Provides comprehensive medical services for adult members of family.
Services include: primary care and treatment, Preventative care, Immunizations, health education, prescribing of medications, ordering or interpreting lab testing, physical examinations, STD screenings, Vision/hearing, family planning, and nutrition.
The mission of SJWCFC is to provide medical, dental and mental health services to underserved and uninsured persons in South Los Angeles.
Provider may be used in a variety of locations depending upon the need of the organization.
Occasional evening and Saturday shifts.
No hospital calls or rounds.
Available to travel to clinics upon short notice on urgent situations to serve our patients.
Providers work some evenings and at least two Saturdays a month as scheduled (unless designated on-call provider at a clinic).
Note: The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.
It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualification required of employees assigned to this job.
Revises by CMO on 07/25/12.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
• Internal Medicine Residency training
• Within scope of training
Familiar with Electronic Health Records (EHR)
• Basic computer skills
Licensure/Certification: as appropriate
• BLS and PALS certified
• Board certified or Board eligible within three years of residency training
• Employees are responsible for maintaining individual certifications as required by job function or by law and provide Verification and recertification when requested by management.
PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES.
We acknowledge that all employees should have goals and objectives that support the Mission of St.
John’s and that each should be accountable for personal, team and organizational goals.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Personal-Team-Organization
• Reviews patient file/record, including allergies, problems, medications and immunization status.
• Elicits and records information about patient’s medical history.
• Examines patients for symptoms or physical information.
• Orders or executes various tests, analyses and diagnostic images to provide information on patient’s condition.
• Analyzes reports and findings of tests and examination and diagnoses condition of patient.
• Determines and prescribes medication, dosage and schedule given the patient’s condition and allergies.
• Discusses any possible side effects to medication or immunization with patient.
• Prescribes vaccinations to immunize patient from communicable diseases.
• Promotes health by advising patients about diet, hygiene and methods for prevention of disease.
• Performs surgical procedures commensurate with surgical competency.
• Refers patients to medical specialist for consultant services when necessary for patient’s well-being.
Our mission Is to eliminate health disparities and
foster community well-being by providing and
promoting the highest quality care in South Los
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• Documents the patient’s visit including medical history, physical exam, diagnoses and plan of action.
• Follows up with patient regarding progress in high risk or emergency cases.
• conducts physical examinations to provide information needed for admission to school, consideration for jobs, or eligibility for insurance coverage.
• Administer Family Planning services in compliance with title X Rules and Regulations/Protocols.
• Reviews and audits health charts of patients who receive Family Planning services.
• Commitment to mission of St.
John’s with clinic involvement and engaging in healthcare community events
• Provider goals: sees minimum of twenty-five patients per day subject to clinic goals
• Providers schedule: works twenty-six Saturday’s per year to provide coverage and subject to clinic goals and some evenings
• Analytical – Synthesizes complex or diverse information; collects and researches data.
• Problem Solving – Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner.
• Technical Skills – Assesses own strengths and weaknesses.
• Customer Service – Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; responds promptly t customer needs; solicits customer feedback to improve service; responds to requests for service and assistance.
• Oral Communication – Responds well to questions; participates in meetings.
• Written Communication – Writes clearly and informatively.
• Ethics – Treats people with respect; upholds organizational values.
• Qualifications – To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Language Skills
Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportion to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram from and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may e made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Social Medicine fosters the understanding and skills required to care for patients and address the living and working conditions that affect health of communities.
These core competencies are an innovative work-in-progress and are being developed in response to the needs and characteristics of the residents and communities served by St.
John’ Well Child and Family Centers.
These social medicine core competencies were developed in consultation with St.
John’s providers and community health promoters, South Los Angeles community partners, and social medicine academic experts.
Core competencies of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education and the American Public Health Association informed the development of these competencies.
Core Competencies:
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• Applying Evidence-Based Medicine
Cross-Cutting Core Competencies:
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills
• Motivational Interviewing and Communication Skills
• Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Skills
• Ethics, Human Rights and Professionalism
• Preventing and Addressing Provider Stress and Burnout
• Social Determinants of Health-Based Practice
• Increasing Patient Efficacy, Civic Agency and Social Capital
• Addressing Determinants of Health in Practice
Violence and Abuse
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of St.
John’s Well Child and Family Center is to improve and maintain the health of children and their families regardless of their ability to pay, and enhance the community’s access to health care, by providing a medical home offering preventive and primary medical, dental and mental health treatment for underserved, uninsured and economically disadvantaged persons.
The Center also serves a critical function in early identification and referral for serious medical conditions requiring more advanced medical treatment.
Our Clinics serves chronically underserved, uninsured and economically disadvantaged families.
St.
John’s Well Child and Family Center has been involved in increasing the availability and access to health care for the medically indigent since 1963.
VISION STATEMENT
The vision of St.
John’s is to deliver high-quality primary and preventive medical, dental, and mental health services that go beyond the borders of tradition to uninsured, underserved, and economically
– disadvantaged persons in Los Angeles.
We are devoted to instilling the value of well-being to our communities, resulting in self-advocacy, selfesteem, and self-sustenance through innovative and developmental programs and collaborative endeavors.
COMPANY VALUES
Dignity
We honor and respect every person we encounter as a valued member of the human family whose gifts and rights are to be protected.
We support and champion individual and organizational growth, accountability, creativity, teamwork, and commitment to quality, and the best standard of care.
We promote and advocate for the full integration of our patient’s physical and mental health with their needs as an active member of a vibrant and just community.
Social Justice
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We collaborate with others to develop systems, organizations, and programs that address the needs of and empower all members of our community with a preference for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged.
Commitment to Process Improvement