About this opportunity
Maimonides Medical Center lists this Physician opportunity in brooklyn, New York. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
About Us
We're Maimonides Health, Brooklyn's largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system's 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and adhere to Planetree's philosophy of patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation's largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides' clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Boneand Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.
Overview
Maimonides Medical Center is seeking a full time Internal-medicine trained physician in the Department of Ambulatory Care to join our 7th avenue outpatient location. With an established patient panel in place, responsibilities include direct patient care, as well as teaching and supervision of medical residents and students. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate to provide a full scope of primary care services including but not limited to diagnosis, treatment, coordination of care, preventive care and health maintenance.
Responsibilities
Patient Care
Assessment, treatment and patient care responsibilities are delivered with a knowledge of patient growth and development and are appropriate to the ages of the patients served
Diagnoses, treats and prescribes for patients in area of specialty within the limits of privileges; serves as attending physician of record for patients with no private attending
Diagnoses, treats and prescribes for patients in specialty clinics as required; admits patients to hospital, becoming attending physician of record for such patients as necessary
Provides night and weekend on-call coverage according to established schedule to ensure continuation of quality patient care for the service
Completes all documentation in patient medical records
Educates and counsels patient, family and care givers on medical condition, medications prescribed, plan of care and follow-up to treatment; participates in discharge planning process as appropriate.
Consultation
Participates in consultative services of department and division, recommending and/or performing special studies, tests; participates in interpretation of test and study results.
Education/Training
Supervises, teaches and evaluates fellows, residents and medical students rotating through the division as directed; prepares and delivers subspecialty lectures and conferences; participates in Grand Rounds and conducts teaching rounds as required
Assists in managing and conducting training programs; recommends changes in curriculum structure as appropriate and participates in developing new educational programs
Supervises Physician's Assistants and residents as required; reviews and signs off on PA and resident charts; performs other chart reviews as directed.
Faculty Practice
Develops and practices in department's Faculty Practice, including outreach facilities as assigned.
Research
Engages in clinical research and, where applicable, in basic research projects; directs and/or supervises research fellows as appropriate; publishes and presents results of research projects in a timely manner.
Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement
Assists Chairperson and/or Director in establishing procedures to ensure consistency and quality of all
services provided by the department and/or division; participates in Medical Center's Quality
Assurance program in accordance with the policies of the Medical Center and regulatory agencies.
Administration
Attends and participates in Medical Center and department committees as required by the Director or Chairperson
Works with Director or Chairperson to develop protocols and standards of care that are in compliance with requirements of JCAHO and other regulatory agencies
Assists Chairperson and/or Director in departmental administration as required; recommends modifications or upgrades to equipment, implementation of new procedures; prepares reports and analyses as required
Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards
Qualifications
Candidates must have an MD/DO degree and be board certified in Internal Medicine with a valid New York State License, DEA and Medicaid number. We offer a faculty appointment with SUNY Downstate with credentials, experience and qualifications.Cantonese/Mandarin language skills are preferred.
Pay Range
USD $240,000.00 - USD $240,000.00 /Yr.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer.
Worksite address
brooklyn, NY, 11210, US
Who can apply
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