Immediate Openings Staff Physician Internal Med Los Angeles

Staff Physician Internal Med-AltaMed Health Services

Provides primary care medical services to the patients of AltaMed. Manages assigned patient panel. Positions available at the following locations Los Angeles, Huntington Park, Norwalk CALIFORNIA

Responsibilities

  • Elicits and records information about patient’s medical history.
  • Examines patient to determine general physical condition.
  • Orders or executes various tests, analyses, and diagnostic procedures to provide information on patient’s condition.
  • Documents gathered information in medical record as required by policies and analyses reports and findings of tests and examinations.
  • Administers or prescribes treatments and drugs.
  • Inoculates and vaccinates patients to immunize patients from communicable diseases.
  • Advises patients concerning diet, hygiene, and methods for prevention of disease.
  • May provide prenatal care to pregnant women and may provide postnatal care to mother and infant if applicable.
  • Refers patients to medical specialist or other practitioner for specialized treatment.
  • Reports births, deaths, and outbreak of contagious diseases to governmental agencies.
  • May perform minor surgery.
  • Makes house and emergency calls to attend to patients unable to visit office.
  • Writes Legibly.
  • Provides continuity of care for patients requiring hospitalization, including admitting and providing primary care for jobs, or eligibility for insurance coverage.
  • Conducts physical examinations to provide information needed for admission to school, consideration for jobs, or eligibility for insurance coverage.
  • Ability to develop positive rapport with patients and families to foster the physician/patient relationship.
  • Active participation in the Quality Management Program, Utilization Review, Peer Review, AltaMed Medical Provider activities, and AltaMed’s On-call schedule.
  • May provide in-hospital or nursing home care if applicable.

Qualifications

  • Experience and training as a physician.
  • Physician with an active unrestrictive CA license to practice medicine by the Medical Board of California.
  • Leadership and/or management skills preferred.
  • Education and training necessary to obtain a medical degree. Requires valid license to practice medicine in the State of California. Board Certified in specialty preferred.
  • Previous experience with computer based systems required; Electronic Medical records experience preferred.
  • Current Valid CPR Certification.

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