Job Description
Pay Range: $240,000.00-$290,000.00 Annual
Wage offered depends on job-related experience, knowledge, and skills. Location: Family Medicine Residency Center
JOB SUMMARY: Pullman Regional Hospital's Family Medicine Residency Center is looking for a Family Medicine Physician who is seeking a unique team-based teaching and practice environment. Must be licensed as an MD or DO in the state of Washington and be board certified with 3-5 years of experience. Must work collaboratively with the clinic, Pullman Regional Hospital and the medical community; Pullman Regional Hospital and the network of clinics is an accountable care organization. We are looking for someone who is eager to engage in the community and be willing to play a part in the community outreach education for the newly established practice and residency program. A candidate should be passionate about preventative care and screenings, the health of our community, and caring for all patients of varied socio-economic status, as commonly found in a rural university community. This position has the opportunity to serve as core faculty for the Family Medicine Residency Program - Pullman, with the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University. You will be part of a team of three physician residents and two attending physicians, with three additional physician residents joining every year for a three-year program. This practice values learning, teamwork, and community.
Pullman Regional Hospital is a critical access, independent, not-for-profit public hospital district. Situated eight miles from the Idaho border, our hospital and network of clinics serve Washington and Idaho residents, students, faculty, and game-day fans of Washington State University (a Pac-12 university) and the University of Idaho (a Big Sky university). Once a staple on the WSU campus as Pullman Memorial Hospital, we found a new home in 2005 on Bishop Blvd with room to build a state-of-the-art 95,000-square-foot facility. The building is home to our inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care services plus a variety of independent medical practices.
Our clinics include cardiology, family medicine, pediatrics, podiatry, psychiatry and behavioral health, sleep medicine, urology, and surgery/endoscopy. We partner with Inland Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine Clinic through the Pullman Regional Hospital Orthopedic Center for Excellence to provide orthopedic and sports medicine care to the community. We also are a part of Palouse Specialty Physicians. Our partnership with area hospitals, Gritman Medical Center and Whitman Hospital & Medical Center, is a joint effort to provide specialized healthcare services and clinicians to our region. Together we support ENT, Audiology, Neurology, and Oncology.
QUALIFICATIONS: Education/Training: Board Certified/Board Eligible Family Medicine Physician
Experience: 3-5 years experience working in a family practice clinic. Preferred experience working in a residency program or experience teaching medical students and/or resident physicians.
License/Registration: Must hold licensure as a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) in the States of Washington, or able to be licensed.
Population Served: Infants, Children, Young Adults, Middle Age, and Elderly.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Planning and Prioritizing Performs a complete history and physical examination for the full spectrum of sports medicine conditions affecting both children and adults. Documents key components of patient's progress via H&P and progress notes. Documentation is timely, meets compliance standards, and accurately captures patient status. Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information, and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
Information Gathering Lead plan of care, and follow assigned patient population. Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team to formulate differential diagnoses by priority and relevance. Identifies expected outcomes from differential diagnoses and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs. Diagnoses acute and complex chronic conditions, manages diagnostic tests, and orders appropriate interventions through collaboration with attending physicians.
Decision-Making Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions, pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic, as needed to achieve expected outcomes. Manages further diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision. Utilizes evidenced-based practice guidelines in the facilitation of the patient's individualized and dynamic plan of care.
Communication Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with surgeons, physicians, and interdisciplinary health care team. Facilitates and communicates with patients, family, and staff to promote continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.
Technical Proficiency Follows all accepted hospital policies, procedures, and standing orders.
Teamwork Participation in assigned Medical Staff Committees. Possesses a team-focused attitude. Works collaboratively with all members of the hospital system.
Quality Completes all medical records within defined timelines.
Outcomes Participates in collaborative problem-solving. Understands work outcomes as they relate to the planning and implementation of their own and other person's activities.
Personal Education Maintains certification in CAQ, ACLS, PALS, and NRP certification. Completes all required Health Stream activities. Maintains Washington State professional licensure. Willingness to promote the advancement of health education through preceptor/mentoring, education, and instruction of residents, nursing staff, and medical and/or nursing students. Willingness to participate in community health educational events or other creative health initiatives as sponsored by Pullman Regional Hospital. Maintains continuing education and membership in a professional organization.
Reliability Possesses adaptive time management and completes tasks in a timely manner.
Creating a Safe Work Environment Identifies safety concerns and actively seeks to resolve these issues.
Stewardship Assumes the willingness to be accountable for the well-being of the larger organization by operating in service, rather than in control, of those around us.
Ethical Conduct Consistently communicates and collaborates with colleagues about decisions that involve legal and ethical issues.
NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Performs other non-essential functions as requested. May participate in such committee assignments as requested.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Sitting: 30%. Standing/Walking: 70%.
Occasional lifting/carrying of supplies and equipment weighing between 20-40 pounds.
Occasional pushing/pulling of supplies and equipment weighing between 20-40 pounds.
Occasional climbing of stairs to reach other levels of the building.
Occasional stooping/kneeling/crouching to reach items on low shelves and to get into low cabinets.
Frequent reaching/handling to work with supplies and equipment.
Frequent talking/hearing/seeing to perform patient-related and public relations tasks.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: Location: Inside.
Minimal risk of injury due to the proximity of moving parts on a computer printer, typewriter, and copier.
Minimal exposure to biohazardous materials.
We believe Pullman Regional Hospital is extraordinary. We are an independent, patient and employee-focused, award-winning organization with a unique, collaborative and inclusive culture.
On a daily basis, our 600+ employees serve patients and communities through Pullman Regional Hospital, the Foundation, and our growing network of clinics. We are one of the largest employers in Pullman, WA, and a community leader in healthcare activities. Together, we continue to raise the bar of expectation for quality healthcare and the patient experience. In this way, the extraordinary for all others becomes the expected at Pullman Regional.
Our greatest asset is our people. That's why we hire passionate people who are aligned with our mission to nurture and facilitate a healthier quality of life for our region.
If you have a passion for health and healing, enjoy helping people, and want to work for an organization that values a growth mindset, we can't wait to meet you!
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