Pediatrician

- Provides continuing, comprehensive primary, health maintenance and medical care to new and established patients and their families, including preventive care, and behavioral and community health care.
- Performs physical examinations of new and existing patients and orders the diagnostic tests required to baseline relevant values.
- Interprets examination findings and test results to develop and implement appropriate treatment plans with patients and other care team members.
- Prepares and reviews patient case histories, interviewing patients and family members to diagnose presenting problems
- Facilitates health and disease patient education, including leading group office visits and annual preventive visits. Supports patient self-management of disease and behavior modification interventions.
- Determines need for consultation or referral and assists in medical care treatment provided at the direction of other specialists. As indicated, refers patients to affiliated subspecialists or for inpatient treatment.
- Collaborates with a multilevel, multidisciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical staff to provide outpatient services as scheduled, following appropriate quality and productivity standards of care.
- Collaborates with Behavioral Health and Wellness colleagues to integrate health, behavioral health, and wellness care for all patients.
- Participates in clinical quality improvement processes, peer reviews and certifications.
- Performs charting and utilizes Electronic Health Records
- Utilizes standing orders and other generally accepted care practices to enable other team members to practice to the top of their licenses.
- As appropriate, supervises and teaches mid-level providers, residents, and medical students.
- Participates in team meetings, data collection, health outcomes reporting, clinical audits, program evaluation, and quality improvement.
- On a rotational basis, serves as an on-call physician for afterhours support.
- Provides coverage for other clinicians when needed
- Adheres to established internal policies, procedures and objectives
- May participate in outside events such as health fairs and other community health related activities.