Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Key Responsibilities

• • Provide comprehensive medical care to patients with acute and chronic illnesses.
• • Make professional medical judgments in the care of patients seen.
• • Order, conduct, and interpret appropriate diagnostic x-ray and lab tests.
• • Prescribe treatments, medications, and non-pharmacologic therapies.
• • Document all patient encounters and communications appropriately.
• • Manage the provider/patient relationship.
• • Receive and resolve patient complaints.
• • Involved in education and counseling of individuals, families, and groups.
• • Serve as a health care resources, interdisciplinary consultant, and patient advocate.
• • Work autonomously as well as in collaboration with other health care providers and staff as needed.
• • Participate in the recruitment and replacement of other providers.
• • Participate in system-wide health management initiatives.
• • Provide input into the practice sites financial, clinical, and service quality performance; budget, capital plan, and personnel issues.
• • Provides clinical input into the development and review of appropriate clinical protocols and processes.
• • Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, literature review, in-services, and workshops.
• • Perform other functions as required.
• • Attend and participate in all scheduled meetings including PCC, provider and site meetings.
• • Modifies assessment techniques according to patients condition, culture, age, and stage of development.
• • Maintain coding and encounter data standards for completeness, accuracy, timeliness and reimbursement level, including legible documentation.