Physician

Seminary is a wonderful place to live, work, and play. With it's close proximity to Hattiesburg, there is an array of family-friendly places to explore including the Okatoma Creek that is a home to some of best canoeing and kayaking in Mississippi, Hattiesburg Zoo and Serengeti Spring (the new water park addition), museums, Long Leaf Trace (45.5 miles long), the Hattiesburg Station that Amtrack still uses, the historic Saenger Theater, Camp Shelby, and so much more. Hattiesburg is also home to several colleges, universities, and private schools.

This physician position is an opportunity to live and work in a community that you will love and you will be able to practice medicine here, too!

Under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer, the Physician is responsible for providing comprehensive, high quality medical care to patients of Southeast Mississippi Rural Health Initiative.

Job Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate ability to provide general medical care activities
• Maintains case histories, examination reports and other medical records in the approved format
• Assesses, diagnosis and treats medical problems of SeMRHI patients
• Develops and documents appropriate plans for the management of problems identified
• Promotes preventive care and healthy lifestyles for all patient life-cycles
• Refer patients to the hospitalist for care as necessary
• Maintain courtesy hospital privileges as required
• Coordinate services with other center providers, local specialists and community resources
• Serves as preceptor for center nurse practitioners as necessary
• Establish health care standards and protocols for each medical service and program
• Ensures confidentiality of patient information and records
• Participates actively in Performance Improvement activities
• Maintain complete, up to date and accurate problem oriented medical records
• Complies with credentialing and other administrative requirements necessary for meeting regulatory standards
• Demonstrate positive personal attributes such as honesty, integrity and professionalism in all aspects of the job
• Work to ensure the productivity and effectiveness of clinical, staff, in terms of utilization and patient satisfaction
• Attend classes, workshops, and seminars as appropriated to maintain clinical competency and stay informed of changes in community health
• Demonstrate sensitivity to cultural issues and a positive attitude when dealing with patients, colleagues and resource people from outside the center

Job Requirements:

• Graduation from an approved school of Medicine or Osteopathy
• Completion of an approved residency program in family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, or obstetrics/gynecology
• A valid Mississippi Medical License and unrestricted privileges under the Controlled Substances statutes of the Drug Enforcement Agency.
• At least 3 years' experience in providing care in a community health or related setting
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association
• Must be able to use sound analytical thinking in providing patient care
• Must be able to reason in the practice of medicine
• Must be able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Must be able to deal effectively with patient and staff emergencies
• Must continuously listen, visualize and have dexterity and eye-hand coordination
• Must have full range of body motion, frequently sit, squat, reach, use both right and left forearm rotation, walk, stand, kneel and twist.
• Must have ability to grasp firmly, lift and carry, push and pull in excess of 10 lbs

Some Benefits of Working for SeMRHI:

• Competitive salary
• Malpractice Insurance
• CME (Continuing Medical Education)
• No Hospital Work - Office Practice Only
• No Weekend Work

Job Type: Full-time

Experience:

• Family Medicine Physician: 3 years (Required)

License:

• Mississippi Medical License (Required)
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS through the American Heart Association) (Required)