Yakima Neighborhood Health Services Job Title: Physician

Minimum Qualifications:

Licensed as a physician to practice in the State of Washington; Board Certified in Family Practice, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine or Obstetrics. Convenient if bilingual in English/Spanish, English/Laotian, English / Cambodian, English/Vietnamese, English/Russian, and/or ability to sign.

Supervised by: Medical Director and Primary Care Administrator

Position(s) supervises: None.

Typical Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

Requires prolonged walking and standing, frequent bending, stooping or stretching. May involve lifting or positioning patients. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range. Requires full range of body motion including manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination. Required to work under stressful conditions and with patients who are often in discomfort and/or pain. Requires ability to sustain concentration in a noisy and fast-paced environment. May be exposed to communicable diseases and bodily fluids..

Examples of Duties (this list may not all include all the duties assigned):

• Render comprehensive medical services to clinic patients in accordance with the standards established by the applicable Canons of professional ethics and the standard of care prevailing in the community.
• Perform primary care and specialty services (as credentialed) to clinic patients.
• Provide inpatient hospital care to clinic patients.
• Share after-hours call responsibilities with other clinic physicians.
• Provide services in accordance with clinic policies and insurance regulations.
• Perform timely and accurate medical record documentation, including dictation, using forms and formats developed as clinic policy.
• Participate in staff meetings and quality assurance activities as directed.
• Participate in hospital meetings as required to maintain active hospital privileges.
• Maintain active membership status and attend regularly scheduled meetings of the Yakima county Medical Society.
• Participate in quality assurance activities and peer review as requested.
• Maintain organized, clean, efficient and confidential work area.
• Represent YNHS in local meetings as requested.
• Other items as specified in physician contract.
• Perform related work or other tasks as requested.

Working Relationships:

All YNHS employees are expected to develop and maintain professional and courteous working relationships with all other YNHS employees, patients, visitors, health profession students, vendors, and volunteers of the organization. In addition, YNHS employees are expected to provide courteous and efficient service to health and social service agencies working with YNHS patients.

Salary Range:

Salary: Dependent on education and previous experience as applicable to this position.