Urgent Care Physician - Full-Time

Summary

Highland Hospital, located in Oakland, California, is the largest facility of Alameda Health System which serves a diverse patient population in California’s East Bay Area. As part of Alameda County's safety net, we provide quality, accessible care to our community's most vulnerable patients. Our providers and staff are dedicated to our patients and would love to welcome others who share our mission!

We are currently recruiting for a Full Time Board Certified Physician to join our Highland Urgent Care clinical team. We care for clinically and socially complex patients within the Alameda County safety net system. The Urgent Care clinic plays an important role within Alameda Health System (AHS), primarily as an extension of our Primary Care clinics. This position does include consulting with the team Advanced Practice Providers. Additionally, this provider will be the point of escalation for our centralized Call Center nurse triage center. The AHS Call Center triage nurses currently handle incoming symptom triage calls for patients with emergent symptoms. This provider will assist nurse triage in determining what level of care is needed for acute patients who call in. In addition to serving as a consult service for the nurse triage team, the provider may conduct telehealth visits (especially for patients in Southern Alameda County) or in person visits in the Urgent Care clinic and refer to the ER as appropriate. If you are interested in this opportunity, we encourage you to apply!

Job Summary: Under direction, provides professional medical services to patients at the Alameda Health System hospitals and clinics. Assists in the administrative and professional direction of a medical specialty service. Provides consultative services in their specialty. Assigned as an administrative and professional assistant to the chief of a specialty service and when specifically assigned, may relieve the chief of service in their absence. May directly supervise Physician I level. Performs related duties as required.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: NOTE: The following are the duties performed by employees in this classification, however, employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level. Not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each individual in the classification.

1. Cares for patients in a compassionate, culturally competent, and patient centered manner.

2. Participates in the supervision of Mid-level Practitioners/Certified Nurse Midwives in assigned clinical area.

3. Practices evidence based medicine and is up to date with current standards of care.

4. Provides cost effective care; manages time and patient flow well when providing direct care to patients and following up on patient related work.

5. Stays current with patient care responsibilities. (e.g. lab results, medication refills, and radiology reports, relevant to his/her patients).

6. Takes initiative to work well with the clinical team (including Medical Assistants, Clerks, Health Educators, Panel Managers, Nurses and Pharmacy staff, Leaders, etc.to improve quality of care and service delivery.

7. Teaches patients, families and staff; provides counseling services related to promoting good health practices.

Qualifications:

Minimum Experience: Completion of an approved residency in an appropriate specialty.

Required Licenses/Certifications: CPI-Crisis Prevention Intervention Training (required for all positions at John George Psychiatric Pavilion; and certain positions in the Emergency Department).; Basic Life Support Certification issued by the American Heart Association or PALS or ACLS; a valid Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Number.

Required Licenses/Certifications: Possession of a current valid license to practice medicine in the state of California, AND Board Certification or be Board Eligible in area of specialty.; Board Certification must be completed within three years of the date of hire. Applicants holding a California Postgraduate Training License may apply, but must possess a valid license to practice medicine in the state of California in order to begin working.

Pay Rate: $145.92 / Hour

The pay range for this position reflects the base pay scale for the role at Alameda Health System. Final compensation will be determined based on several factors, including but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure and certifications, departmental equity, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and the operational needs of the organization. Alameda Health System also offers eligible positions a generous comprehensive benefits program.

Additional Information

Notes: This MD will work in the Urgent Care clinic as a provider seeing a mixture of scheduled and walk-in visits throughout the day. This includes consulting with APPs throughout the day. Additionally, the position will support our system-wide Call Center by providing daily support to our Call Center nurses. This MD will provide triage advice and/or giving the OK to schedule patients into Urgent Care to be seen in-person or via a telemedicine visit. Key duties include being comfortable working with a patient population that is medically complex and socially diverse. The person filling this position will be part of a team composed of providers, clinic staff members and registration team members. The team is dedicated to providing excellent care to the people of Alameda County. The keys to being successful in this position requires the candidate to be flexible, self-driven and enjoy teamwork.

Qualifications:

Minimum Experience: Completion of an approved residency in an appropriate specialty.

Required Licenses/Certifications: CPI-Crisis Prevention Intervention Training (required for all positions at John George Psychiatric Pavilion; and certain positions in the Emergency Department).; Basic Life Support Certification issued by the American Heart Association or PALS or ACLS; a valid Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Number.

Required Licenses/Certifications: Possession of a current valid license to practice medicine in the state of California, AND Board Certification or be Board Eligible in area of specialty.; Board Certification must be completed within three years of the date of hire. Applicants holding a California Postgraduate Training License may apply, but must possess a valid license to practice medicine in the state of California in order to begin working.