ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Patient Care:

• Provide medical care to pediatric, adolescent and adult patients
• Take relevant patient history
• Identify patient needs and make diagnoses
• Perform complete well-care examinations, including complete physicals
• Perform complete gynecological histories and physical examinations as indicated
• Write prescriptions and inform patients about medications prescribed
• Complete medical forms and documentation related to patient care
• Answer patient telephone inquiries as needed
• Make referrals to other agencies and providers, with follow up care provided
• Assist with immunization and phlebotomy as needed to ensure smooth patient flow
• Encourage health promotion, disease prevention, and health maintenance. Provide health education on topics including preventative medicine and counseling on chronic diseases, as well as parenting, prenatal, nutrition, family-planning, medication usage and stress management
• Provide patient advocacy, as appropriate for site
• Work in a supervisory role with mid-levels and collaboratively with specialists for consultation and referral purposes
• Participate in Peer Review process, as defined by The Floating Hospital
• Provide technical assistance and teach Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
• Maintain ultimate responsibility for directing the course of patient’s medical treatment
• Participate in case-conference and case management activities
• Participate in the On-Call list, on a rotation basis

Administrative/Education Duties:

• Participate in quality improvement activities
• Participate and develop medical protocols with Clinical Guidelines Committee, for implementation by TFH staff
• Collaborate with Benefits Counselors and Outreach staff to ensure appropriate patient scheduling and flow
• Collaborate with HIM supervisor to ensure appropriate documentation procedures
• Observe, implement, and promote federal regulations as defined by HIPAA and Policies andProcedures of The Floating Hospital

Nurse Practitioner and Physician Collaborative Agreement:

As part of this job description, the Physician will supervise mid-level practitioners in accordance with the terms of the collaborative agreement.

Environment:

The Physician will perform duties in the clinic and at shelters connected with the agency. The Physician will have rooms in which to provide examinations and will have a workspace in which to perform his/her administrative job functions. The agency observes a no-smoking policy.