Physician - Internist

Grace Health is looking to add 1-2 Internal Medicine physicians to our team of physicians at our new Medical Campus in Corbin, KY.

Services Offered

• Primary Care for All Ages
• Women’s Care Services
• Pediatric and Well Child Care from Birth
• Behavioral Health Services
• Dental Services
• School Based Health Services
• Outreach and Education
• X-Rays and Lab Work
• Reduced Cost Prescriptions

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Elicits and records information about patient's medical history.
• Examines patient to determine general physical condition.
• Orders or executes various tests, analyses, and diagnostic images to provide information on patient's condition.  Analyzes reports and findings of tests and of examination, and diagnoses condition. Refers patients to medical specialist or other practitioner for specialized treatment.
• Administers or prescribes treatments and drugs and performs minor surgery or procedures as appropriate to specialty training.  Inoculates and vaccinates patients to immunize patients from communicable diseases.  Advises patients concerning diet, hygiene, and methods for prevention of disease.  Provides emergency medical treatment as presented up to level of license, training, facilities, or resources available.
• Provides prenatal care to pregnant women as pre-arranged with a local obstetrician, delivers babies in emergencies, and provides postnatal care to mother and infant. 
• Reports births, deaths, and outbreak of contagious diseases to governmental authorities as required.
• Makes house and emergency calls within the scope of service to attend to patients unable to visit the center or to whom doing so would be a hardship.
• Conducts physical examinations to provide information needed for admission to school, consideration for jobs, eligibility for insurance coverage surgical procedures, disability.
• Represents the organization during itineration, mission events, etc.
• Strives to meet spiritual, mental, and emotional needs of patients as appropriate and available.
• Oversee Advanced Practice Providers.
• Call coverage will be required for after hours and weekends.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Directly supervises assistants (nurses or medical assistants) especially those to whom medical tasks or procedures have been delegated.
• Assists the Chief Medical Officer with performance improvement projects and with annual evaluations of directly supervised staff as needed or requested.

OTHER ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Grace Health recognizes that managing patient care is a team effort that involves clinical and non-clinical staff.  All employees must embrace a team-based approach to patient care and understand that each role is important to our success. 
• Team members must demonstrate excellent team communication and coordination to provide quality patient care.
• Care coordination includes communicating with community organizations, health plans, facilities, and specialists.
• Care team members understand and embrace the concept of population management and proactively address the needs of patients and families served by this practice. 
• Team members must demonstrate skill and knowledge related to effective communication with vulnerable patient populations.
• Team members must participate in Continuous Quality Improvement activities within the organization to ensure patients receive high quality care.
• All team members will be involved in the process of improving quality incomes.
• Team members will participate in the review and evaluation processes of practice performance and help to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Team members will participate in Grace Health's advocacy program.
• On occasion, physicians may be required to provide cross coverage for other area providers. Due to the health professional shortage in this area covering non-health center patients for other providers can be required to cover sickness or vacation. This cross coverage is provided to ensure ongoing medical care of community patients.

Grace Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.