Physician: Family Medicine.

Description

: The family practice physician provides health assessment and direct care to patients as part of the provider team providing services to VNA Health Center patients. Outpatient position.
Primary Functions:

• Understands and follows VNA’s “Mission Statement”, “Code of Ethics”, organizational policies, and structure.
• Provides primary care using generally accepted standards of practice. The physician develops a plan of care for each patient, including complete history, physical examination, diagnosis, appropriate treatment and /or referral, used all available resources in an appropriate and cost efficient manner.
• Hospitalizes as needed any patient requiring in-patient care.
• Confers with consulting physicians, midlevel providers, nurses, support staff, patients, and families concerning treatment and care of patients. Makes appropriate specialty and sub-specialty referrals, but maintains responsibility, assuring continuing of care.
• Participates in health promotion/disease prevention activities. Stresses the importance of preventive health care measures.
• Supports mid-level providers in supervision and consultation.
• Participates in quality improvement/assurance activities.
• Attends and participates in VNA Health Center activities as requested.
• Attends mandatory in-services and VNA Health Center meetings.
• Completes records in adequate professional detail, and in a timely and legible manner.
• Maintains and acquires knowledge and skills to perform required duties to meet all hospital, state, organizational and licensure requirements.

Compensation and Benefits:
Base Salary Range: $220K - $275K annually Depending on Years of Incentives: Earn up to $35,540K annually based upon meeting Productivity, Patient Satisfaction and Quality Goals
Available Employee Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, Life Insurance, Critical Illness and Personal Accident Insurance, 403b, PTO, CEU, Tuition Reimbursement, APN, DEA and CS License Reimbursement, Occurrence Based Medical Malpractice Coverage.

*Loan Repayment eligible opportunity

Qualifications

• Unencumbered license to practice medicine in Illinois as an MD/DO.
• Qualified in Basic Life Support.
• Must be Board Eligible or Board Certified.

*Please refer to contract for all other required qualifications.

Essential Functions/Physical Requirements: 1. Must be able to speak English clearly and fluently.
2. Must be able to read and interpret clinical data.
3. Must have mobility sufficient to provide care to a variety of patients at an adequate pace.
4. Must have manual dexterity sufficient to perform procedures usually performed in this specialty.
5. Ability to drive a car.