Associate Program Director for Internal Medicine

$281,000 - $316,000/Yr

Catholic Health System - Vista, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Vista, CA

Hospitals

About the position

The Physician position at Vista Community Clinic involves providing comprehensive outpatient care to patients in a multi-specialty setting. The role emphasizes quality assurance, patient care, and collaboration with clinic staff to enhance community health services. The clinic seeks a dedicated and enthusiastic individual to join their team, contributing to the overall mission of advancing community health.

Responsibilities

• Direct and provide outpatient care to clinic patients and ensure quality assurance.
• Provide primary care to clinic outpatients including physical examinations, making diagnoses, determining course of treatment, providing and supervising appropriate treatment, prescribing medications and documenting patient files.
• Participate in and support quality assurance programs; supervise patient care professionals, technicians and other staff.
• Participate in quality assurance, quality improvement and utilization review.
• Provide in-service training to clinic staff to increase staff awareness and to facilitate better patient care.
• Participate in the development of clinic protocols and procedures to ensure quality medical care.
• Participate in utilization and peer review programs which evaluates the quality of the medical staff and medical services being performed at the clinics.
• Provide consultation services to practitioners by telephone accessibility as necessary.
• Attend and actively participate in internal and external meetings to expand and to improve patient services.
• Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature review, in-service meetings and workshops.

Requirements

• Current Medical License in state of California; board eligible or certified.
• Master's Degree in the medical field.
• Current CPR certification.
• DEA license.
• Knowledge of community health centers, and public assistance programs, state and federal regulations and managed care systems.
• Experience/familiarity with computers, Microsoft Office products (Word/Excel), business e-mail communication systems and internet search capabilities.

Nice-to-haves

• Bilingual English/Spanish
• Experience/familiarity with Practice Management and Electronic Medical Records systems, NextGen preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Incentive bonus plan
• Health insurance
• Vacation
• Sick leave
• Retirement plan
• CME benefits
• Malpractice insurance
• Sign-on bonus
• Loan repayment opportunities through NHSC