Physician

POSITION SUMMARY

The Physician at KC CARE is responsible for providing high-quality, patient-centered medical care to individuals and families in underserved communities. The Physician diagnoses and treats a wide range of health conditions, promotes preventive health measures, and collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive care for people of all ages. The Physician plays a key role in fulfilling the organization's mission to provide accessible and affordable healthcare services.

KC CARE CULTURE CODE

KC CARE follows a culture code in all we do. Our code determines how we work, treat each other, and move health equity forward. As an employee of KC CARE, you will:

• Put patients first, always
• Treat all people with dignity, respect, and kindness
• Create safe places for others to share their voice; encourage creativity
• Always strive for improvement; keep learning
• Own your work, action, and mistakes – no one is perfect
• Have fun – work should be fun and we want you to have fun at KC CARE

KC CARE CULTURE VALUES

Exceptional Service: We value exceptional service in providing unconditional whole-person care to everyone with the promise of a personalized and affirming experience for patients. We promise to treat internal and external partners with dignity, respect, and kindness to facilitate the opportunity for all to succeed.

Inclusion and Belonging: We value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging by focusing on differences that promote creativity and acceptance across the organization. We promise to create a safe environment for individuality to flourish.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Care

• Conduct thorough medical examinations, obtain patient histories, and order and interpret diagnostic tests. Diagnose and treat a variety of acute and chronic medical conditions.
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans, including prescribing medications and therapies.
• Provide preventive care, including routine check-ups, immunizations, and screenings.
• Perform minor surgical procedures and other clinical interventions as needed.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation of patient care in the electronic health record (EHR) system.
• Educate patients and their families about health conditions, treatment options, and preventive care practices.
• Counsel patients on lifestyle changes, such as diet, exercise, and smoking cessation, to improve health outcomes.
• Address patient concerns and answer questions to ensure understanding and compliance with treatment plans.
• Collaborate with other healthcare providers, including nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and specialists, to provide coordinated care.
• Participate in case discussions, team meetings, and care planning sessions.
• Refer patients to appropriate specialists and follow up on specialist recommendations.
• Supervises health care performed by Nurse Practitioners, Physician’s Assistants, Clinical Pharmacists, Residents, Medical Students and Volunteer Providers, to include being available by telephone to provide back-up and information during normal and after-hours office hours, when scheduled.
• Collaborates with members of the multidisciplinary team, identifies barriers to patient care and delivery of services and assists in formulating plan of care: making referrals or ordering referrals to internal and external departments based on patient needs
• Adhere to evidence-based practices and clinical guidelines to ensure high standards of care.

Administrative

• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and contribute to the development of clinical protocols and best practices.
• Monitor and evaluate patient outcomes, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Participate, and may act as Principal or Sub-Investigator, in clinical and other research.
• Collaborate with leadership to improve clinic efficiency and to enhance access and provide cost-effective health services.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant healthcare regulations, accreditation standards, and FQHC requirements.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and comply with HIPAA regulations.
• Participate in peer reviews, audits, inspections, and accreditation activities as required.
• Participate in community outreach programs to promote the organization's services and mission.
• Assists other staff in complying with any special conditions of grant awards, rules, regulations or laws.
• Provide health education to the community to improve public health awareness and outcomes.
• Engage with community organizations and stakeholders to address local health needs.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• M.D. or D.O. from an accredited medical school.
• Licensed to practice medicine in the State of Missouri.
• Board certified or Board eligible in Family Practice or Internal Medical.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
• Active Missouri DEA and BNDD licensure

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

• Proficiency with electronic health record systems.
• Bilingual or multilingual proficiency is a plus, depending on the demographics of the patient population served.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Working Conditions

General working conditions are in a healthcare facility. As such, there is a potential exposure to virus, disease, and infection from patients while performing the duties of this job. May experience traumatic situations including psychiatric traumatized and deceased patients. Travel may be expected to community meetings, client homes, or other agencies.

Physical Demands

While performing duties of this job, employees are regularly required to sit, walk, and stand; talk and hear; both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to finger, handle, feel, or operate standard office or clinical equipment; reach with hands and arms; and occasionally lift up to 20 pounds.

Mental Demands

While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; read, analyze, and interpret data, information and documents; analyze and solve non-routine and complex problems; use math and mathematical reasoning; observe and interpret situations; learn and apply new information or skills; perform highly detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks; work under intensive deadlines with frequent interruptions; and interact with others outside of their department.

Duties and responsibilities, as required by business necessity may be added, deleted, or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing. Scheduling, shift assignments, and location may be changed at any time, as required by business necessity.

At KC CARE, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws.  If you are unable to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at humanresources@kccare.org. KC CARE will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities to the extent required by applicable law.