APP Family Medicine opening - Magalia, CA
- Located 90 miles from Sacramento
About the Opportunity:- Full-time, permanent position
- Responsible to provide generalized health care services in a community health setting
- Determines which cases to refer to the physician for further diagnosis and treatments
- Assumes principle responsibility for the primary health maintenance of individuals of all ages with a complete spectrum of health problems
- Identifies the health status of patients by taking medical histories, performing examinations and initiating and evaluating screening and diagnostic procedures
- Initiated appropriate therapeutic intervention based upon assessment and evaluation of the health status of the individual and explains process to patient
- Plans and assumes responsibility for on-going health maintenance and clinical management of patients' emotional behavior, counsels and instructs individuals and families regarding domestic and health related problems
- Evaluates patients' emotional behavior, counsels and instructs individuals and families regarding domestic and health related problems
- Interprets and reviews laboratory tests; reviews medication refills
- Imitates orders for diagnostic laboratory and x-rays
- Serves as clinical consultant to nursing and paramedical personnel
- Assist with in-service trainings
- Performs nursing duties when necessary
- Coordinates work activities with families, community agencies and other members of the health team and has a thorough knowledge of community resources
- Performs additional tasks appropriate to background and training as assigned
- Other duties assigned by supervisor
Qualities and Characteristics:- Maintains a professional relationship and positive attitude with co-workers, the public, patients and all staff, Board or Directors and vendors
- Maintains the highest professional ethics and is honest in dealing with people; is a model for all employees through his/her actions
- Strive to learn more and is receptive to learning different ways of doing things
- Displays enthusiasm toward the work and the mission
Communications Skills:- Must have neat and legible handwriting
- Must be able to interact with patients courteously and calmly
- Must be able to interact with the public
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:- Works well with patients, co-worker and vendors in a generally comfortable environment office
- Employee must possess the following physical requirements:
- Must be able to life up to 40 pounds and push up to 100 pounds (on wheels) - Must have adequate vision to read increments on tuberculin syringe accurately - Must be able to work on feet majority of the day without tiring - Must be able to hear adequately for auscultation of B/PS - Must have high manual dexterity and tactile sensations on fingertips - Must be able to reach above shoulder level to work. Must be able to bend, squat and sit, stand, stoop, crouching, reaching, kneeling, twisting, turning - Routinely exposed to blood borne pathogens - May be subjected to verbally and/or unbehavior patients - May be exposed to contagious/infectious diseases