Physician - Family Practice

MHC Healthcare is seeking a Physician - Family Practice to join our integrated team at the MHC West Side Health Center, located in Tucson, AZ.

Provides clinical leadership and over-site to the professional support staff. As a Physician, provides health care services to patients. MHC Healthcare is a Federally Qualified Community Health Center (FQHC), with 17 sites in Tucson and Pima County. Our mission is to improve our Community by providing exceptional, whole-person healthcare.

The following qualifications are required:

• Board Certification/Recertification (preferably) or Board Eligible in Specialty, Internal Medicine, Family Practice.
• Completion and maintenance of annual CME requirements for licensure (CME should be relevant to provider scope of medicine).
• M.D. or D.O. degree from an accredited medical school.
• Licensed to practice medicine in the state.
• Ability to obtain and maintain credentialing with accepted healthcare plans
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Fingerprint Clearance Card through the Arizona Department of Public Safety (or ability to obtain upon hire)

The following qualifications are preferred:

• 2-5 years experience in Medical Practice preferred.
• Experience in a group medicine practice setting is preferred.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered if applicable and must be directly related to the functions and body of knowledge required to successfully perform the job.

This position has the following supervisory responsibility:

• May occasionally provide direction, training, or guidance to others.

The ideal candidate will also possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Demonstrates abilities to work with others effectively, to exercise good judgment in appraising situations and making decisions to deal tactfully and effectively with the public.
• Possesses a reasonable level of knowledge of community and public health systems and issues.
• Proficient in diagnostic procedures and treatment of illness and injuries in the CHC model setting.
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of pharmacology, nutrition and mental health.
• Able to become or already credentialed with all health care plans accepted by the Health Center.
  • Language Skills
    • Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets complex documents.
    • Ability to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints.
  • Mathematical Skills
    • Ability to apply mathematical and statistical concepts.
  • Reasoning Ability
    • Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
    • Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs) in its most difficult phases.
    • Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
  • Team Work
    • Ability to work and interact effectively and positively with other staff members to build and enhance teamwork among provider staff and in the overall Health Center organization.
  • Sensitivity to the Needs of Special Populations
    • Ability to understand and respond appropriately, effectively and sensitively to special population groups served by the Health Center. Special population groups include those defined by race, ethnicity, language, age gender, disability and sexual orientation.
  • Business Skills
    • Ability to understand and utilize basic accounting reports, such as budgets, balance sheets, and profit and loss statements.
    • Basic knowledge of employee law, OSHA standards, corporate compliance, HIPAA, JCAHO and other applicable laws and regulations.
    • Should do his/her best to increase and achieve maximum productivity levels without sacrificing quality of care.
    • Should show positive attitude when given feed back regarding productivity, peer review, patient's satisfaction survey and billing/coding audits.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leadership Team
  • Serves as a member of the medical staff team, communicating on a regular basis with the Medical Director, reporting on medical issues, and serving as a consultant to the senior managers.
  • Participates in the development of the strategic plan, identifying requirements for new programs, equipment, facilities and/or replacement of major items.
  • Assists in maintaining fiscal stability of the corporation by participating in the planning and budgeting process with the management staff to identify the opportunities, priorities, goals, and objectives of health care provided by the Health Center.
  • Works with the leadership team in the development of a high quality clinical information system that includes thoroughly documented medical records, tracking of referrals, recall of patients, and maintenance of Quality Improvement Programs and assessment of clinical outcomes.
  • Participates in implementing the health care plan.
  • Should participate in monthly providers meeting and other meetings as assigned by Medical Director.
• Clinical Care
  • Provides supervision and leadership for the medical support staff and clinical operations.
  • Provides direct patient care and supervises FNP's in accordance with the specific medical specialty job description.
  • Maintains current licensure and board certifications.
  • Maintains after-hours availability for staff consultation on patient care issues as relates to policies and procedures.
  • Contributes to team effort by fulfilling on-call duties and hospital hours, if applicable.
  • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks and participating in professional societies.
  • Performs patient care responsibilities in accordance with the highest and generally accepted professionalism shown.
  • Effectively communicate with other providers to ensure continuity of care.
• Medical Policy
  • Develops, implements, and evaluates adherence to written clinic policies, protocols and procedures concerning clinic operations, staffing patterns and coverage, case management systems, and risk management procedures (see quality improvement below).
  • Adopts and helps in implementing practice guidelines (see quality improvement).
• Quality Improvement
  • Helps develop, implement and review adherence to a quality improvement program that assesses the following items: continuous quality improvement (clinical and service indicators), utilization management, standard practice guidelines, peer review, incident reporting, provider satisfaction, patient satisfaction, patient grievances, policy and procedures, nurse practitioner / physician assistant protocols, credentialing, internal audits, and patient education.
  • Assists in conflict resolution and the daily flow of the clinic as needed.
  • Promotes education of medical and non-medical staff in relevant topics.
  • Promotes the acceptance and placement of students from health related disciplines, if applicable.
  • Works closely with supervisors responsible for management and performance of support staff.
  • The Medical Provider shall perform other duties as assigned by the Medical Director or Chief Executive Officer.

Benefits

As employees of MHC Healthcare, we share in a very strong mission: Dedication to providing Service Excellence in Promoting Health and Well Being. To support this mission in our community, we believe it must start at home. We offer a competitive benefits package in addition to Loan Repayment options for Professional Scholarships through Federal and State Programs for full-time staff:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 403(b) and 457(b) with employer contribution
• 20 days' vacation time, sick leave in addition to 11 paid holidays
• Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) Professional Liability Coverage
• Loan Reimbursement options through National Health Service Corps of America or Arizona Department Health and Human Services (for eligible providers)
• Professional Licensure and DEA reimbursement
• Relocation Reimbursement
• Sign-On Bonus
• J-1 / H-1B waiver sponsorship (for approved clinicians)
• Employee $500.00 Medical Courtesy Discount
• Continuing Medical Education
• Competitive Salary

MHC Healthcare will recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In addition, all personnel actions such as compensation, promotion, demotion, benefits, transfers, staff reductions, terminations, reinstatement and rehire, company-sponsored training, education and tuition assistance, and social and recreational programs will be administered in accordance with the principles of equal employment opportunity.

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