PART-TIME FAMILY PHYSICIAN - BELLINGHAM WA
- Company:
- TalentCare
- Location:
- Bellingham, WA
- Post Date:
- April 22, 2024
- Job Status:
- Part-Time
- Description:
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WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS JOB
Are you a Family Physician who would love a regular part-time schedule with the opportunity to earn some extra income a few times per year? This opening is fabulous for someone who can work half a day per shift, and flex between 2 and 4 days per week. Whether you are a stay-at-home parent, semi-retired or simply only want a part-time schedule, you will never work more than 20 hours per week in this role.
As a Family Physician in this clinic, you will be part of a revolutionary new way of addressing healthcare! You will partner with patients to develop personalized plans to help them improve their health over time. You will join a private clinic that offers patients a way to receive care in a convenient, familiar location, encouraging them to take ownership of their health. As a result, you will develop long-term relationships with your patients, and provide the best patient care available.
The Family Physician will receive support from a top-tier medical support staff in this family-friendly medical clinic. Your colleagues are passionate and service-oriented, and your facilities are well-appointed with top-of-the-line equipment.
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JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Family Physician will work part-time, typically two clinic days per week, and possibly provide supervisory oversight for a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. Specific Family Physician responsibilities include:
- Perform comprehensive physical assessment of patients
- Order or execute various tests, analyses, and diagnostic images to provide information on patient’s condition
- Diagnose and treat diseases, disorders and injuries based on patient’s medical history and results of physical assessment and refer patients to medical specialist or other practitioner for specialized treatment
- Prescribe medications and therapies for treatment and preventive care
- Instruct patients and their families regarding procedures performed, home care, and follow-up visits
- Direct professional and ancillary health care staff during treatment of patients
- Respond to inquiries from staff and patients regarding preventive health and treatments
- Compile patient medical data including health history, treatment plans, results of physical examination, etc. and record in electronic medical record
- Plan, promote, demonstrate, recommend and coordinate high standards of medical practice
QUALIFICATIONS
- Ideal Family Physician candidates have an M.D. or D.O. degree from an accredited educational institution, preferably in Family Medicine or Emergency Medicine.
- Board Certified or Board Eligible, if testing soon
- Unrestricted licensed to practice medicine in the State of Washington or Washington Provisional License in progress
- Current Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and Department of Public Safety (DPS) registrations for the purpose of writing prescriptions
- Current Healthcare Provider Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) course completion card
- Current Basic Life Support Certification for Healthcare Providers
- Bilingual in Spanish and English is a plus