Job Board
Staff Physician
Date Posted: 10/1/2012
Organization: Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties
Location: Orange
Description of Organization:
Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties provides essential reproductive health care, nutrition services, and education programs to more than 160,000 local women and men, regardless of their personal circumstances or ability to pay. Weve been building healthy communities since 1965 with the most sophisticated instrument in medicine: accurate information that can help people make the best decisions about their health.
We believe that health care is a basic human right and that prevention is the best medicine, which is why 93% of our services are preventive, including life-saving cancer screenings, well-woman exams, education programs, STD prevention and treatment, family planning, WIC nutritional services, prenatal care, and more.
Position Responsibilities:
To provide quality patient care including exams, treatment, education and counseling for patients in accordance with agency protocols. Assist the medical director as a liaison to community physicians and hospitals in Orange and San Bernardino Counties. To assist the medical director in overseeing high quality care to our patients throughout the affiliate.
- Adhere to agencys policies, procedures and protocols. This may include successfully completing agency, regional and/or state certification requirements.
- Perform physical and gynecological examinations for female patients including review of medical history, screening for abnormalities, and performance and interpretation and/or ordering of laboratory tests.
- Perform genito-urinary exams of male patients in relation to testing and treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections. (Would not include if physician is an Ob/Gyn)
- Provide contraceptives.
- Provide Abortion referral and counseling as well as medical and surgical abortion services up to 24 weeks gestational age.
- Provide medical consultation to clinicians regarding the clinical management of specific patients.
- Provide telephone consultation to clinicians on evenings and weekends.
- Document patient data accurately and completely in the medical record.
- Evaluate and treat medical problems, ensuring follow-up and appropriate referrals as necessary.
- Educate and counsel patients in reproductive health issues.
Participate in a team approach to patient care and deliver care in a professional, confidential and expeditious manner.
Manage emergency situations as they arise in the health center, and consult with Medical Director as necessary.
Orient new clinicians as requested.
Participate in a regularly scheduled peer review process, as required.
Attend medical meetings, as required.
Assists the Medical Director in the development of PPOSBC medical policies and protocols.
Assist the Medical Director in overseeing the pharmaceutical, laboratory and mid-level supervision processes of the affiliate.
Qualifications:
- Current California Medical License.
- Current Board Certification in Family Practice or Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Post Residency Training and/or Experience in Reproductive Health.
- Current BLS or ACLS certification
- Bilingual Spanish preferred
Apply To:
For more information please contact:
Rachel Rodriguez, Recruiter
714-633-6373 ext. 179
rrodriguez@pposbc.org
www.pposbc.org
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