Esperanza Health Centers offers benefits to all its full-time employees: BCBS Medical PPO Plans | Ameritas Dental | Eye Med Vision | 10 Paid Holidays and 26 Days of Paid Time Off Compensation (Based on experience) $163,800 - $204,700 Position purpose: Provides primary medical care services to pediatric patients in an out-patient setting using primary care concepts, emphasizing prevention of illness and the promotion of healthy lifestyles.
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Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manages ambulatory Pediatric primary care medical practice by eliciting patient histories, performing physical examinations, providing accurate clinical diagnoses, prescribing evidence based and cost- effective treatments and providing patient education.
- Adheres to Esperanza Health Center's Productivity Standard for Physicians of an average of at least 2.7 patient visits per hour of ambulatory time worked.
- Maintains and promotes patient satisfaction through acknowledgement that environmental, social, and cultural factors influence one's health.
- Participates in Quality Improvement activities of the health center including complete, legible and accurate chart documentation, Peer Review chart audits and reviews, and designated projects.
- Practices evidence-based, cost-effective primary care in a team-based model.
- Makes appropriate diagnoses and prescribes appropriate prescriptions and referrals consistent with Esperanza Health Center's medical practice guidelines.
- Prepares, implements and documents age specific preventative health schedules for pediatric patients.
- Builds and maintains a Pediatric medical practice with follow-up of return appointments and referrals, and other methods that assure continuity of care.
- Maintains clinical competency through regular Continuing Medical Education and provides documentation of such to Esperanza Health Center's Administration upon request.
- Takes call for Esperanza Health Center patients as assigned by the Medical Director.
- Esperanza Health Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) according to Title 44, Ill.
- Administrative Code, and Subpart C Section 750.150.
