Physician - Endocrinology

Responsibilities

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• Examines patients, obtains medical histories and treats acute and chronic illnesses 2.
• Orders, performs and interprets diagnostic tests 3.
• Involves patients and their families in care and treatment decisions 4.
• Creates treatment plans and completes orders in patient's charts 5.
• Collaborates on improvements in care delivery and service with staff, other physicians and management 6.
• Initiates appropriate specialty referrals 7.
• Provides clinical information to the interdisciplinary team in a clear and timely manner 8.
• Ensures that proper patient documentation is timely, accurate and complete 9.
• Works with practice management to ensure proper compliance with billing, coding and CPT code assignment 10.
• Achieves and maintains optimal patient access 11.
• Provides interdepartmental medical consultation as requested 12.
• Participates in the development of medical protocols, standard procedures and management of patient-care-related activities 13.
• Provides on-call coverage 14.
• Gives feedback to and accepts feedback from all staff in respectful manner 15.
• Acts in a positive and professional manner, complying with practice policies, procedures and federal and state laws 16.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned 16.1 Promotes health education in conjunction with other health professionals

Qualifications

• EDUCATION MD or DO from an accredited medical school Completion of an Internal Medicine residency or Family Medicine residency Completion of an Endocrinology fellowship New graduates welcome to apply EXPERIENCE Preferred: Professional clinical experience in outpatient Endocrinology LICENSURE Board Eligible or Board Certified in Endocrinology Active, unrestricted Connecticut medical license (or eligibility to obtain) Active DEA registration and Controlled Substance Certificate BLS certification SPECIAL SKILLS Knowledge of and ability to apply professional medical principles, procedures and techniques.
• Thorough knowledge of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment.
• Ability to effectively manage and direct medical staff support activities while providing quality patient care.
• Ability to receive detailed information and express and exchange ideas orally.
• Ability to perform under stress.
• Possesses excellent written and oral communication, listening and social skills.
• Ability to interact effectively with people of varied educational, socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, skill levels and value systems.
• Professionally performs in a tactful manner.
• Taps experience and uses independent judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• PHYSICAL DEMAND Must possess the physical and mental abilities to perform the tasks normally associated with the practice of internal and family medicine.

Additional Information

To learn more, please email our In-House Physician Recruiter James Hammell at james.hammell@ynhh.org Websites: www.ynhhs.org

YNHHS Requisition ID: 175831