Clinic Physician - Health Services Agency (#PT3 )

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• Conduct medical and physical examinations
• Make diagnoses and prescribe medical and rehabilitative treatment
• Prescribe medications
• Provide medical supervision to mid level practitioners
• Provide night, weekend, and holiday medical triage and authorizations via telephone
• Act as physician member of a multi disciplinary patient care team
• Confer with staff and patients and their families regarding diagnosis and treatment
• Recommend hospitalization or other indicated services
• Make referrals to specialists as appropriate
• Serve as the occupational physician conducting base line physicals and pre-employment
• physicals and may treat workers compensation accidents and injuries or serve as County liaison to community physicians treating workers injuries
• May prepare protocols and standardized procedures
• May conduct in service training
• May supervise resident Physicians, Physicians Assistants and Nurse Practitioner students
• Assure that quality primary outpatient medical care is provided for high risk patients at the lowest cost
• Performs outpatient surgical procedures
• Read X rays and orders laboratory tests and evaluates results
• Assure that patient medical charts and records meet legal and medical requirements
• Provide medical consultation to private physicians and health care professionals
• Prepare records and reports
• Input, access and analyze data using a electronic health records
• Attend meetings

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS

Knowledge of:

Thorough knowledge of:

• Current principles and practices of medicine.

Some knowledge of:

• Functions and services of local public health agencies.

Ability to:

• Perform medical diagnosis and treatment.
• Provide medical direction to subordinate staff.
• Evaluate and review the work of mid-level medical practitioners for appropriate diagnosis, treatment and chart documentation.
• Prepare protocols.
• Establish and maintain an effective working relationship with others.
• Prepare clear and concise written and oral reports.
• Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action.
• Learn to conduct in-service training programs.
• Secure State certification to supervise and direct mid-level practitioner.
• Learn to input, access and analyze data using an electronic health records system.

Education and Experience:

Any combination of education and experience which would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying, unless otherwise specified. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Possession of a valid Physicians and Surgeon's Certificate issued by the State of California.

Special Requirements/Conditions:
License/Certificate: Possession of a valid Physicians and Surgeon's Certificate issued by the State of California; possession of a Federal narcotic license for administration of narcotics to patients; possession of a valid California class C driver license.
Background Investigation: A background investigation and fingerprinting is required.
Special Working Conditions: Exposure to: Odors such as vomitus, feces, urine and draining abscesses; fumes from cleaning supplies and solvents; and infections which might cause chronic disease or death.

EST: 5/88

REV: 12/12, 10/96, 8/95 Analyst: EM, JS, JD

PREVIOUS CLASS TITLES: None

Bargaining Unit: 85

EEOC Job Category: 02

Occupational Grouping: 61

Workers' Comp Code: 0290