Job Description
Position: Medical Doctor/Physician
Position Status: Part-time /Full-Time
Salary: up to $190k annually (salary commensurate with experience)
Job Locations: Central Valley-California
- Provide primary care treatment in accordance to standard medical practice protocols
- Record complete and detailed patient histories; performs physical examinations, records pertinent data, and makes evaluations; identifies abnormalities and develops treatment plans or makes referrals for further diagnosis and/or treatment; instructs and counsels patients regarding matters pertaining to their physical and/or mental health and conveys to the medical director and conservative; orders and interprets laboratory tests ; performs routine screening and laboratory techniques; provides services to patients requiring continuing care, including reviewing and implementing treatment and therapy plans.
- Gives technical direction to and works with the nursing staff of treatment team; performs emergency medical treatment; evaluates medical conditions of patients in a clinical setting; participates with other disciplines in case management of individuals who present multiple health problems; evaluates client's needs for other departmental services and refers patients to other community resources; works with other agencies to plan for the patient's continuity of care.
- Participates as a member of an interdisciplinary team providing technical expertise.
- Participates in quality assurance activities/procedures.
- Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
- Order, perform, and interpret tests and analyze records, reports, and examination information to diagnose patients' condition.
- Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, and examination results.
- Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
- Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
- Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
- Refer patients to medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary.
- Coordinate work with nurses, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, pharmacists, psychologists, and other health care providers.
- Plan, implement, or administer health programs or standards in mental health facility for prevention or treatment of injury or illness
Knowledge of: Techniques and procedures used in diagnosis and treatment of personal health / mental health problems; ethics and laws under which medicine is practiced and governed; services commonly provided by local health / mental health agencies; roles of the various health occupations; and social economic and cultural factors which influence public health/mental health.
Ability to: Identify abnormal health conditions; gather complete, detailed and accurate medical histories; communicate effectively with physicians, patients, and other health professionals; follow established procedures and protocols; recognize and evaluate situations which require the immediate attention of a physician; develop and maintain therapeutic plans for the management of identified health problems; and interview, instruct and counsel patients on health care matters.
Basic Skills:
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Social Skills:
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Resource Management Skills:
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
- Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.