Role
Under administrative supervision, provides medical leadership to the clinical support team and is responsible for the provision of medical care within the physician’s specialty, scope of practice and area of expertise to patients in an outpatient setting.
Major Duties, Responsibilities
- Provides comprehensive medical care in accordance with regulations and scope of practice for licensure in Arizona, State, Federal and other grant requirements, and the requirements of all payors.
- Examines patients and conducts appropriate tests to determine medical condition/health status, determines and implements treatment plans and/or refers patients to specialists and other medical facilities as needed.
- Supervises medical team, including review and co‑signing of patient record entries by mid‑level providers.
- Documents all medical services and patient interactions into the Electronic Health Record in accordance with department standards, all federal reporting requirements, (Uniform Data System), Meaningful Use criteria.
- Maintain an efficient patient workflow within the designated template.
- Meets Patient Centered Medical Home and standards of the quarterly Quality Improvement audits including in Chronic Medical Conditions such as Diabetes (DM) and Hypertension (HTN).
- Provides leadership and direction in the improvement of one of the Clinical Performance Measures and participates in the other Quality Improvement Program initiatives, as requested.
- Participates in on call duty, as required.
- Represents the department in community outreach events such as health screenings and physicals at Health Fairs, school sports physicals and community sports physicals.
- Responds to community emergencies with a public health consequence according to the department’s Emergency Response Plan.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.