Position Summary: To provide health care services to Wesley Health Center (WHC) patients. In addition, the Clinician may be directed on a case-by-case basis for a designated specific period of time by the Chief Medical Officer to perform other duties in accordance with funding agency requirements, contractual agreements, and policies, procedures, and protocols established by the Wesley Health Center Board of Directors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following satisfactorily; other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Provide primary care services in a Patient Centered Medical Home environment
• Practice of clinical medicine within the scope of license, training, and current approved credentialing
• Adheres to the highest standards of medical practice, ethics, and professionalism at all times
• Demonstrates the ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individual patient care appropriate to the age of patients served by demonstrative knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
• Assist the leadership team in establishing medical policies, quality improvement procedures, and evaluating current practices
• Recommend changes in clinical areas to improve the patient flow, electronic medical records, billing practices, and appointment practices
• Knowledgeable about family planning services with an ability to counsel and provide these services to Wesley Patients
• Assist the leadership team in designing, implementing, and evaluating education programs for the WHC patients and clinical staff
• Responsible for directing and supervising clinical staff as appropriate
• Maintain affiliation with professional groups, medical associations, and medical organizations as per policies established by WHC
• Refer clients to other providers for secondary and tertiary services when necessary
• Maintain awareness of guidelines for preventive care and practice accordingly
• Maintains chart documentation, tracking, and reporting systems as indicated for continuity of care.
• Offer wellness counseling and appropriate information regarding non-medical (e.g., dietary) treatment of disease (primary prevention)
• Work interprofessionally with behavioral health specialists, health educators, and medical assistants to educate, formulate, and optimize treatment plans for the patient.

Other Duties:

• Perform other patient care administrative duties, i.e., medication refills; diagnostic study interpretation, tracking, and notification, etc.
• Educate health professional students, resident physicians, and MA externs
• Be familiar with Federal and State Rules, Regulations, and Practices in a Federally Qualified Health Center
• Be familiar with Federal and State Health Care Program requirements and assist in carrying out these programs
• Promotes and believes in the WHC mission statement, “Together We Empower Positive Change.”
• Ability to relate to the public regardless of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or economic status

WCHC Expectations of all employees:

• Adheres to all WCHC Policies and Procedures
• Conducts self in a manner that represents WCHC’s Values at all times
• Maintains a positive and respectful attitude with all work-related internal and external contacts
• Communicates regularly with supervisor about Departmental and WCHC concerns
• Consistently reports to work on time, prepared to perform the duties of the position
• Meets productivity standards and performs duties as workload necessitates
• Actively participates in all required trainings
• Empowered to provide outstanding service to all customers

Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following.

• Adaptability - Demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles. Measures self against the standard of excellence. Recognizes and acts on opportunities. Sets and achieves challenging goals. Takes calculated risks to accomplish goals.
• Communications - Exhibits good listening and comprehension. Expresses ideas and thoughts in written form. Expresses ideas and thoughts verbally. Keeps others adequately informed. Selects and uses appropriate communication methods.
• Continuous Learning - Assesses own strengths and weaknesses. Purs