Family Medicine Physician

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POSITION DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE: Family Medicine Physician

DEPARTMENT: North Hollywood

REPORTS TO: Lead Physician & Chief Medical Officer

FLSA STATUS: Exempt from overtime

HOURS:
PAY:

Full Time (40 Hours); Hours vary, evening may be required, telephone on call duties required
$262,000 per year + bonus potential

Under the supervision of the Lead Physician and Chief Medical Officer, the Family Medicine Physician
is responsible for providing comprehensive direct primary and urgent care to an ethnically and
socially diverse patient population in accordance with protocols, policies, and procedures. The Family
Medicine Physician will ensure a high level of quality in delivery of patient services.

In addition, the
Family Medicine physician must provide leadership and supervision for other medical professionals in
the clinic and support staff to enhance their patient care skills. The Family Medicine Physician will
also manage specific clinic programs or initiatives as assigned.

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES (Essential Duties):

1.

Patient services: Ensures that patients/clients receive quality, timely, professional care in
accordance with VCH’s mission and values, and leads the care team by utilizing the Patient
Centered Medical Home model.
• Leads the clinic care team in directing team huddles each day, utilizing care reports to guide

delivering preventive care to all patients.

High-Quality Health Care for All
The mission of Valley Community Healthcare is to improve the health and wellbeing of our

community by providing high-quality comprehensive healthcare services regardless of ability to pay.

We’re in this together
Enhancing relationships with staff, businesses, foundations, and community leaders who share our

vision of high-quality healthcare for all.

We’re providers of patient-centered care
Empowering patients to take responsibility for, and share in, decisions regarding their health status,

forming a partnership between patient and healthcare provider.

We’re forward-thinking, accountable leaders
Assuring organizational viability through high standards of administrative and fiscal accountability

while managing growth responsibly and strategically.

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• Perform complete examinations, assessments, and formulates treatment plans for patients
including adults, adolescents, children, and infants.

• As assigned by CMO, delivers patient care via in person, telephonic, and/or telehealth
modalities. Ensures that all documentation for patient care complies with medical-legal
standards.

• Obtains and reviews patient histories and develops patient care plans, ensuring completeness
and accuracy in both electronic health record and paper record documentation.

• Orders and interprets in a timely fashion results of laboratory, radiology, and other tests.
• Determines and implements courses of treatment according to evidence based practices.
• Provides and monitors the results of treatment, and makes adjustments as needed.
• Proactively assists the patient and family through all facets of accessing care at VCH and

serves as a resource to resolve patient and family concerns.
• Confers with staff regarding care and treatment of patients and assists/mentors them in

management of patient care.
• Manages acute and chronic conditions and participates in disease registry.
• Screens all patients for health maintenance needs, including but not limited to immunizations,

cancer screening, and behavioral health screening.
• Educates patients and family members in health promotion, disease prevention and birth

control/family planning methods as appropriate.
• Assists in preparation and selection of patient education materials.
• Participates in the After-hours on call physician rotation as assigned by the CMO and

completes all documentation for after-hours calls in accordance with VCH protocol.

Directs
patients to the appropriate location for care, ranging from the clinic, an urgent care, or an
emergency room.

• Contacts patients for follow-up care in case of life threatening illness.
• Helps coordinate efficient flow of patients through the system of care.
• Actively monitors and appropriately directs referrals placed for patient care.

2. Compliance: Ensures services provided comply with regulatory agency requirements, contractual

obligations and funding sources.
• Performs/supervises functions, duties and services in compliance with regulatory agencies,

contractual obligations and funding sources such as HRSA, CHDP, EWC, Medi-Cal, HCLA,
MHLA, FPact, and Title X.

• Monitors and ensures compliance with clinical evidence based guidelines for adult,
pediatric, and adolescent health care.

• Participates in the review, revision, and implementation of policies and procedures to
ensure medical practices are in full compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Oversees the maintenance of records/documents in accordance with clinic policies and
procedures, contractual obligations, regulations, and funding sources.

• Monitors strict adherence to: universal infection precautions as established by the Center
for Disease Control and Prevention; Occupational Safety and Health Administration;
DHS/OA; and clinic standards.

3.

Administrative
• Participates in Quality Improvement initiatives, Quality Assurance assessments, peer review

processes, performance evaluations, and maintains confidentiality.

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• Participates in team meetings and administrative tasks as assigned by Lead Physicians,
Associate Medical Directors, or the Chief Medical Officer.

• Actively reviews no-show visits and lab results.
• Reviews and implements guidelines and protocols as disseminated by administration.
• Responds to patient questions for medical advice, directs staff to schedule patient

appointments.
• Executes appropriate and timely refill of patient medications.
• Participates or collaborates with marketing and other health education staff on education and

patient recruitment health fairs.
• Maintains current knowledge-base and appropriate licensure and provides proof of

Continuing Medical Education activities and board certification activities to clinic
administration.

• Maintains productivity and quality of care per VCH standards.
• Ensures compliance with license requirements as stated in Title 22.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

4. Communication:
• Creates and maintains effective interpersonal relationships with all employees; keeps

employees informed of changes which may affect the work environment.
• Communicates effectively with all levels of staff throughout the clinic by consistently utilizing

and facilitating effective strategies to encourage collaborative problem solving and decision
making.

• Trouble shoots difficult problems or situations and takes independent action to resolve them.
• Through teamwork and accountability exhibits behaviors and attitudes of courtesy and

respect for all staff at the clinic in accordance with its mission and values.
• Establishes and maintains effective and positive working relationships with representative of

outside agencies, government entities, vendors, as well as other clinical staff, volunteers, and
staff; represents the clinic site when appropriate.

• Ensures patient confidentiality and demonstrates complete discretion when discussing patient
information.

5.

Fiscal management:
• Practices cost-effective medicine by executing appropriate laboratory and prescription orders

in line with clinic preferred laboratory and drug formulary.
• Completes documentation for clinic sessions in a timely manner ensuring accuracy and

completeness to ensure the clinic can collect funds for the services.

Physical Demands:

1. Ability to perform physical examination of patients.
2.

May work under stressful conditions and/or work irregular hours as assigned.

Environment:

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Risk of exposure to infectious disease

Reports to:
• Lead Physicians & Chief Medical Officer

Direct Reports:
• None

Physical and Mental Conditions:
• These physical and mental demands are representative of the physical and mental

requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the major duties and
responsibilities of this position. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people
with disabilities to perform the described major duties and responsibilities.

Physical Conditions:
• Possess vision sufficient to read standard text and a computer monitor and to drive a vehicle;

travel as needed; speak and hear well enough to communicate clearly and understandably in
person to individuals and groups and over the telephone; possess body mobility to stand, sit,
walk, stoop and bend routinely to perform daily tasks and to access a standard office
environment shared with other employees; possess manual dexterity sufficient to use hands,
arms and shoulders repetitively to operate a keyboard, utilize office equipment and to write
notes, treatment plan comments, track records, reports; and drive between all VCH locations;
reliable transportation and care insurance as required by the state.

Mental Conditions:
• Possess the ability to independently reason logically to analyze data, reach conclusions and

make recommendations; possess the ability to remain calm and appropriately focused in
rapidly changing and difficult situations involving conflict, complex issues, controversy and
diverse stakeholder groups and interests; possess the ability to deal calmly and effectively
with emotional interactions.

Access to Protected Health Information:
• This position will require access to PHI in accordance with all state and federal laws.
• *Disclaimer: This position description indicates in general terms the type and level of work

performed and responsibilities held by the employee(s) occupying this position.

Duties
described are not to be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Employee(s)
will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-
related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws.

SUPPORTING JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Attend team meetings, team huddles, and assigned trainings.
• Other duties as assigned.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

These are general guidelines based on the minimum experience normally considered essential to the
satisfactory performance of this job.

Individual abilities may result in some deviation from these
guidelines. To perform effectively in this position, the candidate must have:

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• A valid and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of California.
• Board certification or eligibility in Family Medicine.
• Current DEA registration (all schedules) and a minimum of a BLS certificate.
• Competency in evaluation and treatment of ambulatory adult, pediatric, and adolescent

patients.
• Exhibit a high level of professionalism.
• Experience in Federally Qualified Health Centers and/or an NCQA recognized Patient Centered

Medical Home is preferred.
• Working knowledge of state of the art medical scientific and treatment methods in area of

specialty.
• Understanding of current medical, educational, and psychosocial intervention procedures.
• Ability to perform clinical duties within established guidelines in an organized, efficient

manner.
• Ability to relate and communicate well to all cultural and ethnic groups in the community,

including fluency in written and spoken English.

Bilingual skills in written and spoken Spanish
are preferred.

• Ability to complete and maintain records in accordance with procedures utilizing an electronic
health record system.

• General computer skills in Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, etc.) and patient medical
record system.

• Current California driver’s license or identification card.

ENVIRONMENT:
Risk of exposure to infectious disease. This position is in a community clinic environment that is clean
and comfortable.

It may include some minor annoyances such as noise, odors, drafts, etc. The
incumbent is in a non-confined office-type setting in which he or she is free to move about at will.

In
addition, the incumbent may travel via personal vehicle with verified licensure, registration and
insurance or public transportation throughout the community. VCH is a multisite organization.

All staff
at employed at VCH are expected to travel between sites as needed. Additionally, employee
office/department/site locations may be changed depending on organizational need.

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