Sleep Physician - Fixed Term (Remote CA)

SUMMARY

At AC Wellness, our entire focus is to deliver compassionate, effective healthcare to the Apple employee population. We believe that trusting, accessible relationships with our patients, enabled by technology, promotes high quality care and a great patient experience. This is fostered by an environment of continuous learning and teamwork, which in turn allows us to work with our patients to achieve exceptional health outcomes.

An AC Wellness Sleep Physician approaches the patient in a holistic fashion, with emphasis on preventing future disease but with a confident approach to sleep disorders. This role diagnoses, treats and manages sleep disorders. An emphasis on patient-centered care with a high-touch/concierge-like approach is essential to how care is delivered. The Sleep Physician will demonstrate comfort and enthusiasm for new methods of care delivery using technology. 

The hours of operation are Monday-Friday between 8am-6pm and we are looking for our Sleep Physician to work 20 hours per week for approximately 3 months. This is a remote role and at this time, you must reside in the state of California to be considered. 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Evaluate and treat patients with appropriate medical and diagnostic skills.

• Perform and/or interpret sleep studies or tests, such as a polysomnagram
• Provide patient education to improve sleep quality.

• Focus on quality of care and the patient experience including timeliness and effective communication.

• Emphasize health promotion, disease prevention, early detection, and on-going health care supervision.

• Engage with patients and practice medicine through telemedicine, as needed.

• Documents well in medical record of each patient the basis for diagnoses made, treatment provided and treatment plan established. Must be EHR proficient.

• Collaborate with team members to develop practice guidelines and to further develop operational workflows in the clinic as it grows.

• Makes appropriate use of available referral and consultative services and of clinical and non-clinical services.

• Protect patients’ right to confidentiality to participate in decisions about his/her care.

• Comply with policies, procedures, and protocols of AC Wellness Medical Group.

• Participates as requested in clinical and non-clinical health care protocol and procedures, clinical guidelines, and clinical and non-clinical quality assessment and improvement activities.

   

NON-ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Other duties as assigned.

• Additional projects as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• 3 years Sleep Medicine experience.

• Board Certified in Sleep Medicine/Pulmonology.

• Current Certification in AHA or ARC Basic Life Support for health care providers is required.

• Current DEA and California license. 

• Comfortable with change and willingness to work in a non-traditional practice model.

• Must be flexible in regard to physician practice models and clinic schedule.

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work well within a team.

• Superior verbal and written communication skills.

• Personal and professional integrity of the highest order.

This position is fully remote. Must comply with AC Wellness Remote Work Guidelines. This includes but is not limited to the following:

• Consistent with the organization’s expectations of information security and privacy for employees working at the office, remote work employees will be expected to ensure the protection of proprietary company and customer/patient information accessible from their home office.
• Employees are expected to maintain their home workspace in a safe manner, free from safety hazards.
• It is preferable that employees have desk and a height-adjustable chair.
  

COMPENSATION

Salary : $127,000 - $140,000