Outpatient Physician

# Outpatient Physician (59312)
Downtown Family Health Center - Phoenix, AZ 85007## Overview Position Type Full Time## Description
** Summary of Position:
** The physician is part of a dynamic team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about providing high quality, integrated care for patients who are experiencing or at risk for homelessness.
** Essential Duties:
**** Duties include, but are not limited to:
*** Develops unique ways to deliver health care in a compassionate, expedited, and patient-centered manner in an outpatient setting.
* Assesses patient health by interviewing patients, performing examinations, obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
* Generates differential diagnoses for acute, chronic and/or undifferentiated illnesses and formulates management plan that address these illnesses.
* Acts as consultant to the care team regarding coordination of care.
* Identifies opportunities to promote and maintain wellness in patients utilizing screening and prevention guidelines and understands barriers in achieving wellness in people experiencing homelessness and work to address those barriers.
* Utilizes critical thinking and decision making when independently developing treatment plans for patients experiencing homelessness.
* Documents patient care and clinical decision making accurately and efficiently in the agency’s Electronic Medical Record and meets agency requirements regarding timeliness of chart completion and productivity expectations.
* Coordinates patient-centered care of individuals experiencing homelessness using a multidisciplinary team and community resources. Able to navigate the complex care requirements necessary for effectively caring for those experiencing homelessness.
* Apply evidence-based care principles in treatment of patients experiencing homelessness, integrating patient preferences in care plans.
* Appropriately utilizes healthcare resources in the management of patients experiencing homelessness (specialist referrals, ED referrals, lab utilization and medication management) with a goal of decreased fragmentation of healthcare.
* Maintains positive therapeutic relationships with patients, using language and nonverbal behavior to demonstrate respect and establish rapport.
* Collaborates and effectively seeks consultation with physicians and other care providers as needed in the provision of care and the formulation of treatment plans.
* Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans and care transitions.
* Assesses patient health learning levels to provide medical information and health education in culturally and linguistically appropriate communication techniques.
* Assists patients in identifying barriers to care and social determinants of health and appropriately refers patients to community resources as needed.
* Maintains an updated list of community resources, continues and expands community partnerships to benefit patients’ services.
* Contributes to the integrated care team’s activities around process improvement, workflow design and training.
* Participates in organizational Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement and Risk Management programs, including Peer Review.
* Uses data systems to monitor gaps in care.
* Maintains an exceptional level of customer service; addresses and resolves complaints; serves as an example by providing excellent service to internal and external customers, employees and patients.
* Maintains continuing medical education, licensure, credentialing, and privileging requirements at all times.
* Maintains safe and clean working environments by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
* Comply with federal, state, and local legal professional requirements by studying existing…