What are the responsibilities and job description for the Per Diem Physician - Family Medicine position at Kelsey-Seybold Clinic?
Job Description
JOB SUMMARY:
At Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, our Family Medicine Per Diem Physicians examine adult patients 18 and older to ensure proper care, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of various medical conditions. They also request medically necessary tests, follow-up visits, and referrals to specialists.
At Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, per diem physicians w ill see patients in office from 8am-5pm Monday through Friday. They will have the opportunity to work after hours and on weekends and also have the opportunity to support the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic by practicing virtual medicine. Per Diem Internal Medicine physicians are trained in Epic and are responsible for managing their own in-baskets. They are supported by nursing and administrative staff. They work on their selected days and shifts. Per diem physicians have the opportunity to work outpatient and inpatient if they desire. Per diem physicians are not required to do after-hours hospital call. Per diem physicians are well paid at our competitive hourly rate.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other assignments, projects and duties may be required:
About Us
About Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is Houston's premier multispecialty group practice, founded in 1949 by Dr. Mavis Kelsey in Houston's renowned Texas Medical Center. More than 850 physicians and allied health professionals practice at over 40 locations in the Greater Houston area. Kelsey-Seybold offers quality medical care in more than 65 medical specialties. The organization operates the largest freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center in the state of Texas and offers state-of-the-art Varian TrueBeam and Varian Edge radiation therapy technology at a nationally accredited Cancer Center. An accredited Sleep Center, comprehensive laboratory services, advanced imaging, and diagnostics, 18 onsite Kelsey pharmacies and one specialty pharmacy, and MyKelseyOnline, a secure patient portal, are part of its comprehensive offerings. Kelsey-Seybold partners with major insurers to offer value-based commercial health plans and is in-network with major insurance plans. KelseyCare Advantage, a Medicare Advantage plan offered to Houston-area beneficiaries and affiliated with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, has achieved an overall rating of 5-out-of-5-stars as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid CMS annual assessment for eight consecutive years, including 2024.
Kelsey-Seybold has been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as the nation’s first accredited Accountable Care Organization and a Level 3 (highest) Patient-Centered Medical Home. Kelsey-Seybold has many physicians in the Greater Houston area certified for excellence in diabetes and heart and stroke care by the NCQA. In addition to these recognitions, Kelsey-Seybold is home to a nationally accredited Breast Diagnostic Center, and Endoscopy Center.
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by organizational policy or by federal, state, or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. Kelsey-Seybold is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and desires priority referrals of protected veterans.
JOB SUMMARY:
At Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, our Family Medicine Per Diem Physicians examine adult patients 18 and older to ensure proper care, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of various medical conditions. They also request medically necessary tests, follow-up visits, and referrals to specialists.
At Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, per diem physicians w ill see patients in office from 8am-5pm Monday through Friday. They will have the opportunity to work after hours and on weekends and also have the opportunity to support the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic by practicing virtual medicine. Per Diem Internal Medicine physicians are trained in Epic and are responsible for managing their own in-baskets. They are supported by nursing and administrative staff. They work on their selected days and shifts. Per diem physicians have the opportunity to work outpatient and inpatient if they desire. Per diem physicians are not required to do after-hours hospital call. Per diem physicians are well paid at our competitive hourly rate.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other assignments, projects and duties may be required:
- See patients in an outpatient setting Monday-Friday from 8a – 5p to include new patients as well as corporate physicals.
- Participate in the Family Medicine Call single call group. On-Call for the group is about once per month, either on the weekday or weekend day. The weekend day is shared with another physician. Call consists of answering phone calls from patients of physicians in the call group.
- Annual physicals and wellness exams.
- Preventive medicine.
- Medical Degree (MD, DO)
- Graduate of an approved training program in the United States.
- Licensed or willing to be licensed in the State of Texas
- Board Certified and/or Board Eligible.
About Us
About Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is Houston's premier multispecialty group practice, founded in 1949 by Dr. Mavis Kelsey in Houston's renowned Texas Medical Center. More than 850 physicians and allied health professionals practice at over 40 locations in the Greater Houston area. Kelsey-Seybold offers quality medical care in more than 65 medical specialties. The organization operates the largest freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center in the state of Texas and offers state-of-the-art Varian TrueBeam and Varian Edge radiation therapy technology at a nationally accredited Cancer Center. An accredited Sleep Center, comprehensive laboratory services, advanced imaging, and diagnostics, 18 onsite Kelsey pharmacies and one specialty pharmacy, and MyKelseyOnline, a secure patient portal, are part of its comprehensive offerings. Kelsey-Seybold partners with major insurers to offer value-based commercial health plans and is in-network with major insurance plans. KelseyCare Advantage, a Medicare Advantage plan offered to Houston-area beneficiaries and affiliated with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, has achieved an overall rating of 5-out-of-5-stars as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid CMS annual assessment for eight consecutive years, including 2024.
Kelsey-Seybold has been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as the nation’s first accredited Accountable Care Organization and a Level 3 (highest) Patient-Centered Medical Home. Kelsey-Seybold has many physicians in the Greater Houston area certified for excellence in diabetes and heart and stroke care by the NCQA. In addition to these recognitions, Kelsey-Seybold is home to a nationally accredited Breast Diagnostic Center, and Endoscopy Center.
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by organizational policy or by federal, state, or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. Kelsey-Seybold is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and desires priority referrals of protected veterans.
