Family Planning Staff Physician (Healthcare)
Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties has a full-time opportunity for a Family Planning Staff Physician in Anaheim, CA.
To provide quality patient care, including exams, treatment, education, and counseling for patients in accordance with agency protocols. To assist the Medical Director in overseeing high-quality care to our patients throughout the affiliate.
At PPOSBC, we understand the importance of a well-rounded benefits program and are dedicated to providing you with unique benefits that meet the needs of you and your family. We are proud to offer a range of plans that help protect you in the case of illness or injury including:
- A competitive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and eligible dependents, life insurance, and long term disability.
- Benefits coverage starts after one full month of employment!
- Generous vacation, sick, and holiday benefits!
- Generous 401(k) matching contributions and more!
- To view our detailed benefits guide, please visit our career site at www.pposbccareers.org
Responsibilities
Essential Functions: Essential functions encompass the required tasks, duties, and responsibilities performed as part of the job and the reason the job exists.
- Provide medical and surgical abortion services to agency gestational age limit.
- Perform physical and gynecological examinations for female patients including review of medical history, screening for abnormalities, and performance and interpretation and/or ordering of laboratory tests.
- Provide services in providing expert vasectomy counseling and procedures, as well as follow-up consultations, if applicable.
- Provide contraceptives.
- Adhere to agency's policies, procedures, and protocols. This may include successfully completing agency, regional, and/or state certification requirements.
- Provide primary care services within the scope of practice of Melody Women's Health, if applicable.
- Adhere to affiliate goals and policies on professionalism, wait time in-clinic and on the system for addressing client complaints.
- Participate in health center efforts to achieve established goals for productivity.
- Participate in health center/affiliate efforts to achieve established revenue cycle goals.
- Provide clinical services as outlined in the PPOSBC Medical Standards and Guidelines, Standardized Procedures, Policies and Procedures, and any other guidelines recommended by the affiliate, including abortion services.
- Provide medical consultation to clinicians regarding the clinical management of specific patients.
- Provide telephone consultation to clinicians on evenings and weekends.
- Document patient data accurately and completely in the medical record.
- Evaluate and treat medical problems, ensuring follow-up and appropriate referrals as necessary.
- Participate in a team approach to patient care and deliver care in a professional, confidential, and expeditious manner.
- Manage emergency situations as they arise in the health center and consult with Medical Director as necessary.
- Orient new clinicians or physicians as requested.
- Participate in a regularly scheduled peer review process, as required.
- Attend medical meetings as required.
- Meet productivity goals of the center.
- Meet patient satisfaction goals of the center.
- Assist with outreach to local hospitals and health systems as needed.
Non-Essential Functions:
- Other duties as assigned.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
The physical requirements of this position are identified below. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
CORE COMPETENCIES – WE CARE:
- Welcoming: Anticipates customer requirements and gives high priority to customer satisfaction and service. Handles problems quickly and efficiently. Maintains a pleasant, positive and professional approach. Embraces opportunities to help team members, stakeholders, and other departments.
- Equitable: Creating equitable access and opportunity for all through education, practicing inclusive behavior, elevating others' voices, creating spaces for honest conversation, and listening without judgment. Values and uplifts our collective diversity within in our agency.
- Confidential: Respects the information shared by our patients, employees, and vendors and maintains appropriate confidentiality. Follows all policies and laws that protect private & privileged information.
- Accessible: Is available and approachable to others, open-minded, fair and non-defensive. Appreciates constructive feedback and is a team player. Demonstrates good listening skills.
- Respectful: Values diversity and treats everyone with dignity and courtesy. Dependable and courteous of other people's time and commitments.
- Empathetic: Demonstrates interest and understanding in other people's feelings, attitudes and reasoning. Maintains an open and non-judgmental demeanor that is patient, flexible, and understanding.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Licensure and/or Certification Requirements:
- Current: California Medical License, Board Certification or Board eligible in Family Medicine or Obstetrics and Gynecology, and DEA. BLS or ACLS required (ACLS required for Family Medicine).
Minimum Education:
- Graduate from an accredited medical school with a degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO).
- Completion of an accredited residency.
Minimum Work Experience:
- Post Residency Training and/or experience in Family Planning and Reproductive Health.
Other Requirements:
- Possess a warm, caring manner and excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to work cooperatively within a team approach and communicate and interact well with staff, volunteers, and patients.
- Following orientation, must be capable of adjusting to patient flow per agency guidelines.
- Ability to relate to diverse communities.
- Accuracy and attention to detail essential.
- Ability to physically assist a patient in distress.
- Maintain professional demeanor at all times.
- Availability to work flexible hours and locations within PPOSBC as required.
Agency Standard Requirements:
- Strong commitment to quality healthcare and excellent customer service is required.
- Must thrive in a fast-paced, rigorous environment with changing priorities.
- Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
- Must demonstrate high-level computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook. Electronic medical records experience may also be required.
- This position requires travel to other sites and locations; if using a personal vehicle to meet this requirement, a valid CA driver's license and current auto insurance in compliance with the minimum requirements of CA vehicle code are required.
- Abortion patients are cared for at each of our health centers and in part through the administrative, support, and other non-clinical services provided at all PPOSBC locations and by all PPOSBC employees, and supporting these critical services is an essential job duty and fundamental responsibility of all employees.
