Physician / Family Practice / Nevada / Permanent / Physician FM/IM Job

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Patient Care

Evaluates and treats center patients in accordance with standards of care
Follows level of medical care and quality for patients and monitors care using available data and chart reviews
Assists in the coordination of patient services, including but not limited to specialty referrals, hospital and SNF coordination, durable medical equipment and home health care
Acts as an active participant and key source of medical expertise with the care team through daily huddles
Helps Regional Medical Director and Center Administrator in setting a tone of cooperation in practice by displaying a professional and approachable demeanor
Completes all medical record documentation in a timely manner working with a quality-based coder to optimize coding specificity
Follows policy and protocol defined by Clinical Leadership
Meets with RMD about quality of care, review of outcome data, policy, procedure and records issues
Participates in potential growth opportunities for new or existing services within the Center
Participates in the local primary care “on-call” program of Partners in Primary Care as needed
Assures personal compliance with licensing, certification, and accrediting bodies
Spend 100% of your time clinically focused on direct patient care, inclusive of patient facing time and general administrative time (charting, meetings, etc.) as it relates to direct patient care

EDUCATION/CREDENTIALS/REQUIREMENTS:

Current unrestricted medical license in the state of Nevada
Graduate of an accredited MD or DO program
Board Certification in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine or Geriatric Medicine with continued certification throughout employment
This role is considered patient facing and is a part of Partners in Primary's Tuberculosis (TB) screening program. If selected for this role, you will be required to be screened for TB.
Bilingual English/Spanish - Must be able to speak, read and write in both languages without limitations or assistance.

Language Proficiency Testing:

Any Partners in Primary Care associate who speaks with a member in a language other than English must take a language proficiency assessment, provided by an outside vendor, to ensure competency. Applicants will be required to take the Interagency Language Rating (ILR) test as provided by the Federal Government.