Esperanza Health Centers

Key Responsibilities

• • Manages ambulatory Family Medicine primary care medical practice by eliciting patient histories, performing physical examinations, providing accurate clinical diagnoses, prescribing evidence-based and cost-effective treatments and providing patient education.
• • Adheres to Esperanza Health Center's Productivity Standard for Physicians of an average of at least 2.6 patient visits per hour of ambulatory time worked.
• • Maintains and promotes patient satisfaction through acknowledgement that environmental, social and cultural factors influence one's health.
• • Participates in Quality Improvement activities of the health center including complete, legible and accurate chart documentation, Peer Review chart audits and reviews, and designated projects.
• • Practices evidence-based, cost-effective primary care in a team-based model.
• • Makes appropriate diagnoses and prescribes appropriate prescriptions and referrals consistent with Esperanza Health Center's medical practice guidelines.
• • Prepares, implements and documents age specific preventative health schedules for pediatric and adult - and in some cases OB/GYN patients.
• • Builds and maintains a Family Medicine medical practice with follow-up of return appointments and referrals, in-patient management and other methods that assure continuity of care.
• • Maintains clinical competency through regular Continuing Medical Education and provides documentation of such to Esperanza Health Center's Administration.
• • Maintains liaison with any Partner Hospitals' medical staff and ambulatory care departments through obtaining and maintaining Hospital Privileges, attendance at department and section meetings, and attending physician teaching duties.
• • Takes call for Esperanza Health Center patients as assigned by the Medical Director