Job Description
Medical Doctor
InterCommunity, Inc. is a growing, progressive, non-profit community health center with over 40 years of experience in the community. We’ve been the grateful recipient over the past several years of numerous local and national awards for the innovative services we provide, and have just been named a Hartford Courant/Fox CT Top Small Workplace Award winner for the EIGHTH consecutive year!
We are currently recruiting a full time Physician who Provides professional medical services to complement the delivery of primary health care services at InterCommunity; provides clinical leadership to midlevel providers. Works closely with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and the Chief Operations Officer (COO) to provide leadership and medical direction.
Job Requirements
Clinical
- Provides direct care, medical evaluation, treatment and consultation services to patients of InterCommunity.
- Responds to emergencies and answers medical questions.
- Obtains and documents appropriate chief complaint, past medical, family and social history, review of systems, examination, medications and allergies, assessment and plan for each patient.
- Provides medical orders for prescription refills, administration of medications, ancillary testing, and/or referrals.
- Reviews ancillary test results and coordinates notification to the patient.
- Provides patient education as needed.
- Supervises patient care by non-clinic agencies such as home health care, nursing home, or hospice.
- Available to patients personally or through clinical staff to answer questions and relay information regarding their care.
- Completion of appropriate paperwork to comply with insurance and reimbursement guidelines.
- Completion of all documentation and paperwork in a timely manner.
- Responsible for approving and maintaining treatment protocols utilized by midlevel staff.
- Assists with orientation and training of midlevel providers.
- Reviews an adequate sample of mid-level medical records with emphasis on the appropriateness, efficiency, and quality of care provided.
Administrative
- Supports the mission of InterCommunity
- Attends all staff, clinical, supervision, board or other special meetings as requested.
- Adheres to Agency policies and procedures and maintains Agency confidentiality guidelines
- Provides assistance with OSHA, emergency preparedness, infection control and regulatory compliance.
- Represents InterCommunity at functions as requested.
- Performs other appropriate duties as required.
Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy degree required. Current State of Connecticut MD or DO licensure required. Current DEA certificate and State CDS required. Experience in public health preferred. Considerable interpersonal skills; considerable oral, written, and computer communication skills; considerable ability to examine, diagnose, assess and treat patients; ability to develop a collaborative group practice environment with other physicians and members of interdisciplinary teams; ability to analyze and interpret laboratory reports, x-rays and other medical and/or psychological reports and findings; administrative/supervisory ability.
Three (3) years of experience in a hospital or outpatient setting.
Accountable for providing clinical and/or direct care psychiatric services as a board certified advanced clinician.
- Provides direct care and clinical oversight of multi-disciplinary treatment teams
- Reviews treatment plans, clinical records, diagnoses, and client discharge plans for adherence to policies and/or JCAHO and DPH standards
- Provides education and training as indicated, e.g. case conferences; assignments
- Assesses, examines and evaluates clients for admission or discharge
- Assesses, examines, diagnoses and prescribes appropriate medications and other biologic and psychosocial treatments for clients with psychiatric illnesses and substance abuse disorders
- Performs advanced level risk assessments
- Consults on difficult and/or complex cases
- Prepares and/or reviews reports, medical records and correspondence
- Performs utilization review and management functions
- Participates in Agency meetings and Performance Improvement teams as appropriate
- Adheres to Agency policies and procedures and maintains Agency confidentiality guidelines
- Attends regular program staff meetings
- Attends weekly individual supervision. Follows all aspects of agency Supervision Plan
- Performs related duties as required
Job Requirements
Considerable knowledge of methods and principles of behavioral health medicine; considerable knowledge of current principles and methods of assessment and treatment of clients with psychiatric illnesses and substance abuse disorders; considerable knowledge of recent developments in field of psychiatry and substance abuse including treatment models and best practices; considerable interpersonal skills; considerable oral, written, and computer communication skills; considerable ability to examine for, diagnose, assess and treat clients with psychiatric illnesses and substance abuse disorders; considerable ability to prescribe and conduct psychotherapy, medications and other treatments specific to psychiatric and substance abuse disorders; ability to develop a collaborative group practice environment with other psychiatrists, physicians and members of interdisciplinary teams; ability to analyze and interpret laboratory reports, x-rays and other medical and/or psychological reports and findings; administrative/supervisory ability.
Three (3) years of experience in a hospital or outpatient setting as a staff psychiatrist.