Chiropractor
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Description: Southcentral Foundation is currently seeking to employ Chiropractor right now, this job will be reside in Alaska. For complete informations about this job opportunity kindly read the description below. Summary of Job Responsibilities:
Responsible for providing direct customer-owner care within the clinics’ scope of privileges approved by the Joint Operating Board (JOB).
KNOWLEDGE,! SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Outline of Essential Job Responsibilities/Functions to Include but Not Limited to:
Customer Care & Relationships:
Creates, develops, and nurtures culturally appropriate interactions and connections with each other, customer-owners, and the community.
Delivers and directs customer-owner care within the scope of the privileges approved by the JOB or as assigned.
- Obtains complete and accurate information in a courteous and respectful manner in order to determine an appropriate treatment plan.
- Performs treatments quickly and efficiently while keeping customer-owners informed and being sensitive to the customer-owner’s comfort during treatments.
- Sets expectations with customer-owner by listening to their concerns and addressing those that can be addressed and informing the customer-owner of the course of action to follow for other health concerns.
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 with nurses, other health care providers and customer-owners.
- Provides clear and concise written and verbal instructions to staff and physician to ensure that instructions are understood.
- Prepares customer-owner notes legibly and clearly in order to provide adequate information for other health care providers.
- Addresses appropriate health care issues.
- Advises customer-owners and family members in methods that facilitate a capacity for self-care and a move toward a healthcare partnership between providers, customer-owners and their families.
- Uses the computer system in order to assist in providing delivering quality health care.
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- Provides assistance to the health care providers by answering questions regarding customer-owner care.
- Works in coordination with the health care providers and case managers to develop treatment plans for customer-owners.
- Assists in committee and other duties within the department.
- Maintains a clean work environment including adequate supplies and upkeep of unit and equipment. Reports defective or missing equipment and safety hazards. Assists in disaster planning and activities.
- Coordinates and works with other team members to ensure the efficient and effective flow of customer-owners though the department.
Improvement & Innovation:
Makes meaningful improvement to services, program, and processes and/or organizational effect! iveness that creates new value for customer-owners and employees.
W! orks in coordination with the Quality Assurance Team and management to develop and implement a quality assurance program.
- Monitors quality of care delivered.
- Completes chart reviews on a regular basis.
- Provides and receives feedback on quality of care being delivered to ensure JCAHO and other regulatory standards are met as they apply to the department.
- Abides by policies, procedures and bylaws.
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.
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 customer-owner reco! rd is an integral part of the position and privacy of individuals must be protected to the fullest.
Knowledge of the resources available to treatment plans.
Proficiency in use of appropriate computer based software.
Ability to perform job with minimum supervision.
Ability to maintain quality, safety and infection control standards.
Working Environment:
- Employee may be exposed to: wet or humid non-weather (to 2/3 time); work near moving mechanical parts (under 1/3 time); exposure to bloodborne pathogens (under 1/3 time); fumes or airborne particles (to 2/3 time); risk of radiation (under 1/3 time); vibration (under 1/3 time).
- Noise level: Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers and printers, light traffic).
- 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 (to 2/3 time); reach with hands and arms (over 2/3 time); cli! mb 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 (to 2/3 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). Ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus).
- Additional physical demands: none.
Age of Customer-Owner Population Served
Population
- 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
SCF programs are established for the purpose of serving a primary population comprised of Alaska Natives who are affiliated with the Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI), and Alaska Natives and American Indians 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 t! he heart of the Native community.
1. Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.) ! required.
2. Current Alaska license.
3. Meets all requirements to obtain medical staff membership and required privileges of service.
INTERESTED APPLICATIONS:
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 page 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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