Physician - Family Medicine or Internal Medicine - DC Jail

3 months ago

Washington, United States Unity Health Care. Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Job Summary: Unity at the DC Jail is seeking an FM or IM BC/BE physician who enjoys diversity of practice and a clinical setting similar to a hospital step-down unit. This is a great opportunity for the physician seeking fulfilling part-time work or looking to diversify their practice to include a new location of care or a new patient population. The infirmary physician at the DC Jail rounds daily (M-F) on patients admitted to the jail infirmary, a medical unit for acutely or chronically ill patients that require additional nursing support and/or medical care for mostly acute or sub-acute issues (conditions requiring IV antibiotics, complicated wound care, post-surgical care, recent severe injury, etc.). The infirmary attending works alongside the infirmary provider (ALP, staffed 24/7) and the infirmary nursing team to provide team-based care to infirmary patients. Successful applicants will enjoy interesting diagnostic and treatment challenges, medical teamwork and diversity of patients and practice.


MAJOR DUTIES/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Supports the health center and organization in contributing to the quadruple aim: improving health outcomes, improving patient experience, supporting care team well-being and the financial sustainability of the organization

Health Outcomes

Performs patient care, health services, and other provider duties in a safe way that is compliant with policies and procedures of Unity Health Care. This includes:

  • Taking clinical histories or assessments
  • Conducting physical examinations and evaluations as appropriate
  • Determining diagnostic and screening tests needed and interprets the results
  • Medical and clinical decision-making including diagnosis and treatment plan, emergently if needed
  • Preventive health maintenance and education
  • Referrals to hospitals, specialists, social services or other providers when needed
  • Actively participates in quality improvement initiatives at the Center and seeks to continuously improve the quality of care for their patients.
  • Conducts thorough peer reviews and provides constructive feedback to peers
  • Documents in the medical chart in an appropriate and timely manner
  • Reviews and implements clinical best practices and optimizes CME time to stay up to date
  • Maintains a culture of safety and completes incident reports when issues arise and participates in the problem solving and improvement process
  • Collaborates with health center leadership and staff on panel and population management
  • Maintains clinical privileges and responds to inquiries in a timely and complete manner

Patient Experience

  • Reviews patient experience data with medical director and translates into action steps to ensure a welcoming, patient-centered environment for all patients
  • Communicates to patients respectfully and partners with them in their care by spending time actively listening and clearly explaining their recommendations
  • Provides culturally competent and high-quality care and uses translation services when needed
  • Timely in all patient facing duties- visits, returning phone calls, notifying of test results
  • Responds to patient complaints and works towards resolution for the patient
  • Provides excellent customer service and professionalism towards patients
  • Maintains a clinical schedule that allows access for patients, including providing sufficient notice for time off, and providing options for patients to be seen when rescheduled on short notice
  • Handles telephone calls after hours on a rotating basis as applies to their specialty
  • Promptness to work

Care Team Well-Being

  • Embraces team mentality- including building trust, exchanging feedback, and showing appreciation with team members. Leads by example and works closely with others to provide comprehensive, team-based care
  • Provide recognition to providers and team members who are performing well
  • Teaches and coaches staff members to work at the top of their ability
  • Participates in student and resident teaching as requested by Medical Director
  • Attends and actively engages at team, center and organization-wide meetings
  • Recognizes when they may be experiencing burnout and takes steps to improve it
  • Displays professional conduct in all interactions and recognizes and reports concerns about professionalism in self or others
  • Demonstrates flexibility and agility in working with others to meet the needs of patients

Financial Health

  • Monitors own productivity and utilization levels and works with health center leadership to identify opportunities to optimize visit volume
  • Be willing to see patients if needed (e.g., late patients, walk-in patients) as the schedule and time allows
  • Educate patients on the value of a health care visit
  • Leverages nursing visits and other staff where appropriate
  • Participate in population health efforts
  • Work collaboratively with Medical Director to schedule patients to promote access
  • Creatively identifies way to improve flow and efficiency in your day and works collaboratively with team members to implement improvements
  • Locks notes in a timely manner (within 48 hours) and fixes and addresses any outstanding claims

Other Duties

  • Serves on committee(s) as requested by Medical Director or CMO (e.g. P&T, Infection Prevention etc.).
  • Effectively and ethically handles all forms of communication according to Unity Policy
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • Must have a current DC Professional License. Must have CDS and DEA (registered in DC) registrations if a prescribing provider.
  • Graduate of an accredited school of medicine or nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or other relevant professional school
  • Board eligible or board certified/ licensed in area of specialty. Must be board certified/ licensed within one year of hire.
  • Must be willing to accept “on call” duties on a regular rotation and sessions on evenings and weekends when needed to provide patient coverage.

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