What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Medicine Physician - Hamilton NY position at Community Memorial Hospital, Hamilton?
Responsibilities And Duties
- Provide comprehensive family medicine services to patients in the ambulatory setting, serving as the first point of contact for routine, urgent, preventive, and chronic care needs.
- Evaluate, diagnose, and treat acute illnesses, injuries, and chronic medical conditions using evidence-based medical practice and appropriate clinical judgment.
- Develop, implement, and periodically update individualized care plans that reflect each patient’s medical history, current condition, risk factors, and lifestyle habits.
- Provide preventive care services, including annual wellness visits, routine physical examinations, immunizations, age-appropriate screenings, and counseling on health maintenance and disease prevention.
- Conduct physical examinations and routine clinical assessments, including review of vital signs, height, weight, blood pressure, vision, hearing, and other indicated measures or office-based testing.
- Order, interpret, and where clinically appropriate perform laboratory, diagnostic, and screening tests to support accurate diagnosis and treatment planning; this may include blood tests and referral for imaging or other studies as indicated.
- Review and integrate diagnostic findings, consultant input, and relevant clinical information to confirm diagnoses and establish appropriate treatment plans.
- Prescribe medications and other therapeutic interventions as appropriate, and monitor patient response, adherence, side effects, and need for treatment modification.
- Manage chronic disease through longitudinal follow-up, medication management, patient education, and ongoing monitoring to reduce complications and improve outcomes.
- Communicate regularly with patients and, when appropriate, family members or caregivers regarding diagnoses, treatment plans, test results, and progress toward care goals.
- Coordinate care across the continuum by collaborating with specialists, hospitals, ancillary departments, and other healthcare professionals to ensure timely referrals, follow-up, and continuity of care.
- Refer patients to specialists and allied health professionals, including but not limited to physical therapists, dietitians, behavioral health providers, or surgeons, when clinically indicated.
- Maintain complete, accurate, and timely documentation in the electronic health record, including assessments, plans, orders, medication lists, referrals, and follow-up instructions.
- Participate in quality improvement, patient safety, and population health initiatives designed to improve access, outcomes, and patient experience.
- Work collaboratively with nursing, advanced practice providers, care managers, and other members of the care team to deliver coordinated, patient-centered services.
- Comply with organizational policies, clinical standards, regulatory requirements, and applicable scope-of-practice expectations
- Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the delivery of medical care.
- Understanding of relevant drugs and non-pharmaceutical patient care aids and ability to prescribe dosage and instruct patients in correct usage.
- Knowledge of current principles, methods and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluations, diagnosis and treatments in area of expertise.
- Demonstrated skill in interviewing and patient coaching.
- EMR documentation as it pertains to patients and populations of patients.
- NYS Board Certified or Board Eligible
- Medical License
- Work Authorization (preferred)
- BLS, ACLS, PALS