Pediatrician Desert Hot Springs Community Health Main Campus

At DAP Health, we are committed to transforming lives and advancing health equity for all. As a leading nonprofit health care provider, we deliver compassionate, high-quality care to the diverse communities of the Coachella Valley and San Diego County. Our comprehensive services range from primary care to mental health, wellness programs, and beyond, with a focus on those who are most vulnerable. Joining our team means becoming part of a passionate, innovative organization dedicated to making a meaningful impact in the lives of those we serve. If you're looking for a dynamic and purpose-driven environment, we invite you to explore the opportunity to contribute to our mission.

Job Summary:

Under the direction of the CMO, delivers primary care and supervise mid-levels and clinical support staff. Provides continuing, comprehensive health maintenance and medical care to pediatric patients. Performs clinical assessments of patients in accordance to standardized procedures encompassing preventive care according to lifecycles. Practices medicine; diagnoses and treats illness and injury; performs minor surgery and completes physical examinations; counsels and instructs patients and/or parents; provides professional supervision of mid-level providers; instructs and educates trainees and/or staff; assists in public relations efforts. Delivers care appropriate for an out-patient, primary care community health center with a multicultural, multilingual patient population.

Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Administrative Functions:

• Provides in-service staff training in selected topics as deemed necessary by the CMO.
• Prepares and reviews medical histories and obtains data through interviews.
• Maintains detailed, legible and confidential medical records after each patient visit in accordance with established protocols.
• Codes encounter forms according to time of the visit, procedures performed and pertinent ICD-9 codes.
• Assists in internal quality control audits.
• Participates in peer review process.
• Provides supervision in case assignment to mid-level providers, including sign off on charts.
• Supervises medical assistants and lab personnel in area of specific support services for patient care delivery.
• Attends internal and external meetings, workshops, and conferences and participates on task forces or committees, as necessary and/or required.
• Performs all duties and services in full compliance with standards of care as well as all policies and procedures.
• Follows Standards of Customer Service Behavior.
• Participates in Quality Improvement (QI) Initiatives.
• Complies with Attendance & Punctuality Policy.
• Other duties or responsibilities as assigned by the CMO.

Clinical Functions:

• Provides quality care to the patients within the scope of practice outlined by state or federal law and understands the organizations commitment to provide high quality patient care.
• Must be capable of meeting 80% or more of the established productivity standards.
• Participates in after hour calls as scheduled.
• Maintains a program of comprehensive health for the family unit, to include preventive medicine, behavioral sciences, and community health.
• Examines patients, formulates differential diagnostic plans, defines and orders required diagnostic testing.
• Interprets examination findings and test results, and implements treatment plans.
• Determines need for consultation and assists in medical care and treatment provided at the direction of other specialists.
• Follows established guidelines when referring patients out for needed specialty or diagnostic care.
• Instructs patients in their proper care and treatment alternatives, and instructs/supervises medical support staff as needed.
• Providers are not to leave the clinic site with patients left unseen or untreated unless other treatment/care plans have been established.
• Meets Clinical Performance Measures (UDS and HEDIS measures).
• Contributes to DAP Health’s Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) program, a model of primary care delivery designed to strengthen the patient?clinician relationship, focus on the person and patient self-management and engagement, by providing comprehensive and coordinated care in a culturally and linguistically sensitive manner.

Working Environment, Physical and Mental Requirements:

• This job operates in an office setting and requires frequent times of sitting, standing, repetitive motion and talking.
• Does not involve contact with patients or patient specimens. No exposure to blood, body fluids, non-intact skin or tissue specimens.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and move from place to place.
• Ensures compliance with policies and procedures related to safe work practices