Physician - Emergency Department

Responsibilities

• Ability to plan, supervise, and execute an effectively run medical office.
• Coordinate office activities; express ideas clearly and concisely; exercise balanced judgment in evaluating situations and making decisions.
• Assumes responsibility of the office staffing, patient care quality and outcomes of the care provided.
• Actively strives for cost containment efforts by appropriately and effectively utilizing available manpower and materials resources.
• Coordinates and directs emergency situations, such as Code Blues and other emergency alerts in the medical office.
• Readily identifies problems in patient care area and the environment, and promptly and effectively takes appropriate action to resolve problems.
• Handles all requests for service and/or complaints from members of the community on matters of general importance to medical practice, in person or by telephone.
• Communicates necessary information to Hospital Management.
• Will educate themselves and support initiatives to appropriately prescribe, monitor medication management for patient safety, including the appropriate use of antibiotics in their practice.
• Will participate in antibiotic stewardship committee as requested and needed.
• Practices medicine as qualified and documented in the privileges approved.
• Develops and maintains standards of care in compliance with accrediting/regulatory agencies.
• Promotes policies established by the Board of Healing Arts and is responsible for assuring effective implementation.
• Establishes case management and utilization review criteria for patient charts.
• Completes charting in a timely basis. Strives to meet requirements of meaningful use.
• Makes rounds at the hospital as appropriate and when needed.
• Fulfills Medical Staff Advisor duties as required.
• Assists with the swing-bed program as appropriate and when needed.
• Assists with physician-on-call program as appropriate and when needed.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Medical degree, currently licensed with the state of Missouri.
• Board-certified or board-eligible in perspective field.
• Maintain Basic Life Support (BLS) issued by the American Heart Association or preapproved provider.
• Refer to Medical Staff Credentialing file for required competencies.

The major responsibility of the physician is the development, coordination, and implementation of the medical policies for the practice. The incumbent is charged with the overall responsibility for quality management, thorough knowledge of principles and practices of modern medicine related to the services offered.