Overview

Summary:

The Obstetrician/Gynecologist provides for the primary health care needs of women patients according to the philosophy and goals of the FQHC and in collaboration with the Nurse-Midwifery service of the medical center.. 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.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Provides patient care in a specified number of clinic sessions per week
• Provides out-patient clinic consultation and in-patient backup for the Nurse-midwifery service, for a specified amount of time each month
• Admits patients to the hospital as necessary and serves as primary attending physician
• Provides comprehensive integrated patient care in cooperation with other programs at the FQHC (i.e., WIC, prenatal classes, nutrition counseling, case management, health education)
• Works cooperatively with other physicians for cross-coverage of patients, both clinic and in-patient when appropriate
• Participates in Quality Assurance activities
• Participates in data collection of the maternity service
• Co-signs in-patient midwife charts in medical records while covering as backup physician
• Attends service/staff meetings as appropriate
• Meets with the service director on a timely basis to review policies, procedures and sign protocols
• Works cooperatively and supportively with internship programs at the FQHC 
• Performs other related duties as assigned

This position requires compliance with all of the FQHC's written standards, including its Standards of Conduct, Joint Commission standards, all policies and procedures and Corporate Compliance requirements. Compliance will be considered as part of the regular performance evaluation.