Physician - Pediatrics

Job Description

Department:

Medical

FLSA Classification:

Exempt

Reports to:

Lead Medical Provider

Posting Date:

1/4/2024

Why join Advance Community Health?

Life in the Triangle, with the Atlantic Ocean only two hours to the east and the Blue Ridge Mountains 3.5 hours to the west, living and working in the Triangle area gives you the best life has to offer.

Advance Community Health (ACH) proudly offers employment opportunities in multiple locations throughout the Triangle, including Raleigh, Apex, Cary, and Fuquay-Varina!

Our Raleigh office, conveniently located less than 6 minutes from the heart of Downtown Raleigh, gives you easy access to some of the best food and entertainment the Triangle has to offer! No matter who you are, the Triangle offers everything you need to live a happy, fulfilling life!

Our Benefits:

ACH offers,

• Company paid Medical for Employee and two dependents.
• Dental, and Vision insurance
• 401K participation
• All employees receive their Birthday Off
• One Floating Holiday
• Student loan forgiveness is available through the NHS Loan Forgiveness program.
• 100% Malpractice coverage

Position Purpose:

Advance Community Healthcare, a FQHC, is expanding our services and we are recruiting a full-time Pediatric Physician who will provide services to our Cary, NC location. This role is 100% Direct Patient Care.

Pediatric clinicians at Advance Community Health are expected to provide quality acute and routine health care maintenance to patients in the first decades of life and serve as Advance’s experts in general pediatric medicine, growth and development monitoring and childhood immunization tracking.

About this position:

• Work Location: 173 High House Rd, Cary, NC 27511-6715
• Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00an – 5:00pm with flexibility (No Remote Option at thistime)
• Required Travel: None

Expectations & Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

 Primary duties include but not limited to:

Pediatric clinicians are expected to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as an ability to relate to children and:

• Maintain focus on service to patients.
• Demonstrate appropriate knowledge of common pediatric medical problems and relevant therapies.
• Appropriately order and follow-up on routine health maintenance, such as immunizations, growth and development, developmental delays, nutritional needs, and childhood fitness.
• Demonstrate appropriate chronic disease management from a primary care standpoint (i.e. asthma, ADHD, seizures, cerebral palsy, chronic and functional abdominal pain, headaches, common congenital heart abnormalities and hemoglobinopathies). including medication management, laboratory testing and follow-up.
• Demonstrate appropriate post-acute care of recently hospitalized patients.
• Accurately document clinical visits in the EHR and complete notes in a timely fashion.
• Complete encounter forms accurately.
• Submit accurate charges in a timely fashion (including timely response to queries and questions from the billing and coding department).
• Achieves productivity goals.
• Arrive on time to the clinic or notify staff of necessary delays which may impact patient 
  flow.  Attend multidisciplinary AM and PM Huddle time.
• Be available, if appropriate, in a timely fashion when on call.  (Pediatric advanced practice providers do not, currently, participate in after-hours coverage).
• Involve social worker and ancillary staff, including nursing, care management, and medical assistants   appropriately
• Coordinate care with other providers as indicated.  Sign out on call nights (as appropriate), assists in seeing patients for other providers when necessary.
• Address patient calls and requests in a timely fashion, including requests from pharmacies, home health, etc.)
• Maintain CME/credentialing/licensure in compliance with state and board requirements.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.
• Respond appropriately to patient satisfaction concerns.
• Treat co-workers (providers, clinical and administrative staff) with respect.
• Appropriately communicates problems and concerns to Supervisors and/or Administration.
• Participates in regularly scheduled provider meetings and committees.
• Appropriately supervises midlevel providers (when applicable) including periodic chart review and Quality initiatives.

Pediatric Clinician Requirements:

• Physicians: A Medical degree and the successful completion of a residency or fellowship in pediatrics
• Advanced Practice Providers (APP):  A degree attesting to successful completion of a program in Pediatric specialization for Nurse Practitioners and/or Physicians Assistants.
• A license and certification to practice pediatrics.  APPs are expected to practice under the supervision (see separate policy) of a designated physician.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to relate to children.
• Strong decision-making, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills.
• Good organizational, leadership, and teamworking skills.
• A caring and compassionate nature when working with children and their families.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for periods of one or more hours; use the telephone, use hands and fingers; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Good vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

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