Family Medicine Faculty
Overview
We are a large, Federally Qualified Health Center in Central Texas, caring for nearly 60,000 patients, with a strong commitment to equitable, evidence-based holistic medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare for the vulnerable. Our Community Health Center is a designated Patient Centered Medical Home and coordinates a robust collaborative of community health partnerships. In addition to an in-house pharmacy, our clinic system also offers a sizable network of in-house specialty service clinics (HIV, Hep C, Sports Medicine, Surgery, Cardiology, Rheumatology, Dermatology, Wound Care), providing low-cost specialty care to our unfunded patients. We are a faith-friendly organization — the majority of our staff have a sense of vocation to care for the poor, a direct expression of their faith in action.
Mission & Passions
Our passion is to facilitate whole person health and wellness for our patients and community. Recognizing the disparities affecting our community, we have developed multi-sector partnerships to effectively address social drivers of health. Those efforts include integration of behavioral health providers in every clinic, a wellness and fitness center, a prescription produce program and teaching kitchen, a medical-legal partnership, and collaboration with community health workers. We are committed to providing evidence-based medical, behavioral and dental care in all settings: ambulatory, inpatient, and long-term. This is how we "love our neighbors as ourselves."
Job Info
JOb title — Family Medicine Faculty
Job Description
Full-time or half-time Family Medicine faculty position providing teaching, supervision and evaluation of residents and other trainees in hospital settings, including adult, pediatric, and adult ICU care. Supervision of residents and other trainees in OB including the labor and delivery setting is optional but preferred. Some supervision of resident’s and trainee’s care in the emergency room will also be required. Supervisory responsibilities also include leading rounds, bedside teaching, writing attending notes, supervision of procedures and overseeing interactions with consultants. Participation in providing structured teaching experiences for residents and other trainees through methods such as lectures, discussion groups and case conferences. Participation in faculty meetings and conferences and in faculty decision-making processes. Participation in interviewing and evaluation of residency applicants. Provide longitudinal advising and mentoring for residents. Direct patient care activities through continuity outpatient care at Central location and/or other clinical sites. Supervision of mid-level providers in the outpatient setting. Attend assigned faculty, departmental, and committee conferences/meetings. Participate in ongoing quality improvement projects. Participate in faculty development activities. Oversight and championing of assigned curricular components. Maintain admission privileges at both Baylor Scott and White Hillcrest and Ascension Providence. Other duties as assigned Faculty time is somewhat variable but will include 20-30% of time spent in direct patient care, 60-70% in teaching and resident/medical student supervision, with 10% administrative time.
Each faculty member has 1 afternoon off each week.
Job Qualifications Education, Skills, and Experience
Must have a genuine desire to continuously learn and provide culturally sensitive high quality patient care to a culturally, ethnically and racially diverse patient population. Must be a role model of the highest levels of professionalism and integrity. The faculty member, without use of an intermediary, must be able to: Take a history and perform a physical examination. Administer injections and obtain blood samples. Use sterile technique and universal precautions. Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation with required certification in ACLS and encouraged certification in PALS, NRP and ALSO. Move throughout the clinical sites and hospitals to address routine and emergent patient care needs. Perform routine and complicated vaginal deliveries, repair perineal lacerations, and assist at operations (if OB activities included). Communicate with patients and staff, verbally and otherwise in a culturally sensitive manner that exhibits good professional judgment, respect and good listening skills and is appropriate for the professional setting. Demonstrate timely, consistent, and reliable follow-up on patient care issues, such as laboratory results, patient phone calls, or other requests. Input and retrieve computer data through a keyboard, read a computer screen, secure and maintain a reliable personal cell phone. demonstrate literacy in reading and navigating the electronic medical record and the various electronic patient monitoring systems present in the hospital setting. Perform documentation procedures such as progress notes, chart dictations, and other paperwork in a timely fashion. Manage multiple patient care duties at the same time. Make judgments and decisions regarding complicated, undifferentiated disease presentations in a timely fashion in emergency, ambulatory, and hospital settings. Demonstrate organizational skills required to care for 12 or more outpatient cases per half day. Work varied duty hours including some nights, weekends, and holidays. Travel to and between multiple clinical sites that may not be readily accessible by public transportation. Take call for periods of up to 2 weeks at a time from home, with trips to the hospital as required by patient condition during that time. Present well-organized case presentations and lectures to other physicians or supervisors both in-person and by telephone.
