Keck Medicine of USC

Key Responsibilities

• • Provides and manages direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses and treatment for a specified patient population.
• • Stresses health education and preventive medicare care, where appropriate.
• • Takes adequate histories of patients with medical problems.
• • Maintains accurate and up-to-date medical records and prepares reports, as needed.
• • Counsels on medical and/or psychological problems and may counsel patients on personal problems and health measures.
• • Refers patients for medical and/or other treatment, when appropriate.
• • Provides medical treatment, where appropriate.
• • Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.
• • Refers patients to specialists and to relevant patient care components as appropriate.
• • Partners with Counseling Services staff in cases presenting with mental health problems.
• • Reviews history, examination and treatment plan made by physician assistants / nurse practitioners.
• • Functions in supervisory role as needed.
• • Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
• • Participates in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.
• • Maintains professional affiliations, licenses, certifications, etc.
• • Stays current on developments in the field of medicine.
• • Covers after hours calls as needed.
• • Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
• • Manages patients with chronic controlled and uncontrolled comorbidities.
• • Collaborates with care coordination staff to oversee multi-disciplinary care with various low risk specialists.
• • Manages transitions of care for patients with multiple low risk hospitalizations.
• • Works with contracted utilization management company to discuss patients with complex diagnosis and/or refer high risk patients to appropriate specialty services, including assistance in management of home health needs.
• • Performs other duties as assigned.