Pediatrician

Title: Pediatrician Physician

FLSA Category: Exempt

Reports To: Chief Medical Officer

Job Summary:

The physician at Greater Baden Medical Services (GBMS) is responsible for providing direct patient care and care consultation for a panel of patients as well as patients at GBMS. The physician practices in a team-based care model and collaborates with other members of the team to care for a panel and a population of patients. The physician refers patients for medical care management and care coordination services with internal staff and/or with other agencies. The Physician is responsible for timely follow up of specialty referrals and diagnostic testing. The Physician prioritizes meeting and exceeding quality care measures as identified by GBMS.

Essential Functions:

• Provides comprehensive physical assessment of patients ages 0 years to 21 years and evaluates the outcome of patient care.
• Prescribes or recommends forms of treatment such as pharmaceutical (drug) therapy, physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
• Conducts age appropriate risk assessments and developmental assessments in accordance to AAP and Maryland Healthy Kids.
• Assures quality of patient care by participating in the organization's Performance and Quality Improvement activities.
• Advocates and orders immunizations according to current AAP, ACIP and/or CDC guidelines.
• Participates in vaccine management and storage training.
• Arranges referrals, consultations, therapeutic services, and confers with other specialist on course of care and treatment.
• Establish medical diagnosis for common short-term and chronic stable health problems.
• Order, perform, and interpret laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Order and perform diagnostic, therapeutic, and corrective measures. Prescribe drugs
• Provide same-day care as required.
• Refer patients to appropriate licensed physicians or other health care providers as needed.
• May refer patients to physician for consultation or to specialized health resources for treatment.
• Provides direct patient care as needed and appropriate to serve the community in accordance with the organization's mission, vision, and values
• Provides appropriate documentation of clinical care provided in a timely manner. This includes maintenance of patient charts in accordance with clinic protocols, and timely documentation of clinical procedures on encounter forms.
• Complies with regulations regarding consultations and other services as required by patients' insurance coverage.
• Complies with Joint Commission standards for ambulatory care.
• Complies with Patient Centered Medical Home standards and guidelines
• Performs timely entry into, and manipulation of, the Electronic Health Record.
• Completes chart documentation timely in accordance with the company policy.
• Complies with the organizations training requirements and risk management plan/programs.

Non essential Functions:

• Provides clinical leadership and acts as a resource to other members of the health care team, patients, or other members of the community.
• Provides clinical supervision and acts as a resource to nurse practitioners working in the clinic as appropriate.
• Works with center manager to facilitate smooth operation of clinic flow.
• Cooperates with compliance review activities.
• Submits information needed for credentialing files in a timely manner.
• When needed, assists the Safety Officer with employee health activities, especially in the event of an exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
• Participates in team/staff meetings; attends in-service meetings and applicable workshops.
• Performs any and all other duties required to provide for optimal patient care.

Competencies: Quality, Respect, Teamwork, Equity, Integrity, Passion, Love

Supervisory Responsibility

• Students, interns, fellows and the like

Managerial Responsibilities- None

Minimum Qualifications

• Current License to practice medicine in the State of Maryland.
• Current Maryland prescriber number, and current D.E.A. and C.D.S. License.
• Board certification or eligibility in a primary care specialty. Board certification preferred, certification expected within one year of employment.
• Insurability (malpractice)
• Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certificate (CPR)
• Active BLS (Basic Life Support) and ACLS (Advanced Life Support) required

Work Environment - This job operates in an outpatient office environment

Physical and Mental Demands

• Ability to cope with stress.
• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer.
• The person in this position frequently communicates with patients and/or employees. Must be able to summarize and exchange accurate information.
• Must be able to lift or catch patient weighing more than 50 pounds in the event of emergency.
• Performs with frequent interruption or distractions.
• Adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate.
• Ability to interact appropriately with colleagues for different purposes in different context.
• Ability to perceive the nature of sound.
• Expressing or exchanging information by means of the spoken word, or to convey detailed spoken instructions accurately, loudly or quickly.
• Ability to judge distances and spatial relationships to perceive objects where and as they actually are.
• Cognitive ability to analyze, count, summarize and synthesize information from multiple sources.
• Ability to recognize social or professional behavioral cues.

Travel

Must be able to drive between Greater Baden Medical Services, Inc. locations.