Family Practice Physician

Position Summary

Serves as the Family Practice Physician for the Pueblo of Sandia Health Center. The Family Practice physician shall also function as the medical director in the absence of the Medical Director. May be assigned special projects on behalf of the medical director and in assistance to the medical director to ensure quality care for all patients and the success of the medical clinic.

Our philosophy is built on the principles of integrity, fairness, collaboration, communication, and recognition for performance excellence. Meeting all performance standards leads to attracting and retaining a qualified workforce, provides opportunities for qualified team members, and contributes towards the ongoing success of the Pueblo of Sandia today and in the future.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Provides general medical services that include general diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic services to patients in an Ambulatory Clinic setting.
2. Specific duties include assessment of patient’s physical status, ordering appropriate tests for diagnostic purposes, interpretation of clinical information, and development of a treatment plan.
3. Other duties include prescribing proper medication, ensuring that the patient care is appropriate to patients’ needs and severity of diseases, condition, impairment, or disability.
4. Provides general professional guidance to all medical clinical staff to ensure continuity of care between provider and other departments.
5. Assesses and examines patients, reviews past medical history and requests and/or performs/recommends diagnostic tests and examinations deemed necessary to obtain all possible information related to each case.
6. Makes preliminary diagnosis, directs, prescribes and/or provides treatment or arranges for specialized care and/or patient referral as required.
7. Ensures the provision of timely follow-up care and services as required.
8. Provides primary health care services in a cost effective and efficient manner.
9. Make notes of observations into Electronic Medical Records system.
10. Provides urgent care as appropriate.
11. Provides total patient care including prevention, health maintenance, early diagnosis, treatment and follow-up services to patients under his/her care.
12. Participates in screening programs and data collection as appropriate.
13. Adheres to industry standard of practice in the delivery of primary health care services.
14. Identifies risk management issues and brings to the attention of Medical Director.
15. Through the process of evaluating the patient, develops a treatment plan that is appropriate with the patient’s current symptoms and clinical findings.
16. Reviews the patient’s medications, diet, therapy course, adherence to management plan and patient observations. Instructs and counsels patients and their families on medical concerns.
17. Refers patients to appropriate recognized medical or other facilities as necessary, providing complete clinical information for care and diagnostic procedures that cannot be adequately provided onsite. Refers patients to appropriate identified specialists.

1. Ensures preparation of appropriate medical records for all patients seen to ensure the accumulation and organization of all pertinent clinical data needed to provide comprehensive medical care. Prepares clinical reports and correspondence concerning patients under his/her care to physicians, hospitals, and other individuals and facilities.
2. Ensures that all regulatory and professional requirement issues are current.
3. Provides guidance to the Medical Director on all clinical issues.
4. May assist in conducting monthly chart reviews to ensure compliance with established protocols.
5. Punctual and regular attendance is an essential responsibility for all team members and are expected to report to work based upon the assigned schedule each day in accordance with the Attendance Policy for Pueblo of Sandia.

Additional Responsibilities

1. Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills in building a cohesive working relationship with co-workers and internal/external contact.
2. Performs special projects and other job-related duties as assigned.

Key Performance Indicators

This position has Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) identified as a measurement of success. KPI’s will be shared with all team members who work in this job title and feedback will be provided regarding the successful completion of the KPI’s as part of the performance review process.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

1. Ability to motivate, train and work effectively with colleagues who have a variety of backgrounds and training.

2. Ability to accomplish the quality and quantity of work expected within set limits of cost and time.

3. Ability to plan own work and carry out assignments effectively.

4. Ability to communicate with others effectively both orally and in writing in working out solutions to problems or questions relating to work.

5. Ability to develop improvement in the designing new work methods and procedures.

6. Ability to establish rapport and gain the confidence of others (physicians, nurses members of the primary care team, patients and associates).

7. Ability to function as a health care delivery team member.

8. Ability to assess quality patient care.

9. Ability to maintain patient medical records.

10. Skills in providing diagnostic, preventive, and/or therapeutic services to patients.

11. Must be able to work with confidential material without betraying the trust of patients, families or the health center.

12. Knowledge of the cultural and social backgrounds of the Native American population.

13. Ability to demonstrate strong knowledge of current principles, practices, methods, and techniques in the field of medicine.

Education and Experience

Required:

1. High School Diploma, GED certification or equivalent
2. Completion of an accredited medical school
3. Ten (10) years of medical experience in an outpatient family medical clinic including pediatrics obstetrical/gynecological, urgent care, geriatrics, and non-emergency care.

Note: Any combination of education from an accredited college or university in a related field and/or direct experience in this occupation may substitute for the required education and experience listed.

License/Certifications/Registrations

1. Must possess and maintain a valid, unrestricted New Mexico Driver’s License.
2. The following license and/or certifications are required prior to employment start date:

• Board certified or eligible in Family Practice or Urgent Care Medicine. If Board eligible, certification must be obtained within 6 months from the date of hire.
• A permanent, current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in New Mexico.
• Current medication dispensing license (DEA)
• CPR card

1. Must be able to successfully pass a stringent background investigation and character investigation in compliance with PL 101.630
2. Will require a pre-employment and random drug screening.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions

The following selected physical activities are required to perform the essential functions of this position

Physical Requirement

Description

Balancing

Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.

Crouching

Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

Feeling

Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

Finger Dexterity

Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

Grasping

Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

Hearing

Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

Kneeling

Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

Lifting

Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. (Up to 10 lbs.)

Pulling

Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion. (Up to 10 lbs.)

Pushing

Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward, or outward. (Up to 10 lbs.)

Reaching

Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Seeing

The ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye.

Walking

Job requirements include, in the performance of duties, walking throughout the work area, on various work surfaces throughout internal or external locations.

Sitting

Particularly for sustained periods of time.

Standing

Particularly for sustained periods of time.

Stooping

Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.

Talking

Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

List Working Conditions Required:

1. Work is performed indoors.
2. May work extended hours and evening or weekend hours.
3. Subject to hazardous materials which may cause bodily harm: smoke, common colds, influenza, dust, odors and elevated noise levels.
4. Tasks may be performed on uneven, inclined, challenging, soft carpeted floors, cement structures, and surfaces.