Job Summary: Unity at the DC Jail is seeking an FM or IM BC/BE physician who enjoys diversity of practice and a clinical setting similar to a hospital step-down unit. This is a great opportunity for the physician seeking fulfilling part-time work or looking to diversify their practice to include a new location of care or a new patient population. The infirmary physician at the DC Jail rounds daily (M-F) on patients admitted to the jail infirmary, a medical unit for acutely or chronically ill patients that require additional nursing support and/or medical care for mostly acute or sub-acute issues (conditions requiring IV antibiotics, complicated wound care, post-surgical care, recent severe injury, etc.). The infirmary attending works alongside the infirmary provider (ALP, staffed 24/7) and the infirmary nursing team to provide team-based care to infirmary patients. Successful applicants will enjoy interesting diagnostic and treatment challenges, medical teamwork and diversity of patients and practice.
MAJOR DUTIES/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Supports the health center and organization in contributing to the quadruple aim: improving health outcomes, improving patient experience, supporting care team well-being and the financial sustainability of the organization
Health Outcomes
Performs patient care, health services, and other provider duties in a safe way that is compliant with policies and procedures of Unity Health Care. This includes:
- Taking clinical histories or assessments
- Conducting physical examinations and evaluations as appropriate
- Determining diagnostic and screening tests needed and interprets the results
- Medical and clinical decision-making including diagnosis and treatment plan, emergently if needed
- Preventive health maintenance and education
- Referrals to hospitals, specialists, social services or other providers when needed
- Actively participates in quality improvement initiatives at the Center and seeks to continuously improve the quality of care for their patients.
- Conducts thorough peer reviews and provides constructive feedback to peers
- Documents in the medical chart in an appropriate and timely manner
- Reviews and implements clinical best practices and optimizes CME time to stay up to date
- Maintains a culture of safety and completes incident reports when issues arise and participates in the problem solving and improvement process
- Collaborates with health center leadership and staff on panel and population management
- Maintains clinical privileges and responds to inquiries in a timely and complete manner
Patient Experience
- Reviews patient experience data with medical director and translates into action steps to ensure a welcoming, patient-centered environment for all patients
- Communicates to patients respectfully and partners with them in their care by spending time actively listening and clearly explaining their recommendations
- Provides culturally competent and high-quality care and uses translation services when needed
- Timely in all patient facing duties- visits, returning phone calls, notifying of test results
- Responds to patient complaints and works towards resolution for the patient
- Provides excellent customer service and professionalism towards patients
- Maintains a clinical schedule that allows access for patients, including providing sufficient notice for time off, and providing options for patients to be seen when rescheduled on short notice
- Handles telephone calls after hours on a rotating basis as applies to their specialty
- Promptness to work
Care Team Well-Being
- Embraces team mentality- including building trust, exchanging feedback, and showing appreciation with team members. Leads by example and works closely with others to provide comprehensive, team-based care
- Provide recognition to providers and team members who are performing well
- Teaches and coaches staff members to work at the top of their ability
- Participates in student and resident teaching as requested by Medical Director
- Attends and actively engages at team, center and organization-wide meetings
- Recognizes when they may be experiencing burnout and takes steps to improve it
- Displays professional conduct in all interactions and recognizes and reports concerns about professionalism in self or others
- Demonstrates flexibility and agility in working with others to meet the needs of patients
Financial Health
- Monitors own productivity and utilization levels and works with health center leadership to identify opportunities to optimize visit volume
- Be willing to see patients if needed (e.g., late patients, walk-in patients) as the schedule and time allows
- Educate patients on the value of a health care visit
- Leverages nursing visits and other staff where appropriate
- Participate in population health efforts
- Work collaboratively with Medical Director to schedule patients to promote access
- Creatively identifies way to improve flow and efficiency in your day and works collaboratively with team members to implement improvements
- Locks notes in a timely manner (within 48 hours) and fixes and addresses any outstanding claims
Other Duties
- Serves on committee(s) as requested by Medical Director or CMO (e.g. P&T, Infection Prevention etc.).
- Effectively and ethically handles all forms of communication according to Unity Policy
- Performs other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Must have a current DC Professional License. Must have CDS and DEA (registered in DC) registrations if a prescribing provider.
- Graduate of an accredited school of medicine or nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or other relevant professional school
- Board eligible or board certified/ licensed in area of specialty. Must be board certified/ licensed within one year of hire.
- Must be willing to accept "on call" duties on a regular rotation and sessions on evenings and weekends when needed to provide patient coverage.