Family Medicine Physician - Complex Care - Care Connections

Care Connections is searching for a full time physician to see patients in our unique practice serving patients with chronic medical conditions. Primary care providers see patients in both outpatient, inpatient and home care settings. Our holistic approach to patient care allows us to focus on patient well-being and provider satisfaction. Our physicians enjoy a Monday through Friday schedule, dayshift only, with minimal call.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :  Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties :

• Provide ambulatory, home, and inpatient care to patients
• Attend to patients enrolled in the program in the hospital on a daily basis in a consultative fashion
• Take after-hours call in rotation with other medical staff to provide 24 / 7 coverage for patients via phone.
• Team based care with nurses, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, pharmacists, psychologists, and other health care providers.
• Consults with patients to determine the appropriate course of treatment.
• Recommends and orders tests to determine extent of illness or help diagnose condition.
• Monitors lab results, medication adherence and medication toxicities.
• Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccinations, and other medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
• Explain and discuss procedures, test results, or prescribed treatment with the patient.
• Refers patients to medical specialists when necessary.

SECONDARY FUNCTIONS :  The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above :

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS :

COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS

ATTENTION / CONCENTRATION - The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to focus on certain aspects of current experience and reject others :

NEW LEARNING AND MEMORY - The following level of ability is essential for the jobholder to learn and retain material :

PROBLEM SOLVING, REASONING AND CREATIVE THINKING - The following level of ability that is essential for the jobholder to think (in order to solve a problem) by combining two or more elements from past experience or imaginative thought :

APTITUDES :   The following are essential requirements of the position in relation to job-worker situations.  These items describe how a worker must adapt, adjust, conform or act :

Leadership, control and planning :  Ability to accept responsibility for leadership, direction, control, planning, negotiating, organizing, directing, supervising, formulating practices, or making final decisions.

Repetitive work :  Ability to continuously perform the same type of work for extended periods of time, according to set procedures, sequence or pace.

Performing under stressful conditions :  Ability to perform under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations, or in situations in which working speed and sustained attention are critical aspects of the job. Is subject to danger or risk, or to tension as a regular, consistent part of the job.

Variety and change :  Ability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure involving significant differences in technologies, techniques, procedures, environmental factors, physical demands, or work situations.

Communication :   Ability to exchange information with others clearly and concisely; to present ideas, facts and technical information.

Interpersonal relations :  Ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts; to recognize needs and be sensitive of others.

PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH offers the following benefits to employees :