Physician
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Description: Southcentral Foundation is presently looking of Physician right now, this career will be placed in Alaska. More details about this career opportunity kindly read the description below. Responsible for providing direct clinical customer care. Works with other clinical staff to establish medical protocols and treatment regimens.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Customer Care & Relations! hips:
Creates, develops, and nurtures culturally appropriate interactions and connections with each other, customer-owners, and the community.
Delivery of care that fully supports the optimization of customer ownership of health related issues and therapeutic, enduring relationships between providers and customers:
- Obtains complete and accurate information in a courteous and respectful manner in order to determine an appropriate treatment plan.
- Sets the expectation with the customer-owner by listening and addressing those concerns.
- Identifies appropriate courses of action that reflect the customer-owner’s values, beliefs and health goals.
- Advises customer-owners and their family members using methods that facilitate a capacity for self-care and lead to the development of effective health partnerships.
- Applies customer service guidelines appropriate for the situation.
Communications & Teamwork:
Shares and receives information, opinions, concerns, and feedback in a supportive manner.
Works collaboratively by building bridges, and creating rapport with team members within departments and across the organization.
Communicates effectively and in a manner that enhances customer relationships, builds relationships with staff, and contributes to a supportive work environment:
- Provides clear and concise verbal and written instructions to customer-owners and ensures understanding by listening and asking for feedback.
- Writes clinical documentation that is complete, concise and legible in order to provide adequate information for other health care providers and staff.
- Consults and coordinates with other clinical staff working in other departments and in other locations including rural Alaskan locations.
- Coordinates and works with other team members to ensure the efficient and effective flow of customer â€"owner through the department.
- Participates in unit or department-based committees (QI, QA, Customer Service, etc.).
Makes meaningful improvement to services, program, and processes and/or organizational effectiveness that creates new value for customer-owners and employees.
Aligns individual efforts with the goals of the quality project teams and department management to meet improvement, regulatory and accreditation requirements.
- Monitors quality of care delivered utilizing appropriate review methods (i.e., chart reviews, customer service data, outcome data, etc.)
- Abides by policies, procedures and bylaws.
- Builds knowledge of improvement metho! dologies and tools by attending improvement workshops and classes. !
Seeks out additional learning opportunities to continue to develop the technical and professional skills needed now and in the future.
Takes responsibility for all work activities and personal actions by following through on commitments.
Participates in fulfilling the mission, vision, goals and objectives of the organization.
Meets and maintains licensing, credentialing and certification requirements.
Provides care that fully meets professional standards of care and all statutory requirements.
Utilizes clinical guidelines and other resources appropriately.
Performs care and procedures efficiently and effectively minimizing discomfort to the customer-owner.
Exercises appropriate clinical judgment in the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions.
Actively works in support of all licensing, credentialing, regulatory, federal and state practice requirements, i.e., Alaska State Medical! Statutes and Regulations, National Customer-owner Safety Goals, Joint Commission, CLIA, HIPAA, OSHA, DEA, etc.
Ability to efficiently and effectively manage multiple clinical tasks.
Ability and comfort to educate and coordinate with other health care professionals.
Knowledge of 1974 Privacy Act is required as use of clinical record is an integral part of the position and privacy of individuals must be protected to the fullest.
Above average communication and interpersonal skills.
Proficiency in the use of appropriate computer software and hardware.
Ability to perform job with minimum supervision.
Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring that other departments are included in the healthcare plan.
Ability to maintain quality, safety and infection control standards.
QUALIFICATIONS:
SCF programs are established for the purpose of serving a primary population comprised of Alaska Natives who are affiliated with th! e Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI), and Alaska Natives and American Indian! s within SCF’s geographical service area. Employees should have a thorough understanding of the cultures and the needs of the CIRI members, and of the general culture and needs of Alaska Natives and American Indians. Such knowledge is critical in order to ensure the achievement of the mission and vision of SCF: working together with the Native community to provide the best services with Native staff who value the family and family wellness as the heart of the Native community.
M.D. or D.O degree required.
Current Alaska license.
Current American Board Certification specialty appropriate for the service.
Meets all requirements in order to obtain medical staff membership and required privileges of service.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification and any certification relating to the scope of practice are required.
Working Environment:
Pediatric Physician
- Employee may be exposed to: exposure to bloodborne pathogen! s (under 1/3 time); hazardous waste (under 1/3 time); fumes or airborne particles (under 1/3 time); toxic or caustic chemicals (under 1/3 time).
- Noise level: Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers and printers, light traffic).
Pediatric Physician
- Position requires: stand (over 2/3 time); walk (over 2/3 time); sit (under 1/3 time); use hands to finger, handle or feel (over 2/3 time); fumes or airborne particles (under 1/3 time); reach with hands and arms (under 1/3 time); stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl (under 1/3 time); talk or hear (over 2/3 time); taste or smell (under 1/3 time).
- Weight lifted or force exerted: Up to 10 pounds (to 2/3 time), Up to 25 pounds (to 2/3 time), Up to 50 pounds (under 1/3 time).
- Special vision requirements: Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less), Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors), Ability to adjust focus (ability to ! adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus).
- Additiona! l physical demands: employee may be required to work holidays, evenings, weekends, and nights; travel may be required.
Pediatric Physician
Age of Customer-Owner Population Served
Population
- Neonate (birth- 28 days)
- Infant (29 days- less than 1 year)
- Pediatric (1-12 yrs)
- Adolescent (13-17 yrs)
- All populations
OB-GYN Physician
- Employee may be exposed to: wet or humid non-weather (under 1/3 time); work near moving mechanical parts (under 1/3 time); exposure to bloodborne pathogens (to 2/3 time); hazardous waste (under 1/3 time); fumes or airborne particles (under 1/3 time); risk of radiation (under 1/3 time); vibration (under 1/3 time).
- Noise level: Loud noise (i.e. metal can manufacturing department, large earth-moving equipment).
! OB-GYN Physician
- Position requires: stand (over 2/3 time); walk (over 2/3 time); sit (under 1/3 time); use hands to finger, handle or feel (over 2/3 time); fumes or airborne particles (under 1/3 time); reach with hands and arms (to 2/3 time); climb or balance (under 1/3 time); stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl (under 1/3 time); talk or hear (over 2/3 time).
- Weight lifted or force exerted: Up to 10 pounds (over 2/3 time), Up to 25 pounds (over 2/3 time), Up to 50 pounds (over 2/3 time), Up to 100 pounds (under 1/3 time).
- Special vision requirements: Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less), Distance Vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more), Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors), Peripheral Vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point). Depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships). A! bility to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object in! to sharp focus).
- Additional physical demands: employee may be required to work holidays, evenings, weekends, and nights; employee must be able to respond when needed by prompt appearance at a required location; employee may be required to provide customer-owner care in the customer-owner’s home or in other locations away from employee’s primary work site; travel may be required; the employee is able to work under physically and emotionally stressed conditions.
OB-GYN Physician
Age of Customer-Owner Population Served
Population
- Neonate (birth- 28 days)
- Infant (29 days- less than 1 year)
- Pediatric (1-12 yrs)
- Adolescent (13-17 yrs)
- Adult (18-64 yrs)
- Geriatric (65 yrs & older)
- Customer-owner with exceptional communication needs
- Customer-owner with developmental delays
- Customer-owner at the end! of life
- Customer-owner under isolation precautions
- All populations
Valley Native Primary Care Physician
- Employee may be exposed to: exposure to bloodborne pathogens (under1/3 time); hazardous waste (under 1/3 time); fumes or airborne particles (under 1/3 time); toxic or caustic chemicals (under 1/3 time).
- Noise level: Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers and printers, light traffic).
Valley Native Primary Care Physician
- Position requires: stand (over 2/3 time); walk (over 2/3 time); sit (under 1/3 time); use hands to finger, handle or feel (over 2/3 time); fumes or airborne particles (under 1/3 time); reach with hands and arms (under 1/3 time); stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl (under 1/3 time); talk or hear (to 2/3 time); taste or smell (under 1/3 time).
- Weight lifted or force exerted: Up to 10 pounds (under! 1/3 time), Up to 25 pounds (under 1/3 time), Up to 50 pounds (under 1/! 3 time), Up to 100 pounds (under 1/3 time), More than 100 pounds (under 1/3 time).
- Special vision requirements: Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less), Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors), Ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus).
- Additional physical demands: none.
Valley Native Primary Care Physician
Age of Customer-Owner Population Served
Population
- Neonate (birth- 28 days)
- Infant (29 days- less than 1 year)
- Pediatric (1-12 yrs)
- Adolescent (13-17 yrs)
- Adult (18-64 yrs)
- Geriatric (65 yrs & older)
- All populations
Please complete an online application by clicking the 'Apply' button at the top/bottom of this page. For more information contact Human Resources via the SCF Contact pa! ge or (907) 729-4977 or Toll free at 1-800-478-3343
NATIVE PREFERENCE UNDER P.L. 93-638.
Preference will not be given unless certification is submitted to Human Resources (a copy is acceptable).
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If you were eligible to this career, please send us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Southcentral Foundation.
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This career will be opened on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 04:45:15 GMT