Whitman-Walker

Key Responsibilities

• • Treats patients using a high level of quality health care based on primary care standards of care.
• • Becomes an integrated part of a team approach to primary care.
• • Ensures coordinated medical, behavioral health addictions, legal, and nutritional care in a medical home model.
• • Interacts with patients using cultural sensitivity.
• • Provides and documents high-quality and efficient medical treatment to Whitman-Walker patients.
• • Evaluate and treat all patients with urgent and chronic medical conditions.
• • Performs physical examinations and other preventative health care.
• • Records patient data in medical records in accordance with Medicare and other payer rules and requirements.
• • Codes patient visits accurately using Medicare and other insurance standards.
• • Performs additional diagnostic and/or therapeutic clinical procedures as necessary.
• • Collaborates with external healthcare facilities to facilitate access to specialty and inpatient care.
• • Actively participates in educational activities related to HIV and primary care standards at Whitman-Walker and in the community.
• • Provides educational opportunities and is eager to supervise medical students, PA students, NP students, medical residents, and medical students.
• • Becomes actively involved in clinical case conferences and journal clubs.
• • Participates in quality improvement activities at Whitman-Walker.
• • Assists the medical management in developing, reviewing, and updating medical services policies and protocols.
• • Helps develop new protocols and policies.
• • Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
• • Primary contacts are with patients seeking medical treatment at Whitman-Walker Health.
• • Works closely with the patient care teams to provide the highest quality, collaborative health care.
• • Work is integrated between all WWH departments and outside agencies as clinically appropriate.