Job Summary
Job Description
Practice in the Willamette Valley of Oregon is seeking highly-engaged Family or Internal Medicine physician who wants to make a difference in the community.
Our client is a designated 5-Star Patient-Centered Primary Care Home in the state of Oregon - it's highest designation. For the past number of years, they have been participating in CMS's Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, which seeks to help practices achieve better care and better patient experience, while lowering the overall cost of care. Their designation as a PCPCH and selection for participation in the CPCI have been a recognition of their efforts to improve the quality of health care in the region and have helped provide continuing momentum for ongoing innovation.
Since the spring of 2007, they have been using the electronic medical record eClinical Works. This robust program allowed them to easily meet the Meaningful Use standards and is an excellent tool to help them to continue to be innovative. Two of the three clinics an in-house X-ray and all three locations have a lab along with 1-2 procedure rooms. They mentor medical students on primary care rotations from Oregon Health Sciences University and often have nursing, physician assistant, medical assistant and pharmacy students and residents.
Eugene-Springfield is the second largest metropolitan area in Oregon. It is the home of the University of Oregon and historic Hayward Field, site of the US Olympic Track and Field Trials and current world track and field championships. Eugene-Springfield is located in the southern Willamette River valley and enjoys a moderate climate. The beautiful Oregon coast is about one hour to our west and the Cascade Mountains are one hour to the east offering an abundance of choices for the outdoor enthusiast.
Our client offers:
- Competitive compensation
- Excellent health coverage
- Retirement plan options
- CME funding
- Relocation assistance
- Fully paid malpractice insurance
Job Responsibilities
Provides direct care to patients 7 hours per day, 4 day per week.
Performs medical histories on patients and completes necessary paperwork on them.
Clinical documentation of acute, chronic, and long-term healthcare issues through patient encounter in eClinicalworks EMR system; Documentation must be accurate, high quality, and completed in a timely manner.
Collaborate with other members of the healthcare team, including behavioral health and pharmacists.
Performs limited, minor surgical procedures that do not require extensive care, labs, or radiographic studies. These might include such things as simple suturing of uncomplicated lacerations, incision and drainage of simply cysts.
Reviews daily or as necessary, those cases requiring ongoing medical/pharmaceutical attention.
Maintains patient confidentiality and privacy of medical records
Applies knowledge of pharmaceuticals and therapeutics when prescribing and dispensing medication.
Qualifications
Graduate of four-year U.S. Medical School or equivalent. Residency completed in Family or Internal Medicine.
State of Oregon Medical License
DEA
NPI
Experience with EMR systems
Excellent clinical assessment and analytical skills
Working Hours
You would work 4 days per week and will be expected to have at least 7 hours per day of patient visits. The remainder of time in an expected 40+ hour work week is for charting and other patient related duties.