In Fort Worth, TX: Texas Association of Community Health Centers is seeking an experienced full-time Family Medicine Physician who will be committed to helping the patient population (includes uninsured and underinsured) reach optimal health and support the plans and operations to become a patient centered medical home.

Job Overview:

• Provide direct patient care including diagnoses, treatment and/or proper referral while maintaining expected medical standards
• Supervise assigned midlevel providers in the conduct of clinical care and delegates authority and responsibility
• Review assigned midlevel provider's patient charts
• Provide medical evaluation, treatment and consultation services
• Respond to emergencies and answers medical questions
• Obtain and document, or causes to be obtained and documented; appropriate chief complaint, past medical, family and social history, review of systems, examination, medications and allergies, assessment and plan for each patient
• Provide medical orders for prescription refills, administration of medications, ancillary testing, and/or referrals
• Review ancillary test results and coordinates notification to the patient
• Communicate with the clinic's partners and patients
• Provide patient education
• Supervises patient care by non-clinic agencies such as home health care, nursing home, or hospice
• Available to patients personally or through clinical staff to answer questions and relay information regarding their care
• Completion of appropriate paper work to comply with insurance and reimbursement
• Work closely with the Chief Medical Officer to provide leadership and medical direction for the clinic
• Attend all staff, clinical, board or other special meetings as requested
• Support the mission of the center
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times
• Work with various cultural and ethnic groups in a tactful and efficient manner
• Call Coverage: Rotate with all providers
• EHR: NextGen

For more information or to apply for this position, please contact us at 512-329-5959 or apply directly online.

No agencies, please. TACHC does not accept solicitations from outside recruitment agencies.

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Qualifications:

• Board certified in Family Medicine required
• Medical degree from an accredited school of medicine
• Current unrestricted license from the Texas Medical Board to practice as a physician in the State of Texas
• Annual continuing medical education as required by Board specialty
• Must be registered and have current DEA and other such certificates to legally operate a practitioner in the State of Texas
• Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for Healthcare Professionals Certification
• ACLS, PALS preferred
• Must not be excluded from participation in federal health care programs
• Ability to speak enough Spanish to examine Spanish-speaking patients and converse on basic level strongly preferred
• Ability to relate to culturally diverse patients and community
• Must have strong listening, written and oral communication skills, with ability to communicate clearly
• Must have the ability to understand and respond effectively and with sensitivity to all age spectrums
• 2 years post graduate experience preferred