Physician-Part-time

Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 12,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences.

Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). make Augusta University an institution like no other.

Augusta University's distinct characteristics in education and research include real-world experiences and community engagement, as well as a culture of building community, corporate and government partnerships that address health, security, economic and societal concerns locally and across the state.

Our Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912

At Student Health Services (SHS) our mission is to foster positive patient outcomes by providing professional medical and psychiatric services for Augusta University students. We prioritize patient safety, quality healthcare, professionalism, and compassion as our service standards. We aim to assist each student to achieve and maintain holistic well-being in order to reach their maximum potential within the academic (undergraduate, graduate, and professional) programs at Augusta University.

Provide healthcare services to patients and perform a variety of duties in the assessment, evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients in the ambulatory clinic setting.

PROVIDE CARE:
Provide primary medical care to patients who present to the Student Health Clinic for acute/urgent symptoms and those seeking routine medical care through effective history taking, physical assessment, and determination of appropriate differential diagnoses based on clinical guidelines. Provide telehealth services via an approved platform to the patient population of Student Health Services.

DIAGNOSE:
Based on patients' subjective and objective findings, order appropriate diagnostic tests and procedures in order to create a differential diagnosis. Develop an applicable treatment plan and disposition that is consistent with clinical care best practice guidelines. Participate in e-prescribing as a capability in serving the patient population of Student Health Services.

HEALTH

EDUCATION:

Provide patients with applicable health education and prevention information based on age-specific guidelines, regarding medications, mistreatments, anticipated outcomes, and referrals.

DEPARTMENTAL

ACTIVITIES:

Participate in departmental activities that are not direct patient care, such as working on policies and procedures, developing nursing standing orders, working with leadership on risk management and other quality improvement activities, working on compliance with applicable clinical and administrative accreditation standards, and participation in departmental and division meetings and activities, as requested. Additional duties as assigned by the Associate Director and Director of Student Health Services or the University.

OTHER :
Perform other duties as assigned.

Graduation from an accredited college or university's school of medicine/osteopathic medicine and an internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, or emergency medicine residency program with an active and unrestricted physician license in the state of Georgia. Board eligible or Board certified in the medical discipline as trained (listed above). Must possess a current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS/BCLS. Must possess a current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider ACLS certification or obtain within the first year of employment.

Experience in an ambulatory care setting, preferably with a college-age population. Experience in providing gender-based healthcare and patient health education. Experience working in a team of health care providers, and managing low acuity mental health diagnoses and treatment plans. Experience using electronic health records, PDMP, and e-prescribing. Experience with managing blood borne pathogen exposures and…