UMMG Staff Physician - Family Medicine and Community Health (Without OB)

The University of Miami Health System is initiating a search for a Staff Family Medicine physician in South Florida.

SUMMARY: Provide health care for individuals in the primary care clinic commensurate with training and in accordance with the general policies and standards of practice, as established by the clinic. Delivers care appropriately for a primary care clinic with a multicultural patient population. Elicits detailed patient histories and conducts complete physician examinations. Reaches diagnosis and orders appropriate laboratory tests and referrals, etc., as well as counsels patient and family on health and disease.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

· Provide all physician care generally provided at a primary care facility.

· Supervise and direct the center’s other clinical staff (Medical Assistants, etc.).

· Collect biological specimens and process them in the laboratory for testing.

· Responsible for the delivery of care, treatment, and referrals.  Arrange for referral resources for those medical specialties not provided at the primary care clinic.

· Evaluate patients, based on medical training and/or specialty, to determine the medical condition of the patient, through the performance of physical examinations, thereby, establishing a diagnosis and proposed treatment plan.

· Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings; refer and transfer patients for follow-up and/or specialty care and discharge patients.

· Document each on site/in office procedure, prescription, consultation and patient contact in patient's chart and on the clinic's encounter forms, within a 24-hour period.

· Perform such clinical procedures for patient's benefit which are within scope and skill of practitioner/specialist and which are economically feasible.

Desired Qualifications:

· MD or DO required.

· Florida Physician License required prior to start.

· ACGME Family Medicine Residency Program.

· Board certification or eligible in Family Medicine.

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