Staff Physician (Internal or Family Medicine)

Job Description

Starting salaries are set in accordance with our compensation plan, which considers multiple individual and organizational factors, including internal equity. To uphold pay equity in alignment with the compensation plan, starting salary ranges are not negotiable. Before applying, please ensure that the compensation for this position meets your needs.

Our Mission

To promote the well-being of the underserved by providing access to high-quality healthcare for all, regardless of ability to pay.

Our services, activities and governance reflect the Islamic values and moral principles which inspired our founders. These include the core values which are universally shared and revered by society at large: Service, Compassion, Human Dignity, Social Justice, and Ethical Conduct.

Working at UMMA

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Benefits and Compensation

- Comprehensive, Cost-Effective Health Plans

- Medical, Dental, and Vision

- Accidental Death & Disability

- Supplemental Life Insurance

- 403(b)

- Tuition Reimbursement Up To $2,500

- 5 Days / $1,000 CME Allowance

- 4 Weeks PTO

- 12 Paid Holidays

- Loan Repayment Potential Through the HRSA (HPSA Score: 19)

Summary

Provides primary care medical services to the patients of UMMA.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

1. Provides excellent customer service at all times, to internal and external customers.

2. Elicits and records information about patient’s medical history.

3. Examines patient to determine general physical condition.

4. Oder and accurately interpret necessary laboratory tests, pathology results, radiologist reports in the development and execution of a treatment plan for patients.

5. Documents gathered information in medical record as required by policies and analyses reports and findings of tests and examinations.

6. Prescribes treatments and medication.

7. Immunize patients from communicable diseases.

8. Advises patients concerning diet, hygiene, and methods for prevention of disease.

9. May provide prenatal care to pregnant women and may provide postnatal care to mother and infant if applicable.

10. Refers patients to medical specialist or other practitioner for specialized treatment.

11. May perform minor surgery/procedures.

12. Ability to develop positive rapport with patients and families to foster the physician/patient relationship.

13. Active participation in the Quality management Program, Peer Review, UMMA Provider activities, and UMMA’s On-call schedule.

14. Provide preventative health care services in accordance with HEDIS and other national evidence based standards.

15. Able to finalize patient charting in a timely yet complete fashion to support billing levels.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

The incumbent in this position does not have formal supervisory responsibilities. However, as a senior professional, he or she is expected to provide leadership and mentoring to less experienced staff members, medical students, as well as volunteers.

SERVICE VALUES

The employee is expected to provide the very highest level of service to Clinic patients and their families. In

addition, his/her work ethic is expected to reflect the Islamic values and moral principles that inspired its

founders. These include the core values that are universally shared and revered by society at large:

Service

Compassion

Human Dignity

Social Justice

Ethical Conduct

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

In the course of performing this work, the incumbent:

Will spend substantial time standing, sitting, speaking and listening

Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

May travel via personal vehicle or public transportation to other facilities throughout Los Angeles

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential

functions of the job.

QUALIFICATIONS/ POSITION REQUIREMENTS

These specifications are general guidelines based on the minimum experience normally considered essential to the

satisfactory performance of this job. Individual abilities may result in some deviation from these guidelines.

Education and training necessary to obtain a medical degree. Requires valid license to practice medicine in the State of California. Board Certified or Board Eligible in specialty preferred. Education, training and experience necessary to meet the underwritten requirements for inclusion under UMMA’s malpractice insurance coverage.

· Successful completion and acceptable results of post offer physical examination, drug screening, and criminal background check

· Recommended Healthcare Personnel Requirements for vaccinations and preventative testing: Hep B, Influenza, MMR, TDAP, TB, Covid-19

EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE:

To perform effectively in this position, the incumbent must have:

1. Experience and training as a physician.

2. Physician with an active unrestrictive CA license to practice medicine by the Medical Board of

California.

3. Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE OPERATION

The incumbent in this position may operate any/all of the following equipment:

Telephone, cell phone, fax

Computer, printer and related equipment

Copy machine

Audio-visual equipment

Personal automobile

Computer software may include any or all of the following:

EMR (eClinicalWorks)

Population management software

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Access

Design / Publishing software

Internet browser