Pediatrician - CNPA Chevy Chase (full-time and part-time)

Commitment to World Class Care

• Perform patient care, including examinations, tests, reports, procedures and other functions accepted as part of the practice of medicine consistent with normally accepted standards of care.
• Perform complete physical examinations of each patient consistent with the normally accepted standard of care in the community.
• Analyze reports and/or findings of tests and personal examinations in order to assess the medical condition of the patient, including diagnosing injury or illness and formulating a prognosis.
• Perform or supervise various invasive medical procedures that include, but are not limited to, the injection of medications, inoculations, and vaccinations.
• Prescribe medication and treatment for the patient and recommend appropriate physical and dietary routines and methods for prevention of disease and personal hygiene.
• Responsible for causing twenty-four (24) hours a day, three hundred sixty-five (365) days per year coverage of patient care needs for the location or locations where the Physician performs clinical services.
• Actively participate in family centered care and communicate in a professional and compassionate manner; refer patients to specialists and to relevant ancillary services as appropriate.
• Coordinate patient care with consultants and ancillary services.

Documentation and Reporting

• Appropriately document findings, procedures, etc. in the designated electronic medical record.
• Obtain and legibly record in the designated electronic medical record a detailed medical history of each patient, including chief complaint, present condition, individual history, and family history.
• Keep and maintain appropriate records relating to all professional services rendered.
• Prepare and attend to all reports, claims, and correspondence necessary or appropriate to the performance of the professional services.
• Provide timely reports of births, deaths, outbreaks of contagious diseases and other information required to appropriate governmental authorities and as required for Company reporting.

Management and Administrative

• Directly supervise nurses and other personnel in accordance with Company's policies, procedures and applicable laws.
• Supervisory responsibilities may include interviewing, hiring, and training new assigned staff; assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Participate in the Company governance and management, credentialing and peer review activities; and attend all meetings but not less than 50% of meetings in connection with governance, management, credentialing and peer review.
• Follow all policies and procedures of the Company and of any managed care organization with which the Company may contract.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Company from time to time that are commensurate with professional services normally and customarily performed by a physician.