Surgery - General Physician at AdventHealth West FL Division summary:
As a General Physician at AdventHealth Medical Group, you will examine patients, take medical histories, and maintain records while providing comprehensive care. Responsibilities include prescribing medications, performing minor procedures, and ensuring continuity of care through patient management plans. This role emphasizes patient wellness, safety, and adherence to legal guidelines, with a commitment to professional and personal growth.
APRN AdventHealth Medical Group
Top Reasons to Work at AdventHealth Medical Group
- Rollover PDO with service year increases in accrual
- Comprehensive benefits package; including tuition reimbursement and matching 403b plan
- Patient facing positions receiving company paid initial sets of scrubs
- Company Discount programs
- Growing Organization
Work Hours/Shift: Full Time
Will Be Responsible For:
- Provide services similar to those of a physician.
- Examine patients, take medical histories, maintain patient records, identify health risk factors, prescribe medications, make referrals and otherwise treat health conditions.
- Sees patients both in the hospital setting and practice setting.
- Depending on surgical specialty, may work with assigned physician(s) in endoscopy or OR
- Assists with in-office procedures with physician and or may perform minor procedures independently.
- Communicates with courtesy when interacting with internal or external patients and customers in person or on the telephone.
- Exhibits respect for co-workers and develops positive working relationships within the practice and other departments.
- Demonstrate Florida Hospital's Core Values of Integrity, Compassion, Balance, Excellence, Stewardship, and Teamwork through daily interactions with patients and their families, and with the medical staff.
- Assess patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations and identifying any medical conditions.
- Obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories of patients.
- Determines abnormalities by administering and/or ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies.
- Interpreting test results of patients.
- Able to provide pre and post-operative care, if applicable. This would apply if PA is located in a surgical practice.
- Perform therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations, suturing, and managing wounds and infections.
- Instructs and counsels patients.
- Document patient care services by charting in the patient and department records.
- Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans.
- Focus on patient wellness and disease prevention.
- Provide health education services and/or counsel patients on how to make healthy lifestyle choices.
- Will need to work weekdays, occasional weekends and nights for call coverage.
- Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Proactively support a culture of safety and quality to protect our patients and employees.
- Honor's patient's rights by following privacy guidelines, HIPAA, and code of ethics with our patients, physicians, co-workers, and guests.
- Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation.
- Demonstrates commitment to professional and personal growth, i.e. completes all mandatory educational requirements, maintains certifications, attend co
Keywords:
General Physician, patient care, medical history, surgical procedures, health education, hospital care, diagnostic tests, wellness, continuity of care, primary care