Primary Care Physician (Outpatient)

Quick Facts

• Setting: 100% outpatient primary care

• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm

• Position: Full-time

• Compensation: Over $200,000 per year

Description

You will provide primary care for patients, educating them on wellness, prevention, and early detection while making final clinical judgments on diagnosis and care. Responsibilities include prescribing treatment, ordering studies and tests, documenting every encounter, managing referrals and follow-up urgency, and reviewing and signing consult and ancillary requests. You will also oversee assigned mid-level and nursing clinical staff and participate in quality improvement and patient care programs.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient education on wellness, prevention, and early detection

• Determine required referrals and urgency for follow-up consultation appointments

• Prescribe medical treatment and clinical drugs; exercise final medical judgment

• Order studies, tests, and ancillary services

• Document services in the patient medical record; complete visit notes by the next day

• Review and make medical judgments and sign consult notes, lab/diagnostic/ancillary and pharmacy requests, Health Risk Assessment, Home Health, and Durable Medical Equipment data/requests by the next day

• Return patient telephone calls by end of day

• Review cases requiring ongoing medical attention via case management/acute care programs

• Participate in quality improvement, continuing education, and patient care programs

• Consult with Medical Director and other staff as needed

• Oversee mid-level medical staff and assigned nursing clinical staff

• Assist in resolving patient complaints, requests, and inquiries

• Maintain patient confidentiality per federal and state guidelines

• Apply appropriate diagnostic and procedural codes (CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10) and understand coding regulations for reimbursement

• Initiate hospital admissions/discharges and complete required paperwork

• Complete NCQA/HEDIS age- and disease-specific measures/testing

• Communicate effectively with patients, families, staff, and the community from diverse backgrounds

• Participate in patient retention and marketing activities as required

Requirements

• Degree in Internal Medicine/Family Practice from an accredited school

• Licensed to practice in the State of Georgia

• Board certified or eligible in primary care

• Minimum 2 years of direct work experience

• Current DEA and DPS registration

• Outpatient experience in HMO/managed care helpful

Benefits

• 401(k)

• Dental insurance

• Flexible schedule

• Health insurance

• Paid time off

• Vision insurance