Family Medicine Physician
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Family Practice-Without OB
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Full-Time
Part-Time/Contract
Work Environment
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Experience Level
1 year
Job Description
Last Update:
2/20/25
Cooperative Health desires to add mission-minded compassionate Family Practice Physicians interested in collaborating to provide full-time / part-time family medical care delivered at well-established rural and urban, multi-specialty, and walk-in practices.
Cooperative Health’s Primary Care Physicians work within an office based PCMH care team model. In-office Behavioral Health and Social Services teams are available for additional support.
Called to action in the Spirit of the Good Samaritan, Cooperative Health Physicians serve as a safety net provider. Delivering care to children and their families from all walks of life with dignity and respect. Cooperative Health Physicians are returning the HEART to medicine – Bringing Humanity Back to Healthcare allowing today’s families to experience their clinicians as a partner to their success. Ensuring all patients have the opportunity to start their life journey and continue their life journey with a foundation of excellent health.Benefits
- Regionally competitive salary
- On-boarding relocation expense reimbursement
- Annual CME reimbursement
- Paid time off – 22 days per year / Sick time
- Traditional Health, Dental, Vision
- NHSC scholarship recipient organization
- Eligibility to apply for NHSC Loan Repayment
- Eligibility to participate in state based provider incentive programs
Job Responsibilities
• Completes medical records in a timely manner as specified by the medical record completion policy.
• Responds to messages from support staff and other members of the office team.
• Attends Cooperative meetings as scheduled (75% of all required staff meetings)
• Be knowledgeable of and work with care team to coordinate plans to improve population health (quality measures)
• Achieve expected targets with quality measures (UDS, Hedis, etc).
Clinical
• Obtain a through medical history, conduct a physical exam (as appropriate), and complete an assessment and plan.
• Make appropriate and timely medical diagnosis based upon history and physical exam.
• Orders appropriate test to confirm or evaluate the medical situation.
• Prescribes medications and give detailed instructions for administration.
• Provides encounter information necessary for billing purposes (i.e. indicating appropriate CPT and ICD-10 codes for services rendered).
• Interprets and makes sound clinical decisions in a timely manner, monitoring the effectiveness of care plans
• Directs coordination of patient care with patient and other members of the clinical team.
• Successfully engage, educate, and empower patients to take control of their personal health.
• Provides medical supervision to support staff in implementing the plan of care.
• Serves as a preceptor for professional students during clinical rotations at Cooperative Health.
• Establishes an effective working relationship with public and private clinicians and other clinical care referral sources.
• Work the Saturday Walk-In office as arranged by the Division Director and / or CMO.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the CMO and CEO.
Qualifications
• Board certification preferred
• Must be a licensed physician in good standing
• Must be Board eligible
• Must maintain required amount of CMEs to meet licensure and specialty board requirements
• Must maintain DEA and controlled substance registration in good standing
• Current BLS certification, if ACLS, PALS, or NALS certified for BCLS will be waved
Working Hours
· Periodic early evening hours
· Weeknight telephone call
Skills
· Excellent written and verbal communication and problem solving skills.
· Ability to communicate with people from a variety of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
· Ability to prioritize, organize and carry out work assignments independently and efficiently.
· Ability to maintain appropriate degree of confidentiality.
· Proficient in use of electronic medical records – Athena – company EMR
· Excellent keyboarding ability