Elevate Your Career With Shasta Community Health & Join The Team As Core Faculty | Competitive Comp + Exclusive Benefits

Shasta Community Health Center is seeking a Core Faculty Physician to join their esteemed team here in Redding, CA!

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Job Details

Provide quality medical care in a compassionate and caring environment. Work as an integral part of the medical staff by participating in all strategic initiatives. Perform other duties as assigned, including but not limited to after-hours call, weekend clinics, supervision of PA/NP staff, supervision of medical residents, supervision of medical students and inpatient care with possible obstetrical care if applicable. Serve as an Academic Advisor to the Family Medicine residents and meet ACGME administrative requirements for Core Faculty. Serve on appropriate outside agencies, hospital and clinic committees as assigned and be responsible for aspects of the Residency curriculum to help fulfill ACGME requirements. Core Faculty members have a significant role in the education and supervision of residents and must devote a significant portion of their entire effort to resident education and/or administration, and must, as a component of their activities, teach, evaluate, and provide formative feedback to residents. Inpatient attending coverage at Mercy Hospital is a requirement for this position.

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About The Position

• Core Faculty have a significant role in the education and supervision of residents and a significant portion of their time is used for administration to the program to fulfill scholarly activity, teaching, evaluation and formative feedback to residents.
• Core Faculty members, in aggregate and excluding program leadership, are provided with administrative support time per ACGME requirements to fulfill educational and administrative responsibilities that do not involve direct patient care.
• Inpatient attending coverage is a requirement of this position with exact number of weeks per year to be determined by the program need.
• Take appropriate history, perform physical examination of patients, order pertinent diagnostics and implement appropriate therapy according to standard medical practice.
• Obtain appropriate consults when problems presented are outside scope of practice or when unfamiliar with a particular aspect of the patient’s care.
• Communicate effectively with the patient throughout the physician patient relationship, provide appropriate patient education and demonstrate respect for the culturally determined needs of patients.
• Shows consistent and determined intent to be competent, meeting or exceeding the community standard of care.

Job Qualifications

• Completion of a nationally accredited Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program.
• California license upon hire and maintain current without any limitations on license to practice in area of specialty.
• Must be in good standing with the California State Licensing Board.
• CPR/BLS certification upon hire and maintain current
• Must have hospital privileges at Mercy Hospital (and other hospitals as applicable) and maintain all required credentials for hospital privileges.
• ACLS & PALS are optional depended on duties
• Maintain all required certifications for hospital and clinic privileges including ACLS, BLS, PALS, and NRP.
• Previous outpatient clinic experience working with indigent population preferred.
• Hospital experience in adults and pediatric patients.