Heartland Health Services·Peoria, Illinois
The Family Medicine Physician provides clinical services to patients, focusing on health promotion and disease prevention. They are responsible for maintaining high-quality patient care and coordinating with other healthcare providers.
Description Part-time (3 days per week), daytime hours, no weekends Salary Range $144,000 - $168,000 annually (based on experience) $5,000-$10,000 Sign-on Bonus Retention Bonuses 5 weeks PTO accrued annually 10 Paid Holidays Continuing Medical Education funds and time 401K match
The Family Medicine Physician provides clinical services and demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care that is appropriate to the ages of the patients served, in accordance with Heartland Health Services’ (HHS) mission and strategic goals, federal and state laws and regulations, performance and outcome objectives, and accreditation standards. As a Family Medicine Physician, provides medical services to individuals and families, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention, as well as the evaluation and management of acute and chronic diseases, and demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care that is appropriate to the ages of the patients served.
Essential Functions Provides high quality professional family services to the patients of HHS.
Provides on-call availability to patients of HHS on weekends, holidays, and all other non-regular hours: the responsibility for alternate physician coverage during vacations and conferences remains with the physician.
Maintains the consistency and quality of all services provided to HHS and its patients.
Maintains full, current, and timely medical records of patients, including reports of all examinations, procedures, and other services performed by physician and other support staff.
Exercises diligence in keeping costs of HHS to a minimum.
Plans and coordinates comprehensive medicine services with the continuum of care requirements of patients and with other providers of services.
Participates in the marketing of family medicine services, as requested.
Coordinates medicine services with members of the health team to provide for the highest quality and most efficient delivery of medicine services including, as acting as a collaborating physician for a midlevel clinician(s) (Nurse Practitioner (NP) and/or Physician Assistant (PA).
Participates in HHS’s peer review program.
Participates in the Quality Improvement and Assurance Program of HHS.
Complies in full with HHS’s Infection and Exposure Control Plan.
Performs other related and/or necessary tasks to achieve organizational and programmatic goals and objectives, as directed by a supervisor.
Supports clinic compliance with all applicable federal, state, local, and HHS rules, regulations, protocols, and procedures governing the clinical provision of medical services as well as those relating to, but not limited to, workplace safety, public health, and confidentiality.
Supports and is involved in HHS’s continuous quality improvement efforts designed to improve patient outcomes.
Works in consultation with clinical teams, direct clinical support staff, and indirect clinical support staff to develop and implement policies and procedures that maximize patient-centered communication and services.
Maintains and assures confidentiality of patient information in accordance with HHS’s policies.
Reports building/equipment problems through the appropriate channels.
Performs any clerical duty or department related task as assigned by supervisor in a continuously changing medical practice.
Attends all staff meetings, department meetings, and any other meetings as required.
Ability to establish and maintain effective professional relationships with fellow healthcare clinicians. Excellent interpersonal and written communications skills required. Ability to maintain appropriate clinical privileges required. FTCA coverage or private professional malpractice insurance obtainable. Board certified or board eligible. Ability to proofread and check documents for accuracy daily. Ability to closely examine specimens, images, or other forms of output created by diagnostic equipment daily. Must be able to creatively work with other health care professionals from a variety of disciplines to achieve maximal program effectiveness and patient benefit. The ability to creatively solve problems through individual and/or programmatic action. Licensed in the State of Illinois. Licensed by the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency and State of Illinois for the prescribing of narcotics. Current CPR certification. Electronic Medical Records (EMR) experience preferred but not required.
Market context
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