Faculty Physician Residency; WFM-R

Faculty Physician, Waco Family Medicine
- Residency (WFM-R)

Central
- Waco, TX 76707

Level Experienced Position Type Full Time Job Shift Day Education Level Graduate Degree

Other Duties:

• Attend assigned faculty, departmental, and committee conferences/meetings.
• Participate in ongoing quality improvement projects.
• Participate in faculty development activities.
• Oversight and championing of assigned curricular components.
• Maintain admission privileges at both Baylor Scott and White Hillcrest and Ascension Providence.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Standard Tasks:

• The following list includes tasks that are representative of those required of a faculty member in the Family Medicine Residency. The list is not meant to be all inclusive, nor does it constitute all performance measures or standards. It does not preclude the residency from temporarily restructuring faculty duties as it deems appropriate for faculty with acute illness, injury, or other circumstances of a temporary nature.
• The faculty member, without use of an intermediary, must be able to:
• Take a history and perform a physical examination
• Administer injections
• Use sterile technique and universal precautions
• Move throughout the clinical sites and hospitals to address routine and emergent patient care needs
• Perform routine and complicated vaginal deliveries, repair perineal lacerations, and assist at operations (if OB activities included)
• Communicate with patients and staff, verbally and otherwise in a culturally sensitive manner that exhibits good professional judgment, respect and good listening skills and is appropriate for the professional setting
• Demonstrate timely, consistent, and reliable follow-up on patient care issues, such as laboratory results, patient phone calls, or other requests
• Input and retrieve computer data through a keyboard, read a computer screen, secure and maintain a reliable personal cell phone
• Demonstrate literacy in reading and navigating the electronic medical record and the various electronic patient monitoring systems present in the hospital setting
• Perform documentation procedures such as progress notes, chart dictations, and other paperwork in a timely fashion
• Manage multiple patient care duties at the same time
• Make judgments and decisions regarding complicated, undifferentiated disease presentations in a timely fashion in emergency, ambulatory, and hospital settings
• Demonstrate organizational skills required to care for 9-12 or more outpatient patient care visits per half day
• Work varied duty hours including some nights, weekends, and holidays
• Travel to and between multiple clinical sites that may not be readily accessible by public transportation
• Take call for periods of up to 1 week at a time from home, with trips to the hospital as required by patient condition during that time
• Present well-organized case presentations and lectures to other physicians or supervisors both in-person and by telephone.

• Physical and Mental Requirements:

• Visual and auditory accuracy
• Variable shift length, including nighttime call duties
• Indoor setting
• Continuous use of computer
• Long periods of sitting
• Frequent use of telephone and/or smart devices
• Continuous repetitive grasping and manipulation with both hands
• Continuous conversational communication
• Occasional reaching, walking, squatting, bending, kneeling, twisting and climbing
• Occasionally carrying, lifting, pushing and pulling of up to 25 lbs.
• Frequent use of personal car
• Understand/carry out simple/detailed, oral/written instructions
• Memorize and retain instructions
• Read and interpret detailed specifications
Qualifications

Faculty Physician, Waco Family Medicine
- Residency (WFM-R)

Reports To: WFM-R Program Director

Education & Experience:

• M.D. or D.O. degree from accredited school
• Completion of a residency in Family Medicine
• Current certification through the American Board of Family Medicine or American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians
• Current, unrestricted Texas Licensure with TSBME and DPS or Texas-eligible
• Current, unrestricted DEA license
• Current BLS, ACLS, PALS and NRP certification (ALSO, STABLE, ATLS all optional)

Skills:

• Family Medicine residency faculty position for the purpose of training family medicine residents, medical students and other allied learners in inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Outpatient teaching and patient care activities occur at Waco Family Medicine
  - Central and all clinical sites that are part of Waco Family Medicine.
• Inpatient activities occur at Baylor Scott and White Hillcrest and Ascension Providence Health Center.
• Constant contact with fellow faculty, residents, employees, and patients in person, on the telephone, via HIPAA-compliant messaging and in writing. Daily contact with residents, fellow faculty, and private attendings. A high level of professionalism is required as the faculty member must be able to communicate effectively, maintain excellent rapport, and instill confidence in patients, residents, and staff.
• Faculty time is somewhat variable but will include 20% of time spent…