St. Joseph's Health

Key Responsibilities

• • Maintain the standard of care for the delivery of primary care medicine services
• • Meet all DNV and other regulatory requirements
• • Obtain complete history and record findings in a systematic format
• • Perform complete physical assessments
• • Order, perform and interpret routine laboratory tests
• • Order medications, referrals and or medical devices as needed
• • Ensure that appropriate preventative medicine testing is conducted on a routine basis
• • Participate with all quality improvement and assurance initiatives
• • Conduct appropriate follow up to ensure appropriate levels of patient care
• • Serve as practice site administrator during emergencies
• • Provide night and weekend call/triage coverage
• • Market the practice through direct physician to physician communication, community education, community service or other appropriate channels
• • Maintain and implement standards for health promotion and health maintenance
• • Follow current state, federal and local laws governing the delivery of care
• • Provide open and timely communication with patients, families and their significant others
• • Ensure that appearance and personal conduct are professional at all times
• • Accept and care as applicable for indigent and clinic patients in a manner consistent with compassionate and ethical patient care
• • Accept all managed care plans accepted by Employer
• • Demonstrate knowledge of current coding guidelines and requirements and maintain an error rate within hospital guidelines (currently 5% or less)
• • Complete required reporting in a timely manner, such as medical records
• • If conducting hospital rounds, ensure accurate and timely billing for hospital services
• • Submit all bills for outpatient and inpatient work in a timely manner to the Department of Physician Practice Management Support
• • Use and endorse the use of all of Hospital's automated systems, as appropriate
• • Physician shall participate in community education and scientific programs as may be delegated or assigned to the Physician by Chairperson/ leadership and/or the Hospital’s President
• • Additional duties as assigned by Chairperson/Chief Medical Officer or CEO