What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pediatrician position at OPRF Infant Welfare Society?
Position Title: Part-Time Pediatrician
Position Summary: Provide comprehensive pediatric primary care to infants/children/teens ages 0 to 21 years of age.
Reports to: Medical Director
Primary Responsibilities & Duties
- Provide appropriate patient care services including examination, diagnosis, and treatment for pediatric patients according to established standards and protocols.
- Provide well-child routine physicals and developmental assessments.
- Prescribe and administer medications.
- Diagnose and treat ADHD.
- Develop, implement, evaluate, and document a plan of care and treatment.
- Initiate early intervention for developmental delay and disabilities.
- Appropriately make referrals to other medical/nursing/specialty services as needed.
- Perform health maintenance/disease prevention counseling.
- Provide chronic disease management.
- Provide timely childhood immunizations.
- Provide advice to parents on child development, nutrition, safety, and discipline.
- Review all lab test reports/referral reports and notify parents/patients on abnormal findings.
- Supervise and direct patient care performed by medical assistants.
- Assist Medical Director in the development and implementation of pediatric protocols and procedures.
- Keep well-informed of new developments in a specific area of practice by attending in-services, CME classes, and other certifications.
- Work collaboratively with clinic social worker to provide behavioral health and case management services to patients as needed.
- Adhere to clinic guidelines and standing orders.
- Participate in mentoring nurse practitioner and medical students.
- Maintain the spirit of teamwork to provide a caring respectful environment for the patients, families, and clinic staff.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
Specialized advanced knowledge and skill in diagnosis and treatment of disease in children (0-22 years old).
Exposure to public health medicine.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
- M.D. or D.O. degree from accredited medical school, Foreign medical graduates must have passed FLEX or ESMFG exams.
- Completion of a three-year approved pediatric residency training program in the U.S.
- Licensed to practice medicine in the State of Illinois
- Board certified in Pediatric Medicine
Please send inquiries to: Sana Rahman srahman@childrendscliniciws.org