the importance of preventive health care measures.
• Uses all available resources in diagnosis and treatment, such as laboratory and radiological testing, in an appropriate and cost efficient manner.
• Confers with consulting physicians, nurse, patients, and patient's families concerning treatment and care of patients.
• Participates in the development and implementation of a regularly up-dated quality improvement plan for the consortium.
• Participates in the Health Promotion/Disease Prevention activities required by the U.S. Public Health Service and outlined in ARcare Clinical Outcome Measures.
• Attends all medical staff meetings and participates in the Center's TQI program.
• Performs other necessary duties as required by the Center to meet the goals of providing primary health care.
• Participates in consults/in-services with physicians and other members of the health care team as necessary.
• Performs other necessary duties as required by ARcare to meet the goal of improving patient care.
• Performs all job duties in compliance with ARcare Safety Infection Control Policies.
• Provide patient- centered care that incorporates culturally and linguistically appropriate services.
• Educate patients about health maintenance activities, adoption of healthy behaviors, and support services available in the community.
• Communicate with patients and families about health care issues and the importance of developing self- management goals and healthy behaviors.
• Assist in coordinating seamless transitions of patient care across multiple care settings by using combined expertise of care team members.
• Employ active listening techniques during interactions with patients, families, and team members.
• Utilize quality data to identify process changes that will improve individual patient and population management.
• Use health information systems efficiently manage and improve care at the individual and system levels and ensure the delivery of timely and accurate information.
• Participate in care team huddles to prepare and coordinate patient care activities.
• Incorporate quality indicators for specific disease states and /pr patient variables into patient care plans.

• Performs other duties as assigned