Family Medicine Physician - Hamilton NY

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Provide comprehensive family medicine services to patients in the ambulatory setting, serving as the first point of contact for routine, urgent, preventive, and chronic care needs.
• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat acute illnesses, injuries, and chronic medical conditions using evidence-based medical practice and appropriate clinical judgment.
• Develop, implement, and periodically update individualized care plans that reflect each patient’s medical history, current condition, risk factors, and lifestyle habits.
• Provide preventive care services, including annual wellness visits, routine physical examinations, immunizations, age-appropriate screenings, and counseling on health maintenance and disease prevention.
• Conduct physical examinations and routine clinical assessments, including review of vital signs, height, weight, blood pressure, vision, hearing, and other indicated measures or office-based testing.
• Order, interpret, and where clinically appropriate perform laboratory, diagnostic, and screening tests to support accurate diagnosis and treatment planning; this may include blood tests and referral for imaging or other studies as indicated.
• Review and integrate diagnostic findings, consultant input, and relevant clinical information to confirm diagnoses and establish appropriate treatment plans.
• Prescribe medications and other therapeutic interventions as appropriate, and monitor patient response, adherence, side effects, and need for treatment modification.
• Manage chronic disease through longitudinal follow-up, medication management, patient education, and ongoing monitoring to reduce complications and improve outcomes.
• Communicate regularly with patients and, when appropriate, family members or caregivers regarding diagnoses, treatment plans, test results, and progress toward care goals.
• Coordinate care across the continuum by collaborating with specialists, hospitals, ancillary departments, and other healthcare professionals to ensure timely referrals, follow-up, and continuity of care.
• Refer patients to specialists and allied health professionals, including but not limited to physical therapists, dietitians, behavioral health providers, or surgeons, when clinically indicated.
• Maintain complete, accurate, and timely documentation in the electronic health record, including assessments, plans, orders, medication lists, referrals, and follow-up instructions.
• Participate in quality improvement, patient safety, and population health initiatives designed to improve access, outcomes, and patient experience.
• Work collaboratively with nursing, advanced practice providers, care managers, and other members of the care team to deliver coordinated, patient-centered services.
• Comply with organizational policies, clinical standards, regulatory requirements, and applicable scope-of-practice expectations

Skills and Knowledge

• Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the delivery of medical care.
• Understanding of relevant drugs and non-pharmaceutical patient care aids and ability to prescribe dosage and instruct patients in correct usage.
• Knowledge of current principles, methods and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluations, diagnosis and treatments in area of expertise.
• Demonstrated skill in interviewing and patient coaching.
• EMR documentation as it pertains to patients and populations of patients.

Qualifications

• NYS Board Certified or Board Eligible
• Medical License
• Work Authorization (preferred)
• BLS, ACLS, PALS