Psychiatrist

Job Information

Title: Medical Provider / Physician / Psychiatrist

Department: Medical

Status: Salary / Contract

Position Classification/Category: Provider

Location: Assigned Clinic

Reports To: Senior Medical Provider

Direct Reports: None

Summary of Position: Provides professional medical and psychiatric services to complement the delivery of primary health care services at Kintegra Health; provides clinical leadership and supervision of midlevel providers and indirect supervision of medical support staff. Works closely with the Chief Medical Officer.

Minimum Qualifications: Knowledgeable in population health management in the underserved and/or vulnerable populations. Understands ethics of confidentiality. Previous computer experience or training required. Successful candidates must submit to TB testing and any vaccinations recommended by OSHA Guidelines. Sets an example as a medical professional by observing work start and stop times, giving adequate notice for absences, and following clinic’s operational and personnel policies and procedures. Able to communicate and relate well with patients, providers and clinical staff. Maintains appropriate licensure and certification including meeting and/or exceeding CME requirements. Observes standards of medical care. Efficient, organized and accurate. Ability to stand for extended. Sitting and standing for long periods of time. Frequent walking for short distances. Repetitive motion work with keyboards and some limited physical activity.

Required Skills: Excellent written and oral communication skills. Proficiency in 2010 Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access, use and e-mail communication. Problem analysis and problem solution at both a strategic and functional level. Ability to communicate clearly and succinctly.

Experience: Previous medical office or FQHC experience preferred. CPR, and all applicable certifications required (must be obtained within 30 days of employment)

Education: Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy degree required.

Licensure: Current State of North Carolina MD or DO licensure required.

Certifications: Current DEA certificate required. Board Certification in Specialty preferred. Experience in public health preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Engages in a patient-centered approach to providing care for patients and their families
• Provides medical evaluation, treatment and consultation services to patients of the clinic. Responds to emergencies and answers medical questions.
• Obtains and documents, or causes to be obtained and documented; appropriate chief complaint, past medical, family and social history, review of systems, examination, medications and allergies, assessment and plan for each patient, providing patient education as needed.
• Provides medical orders for prescription refills, administration of medications, ancillary testing, and/or referrals as needed to patients
• Reviews ancillary test results in a timely manner and coordinates notification and follow-up to the patients.
• Supervises patient care by non-clinic agencies such as home health care, nursing home, or hospice.
• Available to patients personally or through clinical staff to answer questions and relay information regarding their care.
• Completion of all appropriate paperwork in a timely manner, including documentation to comply with insurance and reimbursement guidelines.
• Supervises assigned midlevel providers in the conduct of clinical care and delegates authority and responsibility when and where needed Supervises assigned midlevel providers in the conduct of clinical care and delegates authority and responsibility when and where needed.
• Actively participates in the QI process by reviewing peer and mid-level charts when appropriate and gives feedback to peer to support a culture of peer education and continual learning
• And other duties as assigned.
  
  

Kintegra Health Core Requirements

• Patient First - An approach to care that holds primary, the well-being and desires of the patient
• Build not Blame - Focusing first on finding fault with the process rather than the person
• Integrity and Honesty - Fostering an acceptance of openness, honesty, and fairness in words, deeds and the use of organizational resources judiciously for both internal and external customers
• Cooperation and Flexibility - Related to an internal believe that we function as part of an interdependent team with only shared gains or losses thereby committed to assisting whenever possible beyond the prerequisite job description
• Culturally Sensitive - Always working toward increasing one's ability to understand, communicate with, effectively interact and care for people across cultures, while having an acute awareness of one's own culture.
  
  

Kintegra Health is a community sponsored, family-centered provider of health care, health education and preventive care services without regard to the ability to pay. We screen potential employees to first ensure alignment with our core requirements followed by the requisite position skills set. In doing so we need staff committed to this mission who do their best to live and work the characteristics of our core values as we strive to care for ever increasing members of the communities we serve.

Our Goals Are

• To provide continuing comprehensive and accessible primary care services to individuals and families of all economic levels within Gaston County.
• To provide primary care services to meet the physical as well as social health needs of individuals and families, promoting health maintenance, providing timely diagnostics, treatment and referral services.
• To emphasize preventive care through patient and community education to help individuals become aware and responsible for their own health behaviors.
• To employ an interdisciplinary team approach in collaboration with other community providers to provide a continuum of appropriate patient/family-oriented care in a cost-effective manner.